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January 20, 2005
A Kinder, Safer Devil Stoning
Today thousands of Muslims took part in the stoning of the Devil ceremony as part of the holy pilgrimage known as the Hajj. Last year 250 were trampled to death during this ceremony, so this year, the Saudi government deployed security forces and radical safety measures, including fenced-off walkways and a "larger stoning target".