OK, so hear me out. The Saudi king is the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques. Since the Hajj is now becoming dangerous for the faithful because of climate change, that means that the Saudi king needs to act to protect the Hajj and the Two Holy Mosques. I.e., the Saudi king has a religious responsibility to act on climate change, by clamping down on CO2 emissions and curtailing hydrocarbons extraction. It's the will of Allah, man.

That's 125.24°F. The yeast in your bread is now dead, and your steak is rare.

If it’s for a religious event, is it not part of gods plan?

Not dead, "received an unexpected early heavenly reward". And if it was catholics or protestants, same. If it was hindu's they'd have prematurely transcended. Pastafarians? Over cooked. All religions are risible!

Not long before they install sealed, air-conditioned walkways for the well-off.

The others... well, best of luck.

There is a certain poetic justice in Saudi Arabia becoming uninhabitable as a direct result of all the dinosaur juice they dug out from under it.

Although as usual the people responsible will feel no effect as they sit in air conditioned palaces, grifting even more money to try and build a pointlessly long, tall and narrow city.

keep in mind that the Hajj can be a pretty grueling rite even before adding in extreme heat

should switch to midnight services maybe

Nobody wants to chill anymore