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10/7/2025 1:47:37 PM
Pope Leo XIV will travel to Turkey and Lebanon next month on the first foreign trip of his papacy, making a symbolically important gesture to Christians and Muslims on a pilgrimage to two countries that Pope Francis had planned to visit.
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8/2/2025 10:48:07 AM
Up to a million young Catholic believers are expected Saturday for a nighttime vigil led by Pope Leo XIV, the culmination of a week-long pilgrimage, a key event in the Jubilee holy year.
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6/5/2025 12:35:45 PM
Muslim pilgrims prayed atop Mount Arafat on Thursday during the high point of the annual hajj pilgrimage, as Saudi officials called on participants to refrain from being outside during the hottest hours of the day.
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6/3/2025 9:17:00 AM
More than a million Muslim pilgrims poured into the holy city of Mecca ahead of the annual hajj, with authorities vowing to hold a safer pilgrimage amid searing desert heat and a massive crackdown on illegal visitors.
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World
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Region
6/1/2025 10:58:13 PM
Once a year, large numbers of Muslim pilgrims converge on Saudi Arabia to unite in religious rituals and acts of worship as they perform the Hajj, one of the five pillars of Islam.
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6/1/2025 10:43:22 PM
Saudi Arabia stopped more than 269,000 people without permits for the annual Hajj pilgrimage from entering Mecca, officials said Sunday, as authorities crack down on illegal journeys into the city.
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Egypt
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Tourism
5/30/2025 1:17:04 PM
The final overland tourist Hajj trip for the 2025 season arrived in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, marking the completion of Egypt’s overland tourist pilgrim departures for this year’s pilgrimage.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
12/6/2024 5:41:06 PM
Egypt's Consulate General in Jeddah resolved the issue of 102 citizens stranded at the expatriates' department in Medina after performing the Umrah pilgrimage due to their transit visa expiration, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Friday.
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Egypt
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Society
11/27/2024 12:53:03 PM
Egypt has recently introduced a new regulation requiring unemployed women or women from 22 specific professions to obtain a travel permit before travelling to Saudi Arabia, except for Hajj or Umrah pilgrimages.
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Egypt
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Tourism
8/27/2024 10:22:41 PM
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly ordered on Tuesday the revocation of licenses for 36 tourism companies involved in making illegal Hajj arrangements for Egyptian pilgrimage hopefuls after the death of hundreds of Egyptian pilgrims during the 2024 Hajj season.
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Egypt
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Health
8/4/2024 8:37:05 PM
Egypt intends to gather DNA samples from the families of pilgrims who have gone missing during the 2024 Hajj pilgrimage season, according to a cabinet statement.
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6/24/2024 9:09:00 AM
Saudi Arabia said Sunday that more than 1,300 pilgrims died during the hajj pilgrimage which unfolded during intense heat, and that most of the deceased did not have official permits.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
6/22/2024 4:37:48 PM
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly ordered on Saturday the revocation of licenses for 16 tourism companies involved in making illegal pilgrimage arrangements for Egyptian Hajj hopefuls over the death of hundreds of Egyptian pilgrims during the 2024 Hajj season.
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Region
6/19/2024 3:47:52 PM
A diplomat in Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday that 68 Indian nationals died during the hajj pilgrimage this year marked by searing heat, bringing the overall tally to more than 600.
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Egypt
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Health
6/17/2024 4:28:46 PM
At least eight Egyptian tourist pilgrims have passed away during their Hajj pilgrimage at the holy sites of Mina and Arafat, Egypt’s Tourism Hajj Mission said on Monday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
6/17/2024 1:44:23 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi had a brotherly meeting with Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman on Sunday at Mina during his Hajj pilgrimage, according to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
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6/17/2024 1:30:06 PM
Muslim pilgrims used the early morning hours Monday to perform the second day of the symbolic stoning of the devil, as noontime summer heat caused heatstroke among thousands wrapping up the Hajj pilgrimage.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
6/16/2024 2:55:14 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi extended on Sunday his sincere gratitude to King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia and Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman for the warm reception in the kingdom on the occasion of performing Hajj.
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World
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Region
6/15/2024 12:39:51 PM
More than 1.5 million Muslims braved extreme heat to reach Mount Arafat on Saturday for the high point of the annual hajj pilgrimage, praying for hours, especially for Palestinians in war-ravaged Gaza.
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World
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Region
6/14/2024 12:05:07 PM
More than a million Muslim pilgrims were in Mecca Friday for the start of a hajj pilgrimage held against the grim backdrop of the Gaza war and in the exhausting summer heat.
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