Stampede

With the violent heart-rending crisis in the Middle East and millions of disrupted immigrants on the move many are looking to the bastion of Sunni believers for guidance. Don't count on it. If you want to see an un-evolved people look at Saudi Arabia and the stampede that killed over 700 worshippers on Thursday.
Can you imagine anything so uncivilized happening in Tehran, Jerusalem or Rome? This is a savage kingdom that but for its fabulous oil wealth exists in a neo-dark age where high rollers can live in the lap of luxury even as they deny full rights to women, minorities and immigrants, and spread trouble and chaos around the world.