Islam

Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims perform the rite of stoning Satan

By | 2011-11-06T17:10:23-04:00 November 6th, 2011|Islam|

To complete the ritual, a pilgrim must throw 21 pebbles at each of three 25-meter (82-foot) pillars.Saudi authorities have installed a multi-level walkway through the site in a bid to avoid the trampling that caused the deaths of 364 people in 2006, 251 in 2004 and 1,426 in 1990.