Swine Flu Keeps Pilgrims Away From Mecca

by Pat_S on November 7, 2009 · 1 comment

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The cosmic sense of humor can be so delightful.

Health officials want to cancel hajj for Iranians due to swine flu

The Health Ministry and the Majlis Health Committee are seriously opposed to allowing Iranians to go on hajj this year due to the swine flu epidemic, MP Mohammad-Reza Rezaii-Kouchi said on Saturday.

Elsewhere in his remarks, Rezaii-Kouchi criticized the Health Ministry for reporting imprecise statistics, saying the health minister had said 50 percent of the people who go on hajj would become infected with the swine flu virus while the deputy health minister said 80 percent would become infected.

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1 wesen November 9, 2009 at 6:31 pm

It looks like Obama is making the hajj. Why else would he be going to Egypt?

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