Hajj

Eli Cohen
Israel discussing possible direct Hajj flights to Saudi Arabia
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In 2019, over 2.4 million people took part in the pilgrimage
Hajj pilgrimage to return to pre-COVID levels
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Pilgrims from abroad will be allowed this year but must present a recent negative COVID PCR test
Saudi Arabia to let up to 1 million pilgrims join Hajj
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Saudi Arabia to permit only vaccinated pilgrims
Saudi Arabia considers holding limited hajj for second year
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Muslim pilgrims enter Namira Mosque in Arafat, as they wear masks and keep social distance to protect themselves against coronavirus
Downsized hajj may prove to be the safest ever
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Limiting this year's hajj to Saudi residents comes at a substantial but surmountable cost to the economy
Saudi Arabia begins hosting downsized hajj
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Access will be limited to pilgrims under 65 years old and without any chronic illnesses
Hajj pilgrimage to start July 29
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The decision to scale back the hajj is fraught with political and economic peril
Saudi Arabia to hold 'very limited' hajj this year
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Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine
Saudi expected to scale back or call off hajj
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Muslim worshippers circumambulate the sacred Kaaba in Mecca's Grand Mosque
Saudi Arabia asks Muslims to defer hajj plans
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Saudi Arabia has spent billions of dollars and devised effective strategies to better develop haj facilities
Saudi Arabia succeeds in mammoth task of organising haj
Iman Zayat
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At the peak of Mount Arafat, numerous Muslim pilgrims were absorbed in Koranic verses displayed on their smartphones
Hajj takes high-tech dimension
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Muslim tradition holds that pilgrims must throw seven stones each at a pillar representing Satan on the first day of Eid al-Adha
Pilgrims perform ‘stoning of the devil’ during hajj
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A Pilgrim on his way to Mecca is served Arabic coffee on the Haramain High-Speed Railway train in the holy city of Medina
Muslims begin hajj as Saudi warns against 'politicisation'
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Beyond the religious souvenirs, visitors to Mecca can pick up highly-coveted Saudi gold, watches, clothes and more
Mecca stall vendors ready to cash in on hajj
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Cleaners face challenge as Saudi aims for 'green' hajj
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