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More than 1,000 people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as pilgrims faced extreme temperatures, officials said Sunday. Temperatures during the pilgrimage, which took place from Friday, June 14th until Wednesday, June 19th topped 50 degrees celsius on Monday. An Egyptian official said Sunday that more than half of the dead were from Egypt. The government only announced the deaths of 31 authorised pilgrims due to chronic illness, however a cabinet official told Associated Press that at least 630 other pilgrims died, most of them counted at Emergency Complex in Mecca’s Al-M...
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Masses of pilgrims on Sunday embarked on a symbolic stoning of the devil in Saudi Arabia under the soaring summer heat. The ritual marks the final days of the Hajj, or Islamic pilgrimage, and the start of the Eid al-Adha celebrations for Muslims around the world. The stoning is among the final rites of the Hajj, which is one of the Five Pillars of Islam. It came a day after more than 1.8 million pilgrims congregated at a sacred hill, known as Mount Ararat, outside the holy city of Mecca, which Muslim pilgrims visit to perform the annual five-day rituals of Hajj. The pilgrims left Mount Arafat ...
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Around Al-Rahma, or Mercy, hill, tall water-misting columns were spraying water on pilgrims on Sunday who gathered at Mount Arafat as part of the Hajj rituals for day-long worship and reflection. At Mina and the Grand Mosque, cooling stations on the roads leading to the mount and in its surrounding areas sprayed pilgrims with water to help combat the heat, which had already climbed to 47C (116.6 F) at Mount Arafat, according to Saudi Arabia’s National Centre for Meteorology. Saudi authorities expect the number of pilgrims this year to exceed two million, approaching pre-coronavirus pandemic le...
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Muslims from around the world congregated on Saturday at a sacred hill in Saudi Arabia for the climax of the Hajj pilgrimage. Pilgrims gather for a ritual at Mount Arafat, known as the hill of mercy, for an intense day of worship and reflection. The mount is considered sacred as it’s believed that Prophet Muhammad delivered his final speech, known as the Farewell Sermon, at the location 1,435 years ago. In the sermon, the prophet called for equality and unity among Muslims. “It’s indescribable,” Ahmed Tukeyia, an Egyptian pilgrim, said of his experience arriving at a tent camp at the foot of M...
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Millions of Muslims from around the world converged at Islam's holiest site on Friday to officially start the Hajj pilgrimage. Saudi authorities expected the number of visitors to exceed 2 million this year as temperatures in Mecca are likely to reach 44 degrees Celsius over the weekend. Hamas demands 'complete halt' to war in response to Gaza ceasefire proposalThis year's Hajj took place amidst the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip between Israel and Palestinian militants. Due to the closure of the Rafah crossing in May, Palestinians from Gaza were unable to travel to Mecca for Hajj this yea...
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