Faith based construction methods in Iran lead to disaster

NY Times:

Iranians Are Outraged Over Shoddy Construction in Earthquake Zone

The largest hospital in the earthquake zone nearly collapsed. Iran’s president wants to investigate.
There is a fatalism within be believes of many Islamists.  It is a belief that one's fate is in the hands of God and therefore, whatever happens, is preordained as part of God's will. When that concept ignores basic engineering requirements bad things happen when "acts of God" occur.

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