2004 Event At least 250 Muslim pilgrims crushed to death during the annual stoning of Satan ritual in the Mena Valley, Saudi Arabia 1998 Event At least 119 Muslim pilgrims crushed to death during the annual stoning of Satan ritual in the Mena Valley, Saudi Arabia 1978 Death Leo J. Ryan, (Rep-Cal) and 4 killed in Jonestown, Guyana by members of Peoples Temple, followed by ritual mass suicide of 914 members 1940 Event German occupiers forbid ritual slaughters and English and French movies 1893 Event Shechita (ritual slaughtering) prohibited in Switzerland 1879 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Musgrave Ritual" 1732 Event Paris churchyard Saint-Medard closed after Jansenistic ritual 1529 Event 30 Jews of Posing Hungary, charged with blood ritual, burned at stake 1288 Event Jews of Yroyes France are accused of ritual murder
