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Saudi Arabia increases Hajj quota to 1 million in 2022
Hajj open to those younger than 65, fully vaccinated, authorities announce after 2 years of coronavirus restrictions.
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Muslims can virtually touch Kaaba's black stone from home
We have great religious and historical sites that we must digitise and communicate to everyone through the means of latest technology.
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Figures show over 1.5 million liters of Zamzam has been used in Mecca in 3 months
Visitors of the Holy Mosque in the Saudi city of Mecca have used over 1.5 million liters of the sacred Zamzam water over the past three months, according to figures published Sunday.
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Saudi Arabia eases Coronavirus restrictions, allows pilgrims to return to Mecca
A very small, limited number of people, donning the white terrycloth garment symbolic of the Muslim pilgrimage, circled Islam’s holiest site in Mecca on Sunday after Saudi Arabia lifted coronavirus restrictions that had been in place for months.
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Mecca to reopen for limited pilgrimages after 7-month pause for virus
Saudi Arabia will reopen the Muslim holy places for the year-round umrah pilgrimage on Sunday, scaled back and with extensive health precautions, seven months after coronavirus prompted its suspension.
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Saudi Arabia unveils health measures that will allow pilgrims to visit Mecca
Saudi Arabia has released new details on how it plans to gradually allow Muslims back to Islam’s holiest site in Mecca to perform the smaller, year-round pilgrimage, which has been suspended for the past seven months due to the coronavirus.
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Muslim pilgrims perform last Hajj ritual in Makkah
According to the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA), after completing the major pillar of Hajj, the pilgrims descended Thursday from Mt. Arafat to the plain of Muzdalifah, where they spent the night, before heading in the morning to Mina, east of the holy city of Makkah.
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The hajj takes on a much different feel as Muslims make a coronavirus-era pilgrimage
The hajj is one of Islam’s most important requirements, performed once in a lifetime. It follows a route the Prophet Muhammad walked nearly 1,400 years ago and is believed to ultimately trace the footsteps of the prophets Ibrahim and Ismail, or Abraham and Ishmael as they are named in the Bible.
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Muslim pilgrims arrive in Mecca for hajj amid COVID-19 pandemic
The hajj, which begins on Wednesday, normally draws around 2.5 million people for five intense days of worship in one of the world’s largest gatherings of people from around the world.
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Mecca to gradually ease virus restrictions from May 31
The first phase will begin on May 31, in which entering and exiting Mecca will be allowed between 6 a.m. to 3 p.m., the Interior Ministry said in a statement.