1 Aug 2020
Azra Aly, a South African pilgrim performing Hajj 2020, sums up her strong feelings about the profound spiritual journey: “This could very well be the beginning of the rest of my life.”
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31 Jul 2020
The Ministry of Health announced on Friday that no diseases affecting public health have been recorded among Hajj pilgrims and their overall health condition is fine. The ministry emphasized that no cases of coronavirus infection were reported among the pilgrims, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
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31 Jul 2020
The coronavirus pandemic turned out to be a villain as it caused Makkah women to abandon their 70-year-long tradition of flocking to the Holy Kaaba in droves as all the pilgrims and male citizens of Makkah would move to Arafat on Dhul Hijjah 9, the Arafat Day, marking the climax of the annual pilgrimage.
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31 Jul 2020
A total of 2,050 people have been arrested while attempting to infiltrate into Makkah and the holy sites without Hajj permits, said a spokesman of the Hajj Security Forces Command on Friday.
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30 Jul 2020
The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu, commended Saudi Arabia on the steps it has taken to ensure the health and safety of pilgrims during this year’s Hajj.
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