Hajj stampede ‘beyond human control’, says Saudi Arabia’s top cleric |Hajj |Saudi Arabia |al-Sheikh
28.09.2015 - 18:09
Saudi Arabia’s top religious leader has said the authorities were not to blame for the deadly stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage The grand mufti reportedly said the tragedy in which more than 700 people died was beyond human control, and that fate and destiny were inevitable.
The comments came during a meeting in Mina with the Saudi interior minister, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef.
“You’re not responsible for what happened,” Sheikh Abdul Azia al-Sheikh told him, according to the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
