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2004 At least 250 Muslim pilgrims crushed to death during the annual stoning of Satan ritual in the Mena Valley, Saudi Arabia

1998 At least 119 Muslim pilgrims crushed to death during the annual stoning of Satan ritual in the Mena Valley, Saudi Arabia

1978 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 German occupiers forbid ritual slaughters and English and French movies

1893 Shechita (ritual slaughtering) prohibited in Switzerland

1879 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Musgrave Ritual"

1732 Paris churchyard Saint-Medard closed after Jansenistic ritual

1529 30 Jews of Posing Hungary, charged with blood ritual, burned at stake

1288 Jews of Yroyes France are accused of ritual murder


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