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7/9/2022 12:39:11 PM
Thousands of Muslim pilgrims cast pebbles in the "stoning of the devil" ritual marking the start of the Eid al-Adha holiday Saturday, as a hajj pilgrimage that drew 900,000 visitors began winding down.
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7/8/2022 6:43:00 PM
Huge crowds of Muslim pilgrims prayed on Saudi Arabia's Mount Arafat on Friday, the climax of the biggest hajj pilgrimage since the pandemic forced drastic cuts in numbers two years in a row.
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7/8/2022 1:03:30 PM
Under the steady hum of a ceiling fan, Ahmed Othman weaves golden threads through black fabric, creating Koranic verses, a century after his grandfather's work adorned the Kaaba in Mecca's Grand Mosque.
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7/7/2022 2:30:00 PM
It is a scene that stirs hope, and relief, for Muslims around the world.
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7/6/2022 11:57:03 AM
One million Muslim pilgrims were converging on Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca on Wednesday for the largest hajj since the coronavirus pandemic severely curtailed access to one of Islam's five pillars.
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7/4/2022 5:27:08 PM
Saudi authorities have arrested and fined nearly 300 people caught trying to perform the hajj without permits, an official said Monday, as the kingdom prepares to receive 1 million people for the annual pilgrimage.
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6/13/2022 6:10:07 PM
Saudi Arabia announced on Monday the lifting of precautionary measures against COVID-19 pandemic, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
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1/2/2022 5:41:54 PM
Authorities in several Gulf countries renewed weather warnings on Sunday as several days of heavy rains batter the usually arid region.
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12/30/2021 7:26:34 PM
Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism has announced a set of regulations governing the next Umrah (the small pilgrimage to Mecca) for Egyptians, one week after the Cabinet’s approved requirements for the religious trips for the months of Rajab, Sha’ban and Ramadan of the current Hijra year.
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12/30/2021 1:12:53 PM
Saudi Arabia on Thursday reimposed social distancing measures at the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, after recording the highest number of infections in months.
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10/17/2021 11:46:05 AM
The Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia operated at full capacity Sunday, with worshippers praying shoulder-to-shoulder for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began.
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9/5/2021 9:02:01 PM
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8/8/2021 1:10:36 PM
Saudi Arabia will begin accepting vaccinated foreign pilgrims seeking to visit Mecca, state media reported, around 18 months after a border closure prompted by the coronavirus pandemic
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7/22/2021 1:41:08 PM
Since April, dozens of female soldiers have become part of the security services that monitor pilgrims in Mecca and Medina, the birth places of Islam
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7/20/2021 2:57:42 PM
The hajj ministry has officially allowed women of all ages to make the pilgrimage without a male relative, known as a 'mehrem', on the condition that they go in a group
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7/20/2021 2:18:44 PM
This year, the holiday comes as many countries battle the Delta variant first identified in India, prompting some to impose new restrictions or issue appeals for people to avoid congregating and follow safety protocols
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7/19/2021 3:23:00 PM
Just 60,000 people, all citizens or residents of Saudi Arabia, have been selected to take part in this year's hajj, with foreign pilgrims again barred.
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7/18/2021 12:53:19 PM
Saudi Arabia is allowing only 60,000 fully vaccinated citizens and residents of the kingdom to take part, far from the vast crowds that descend on Mecca in normal times, when the ritual draws some 2.5 million pilgrims
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7/17/2021 11:00:00 AM
The kingdom is allowing only 60,000 fully vaccinated residents to take part, seeking to repeat last year's success that saw no virus outbreak during the five-day ritual
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6/16/2021 10:00:05 PM
Robots began handing out bottles of sacred water in Mecca this week in preparation for a socially distanced Hajj pilgrimage in Islam's holiest city, due to the coronavirus pandemic
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