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JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia deployed some 100,000 security personnel to keep order as Muslim pilgrims flooded into the holy city of Mecca in preparation for the annual hajj,...
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- News Source: The Guardian | 11 months agoUsually there are spaces reserved for about 3,000 Palestinians from Gaza for the pilgrimage. Hajj authorities asked the Fatah-dominated government in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, to draw up the list of those attending and issued visas for the...
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- News Source: Kuwait Times | 11 months agoDraped in white robes to symbolize purity and equality of mankind under God, nearly 3 million Muslims from all over the world gathered yesterday in Makkah on the eve of the start of the annual haj pilgrimage. The male pilgrims, wearing two-piece...
- News Source: The Daily Star (Bangladesh) | 11 months agoFor the first time, the authorities have brought in sophisticated US-built helicopters to guard against possible attack during the world's largest pilgrimage, which has often been blighted by tragedy. Around two million Muslims are expected join the...
- News Source: International Business Times | 11 months agoMale pilgrims, wearing two-piece seamless white robes, and women, covered head to foot except for their hands and faces, circled the sacred Kaaba stone structure seven times inside the Grand Mosque, which Muslims face during their five daily prayers.
- News Source: USA Today | 11 months agoSaudi Arabia (AP) Nearly 3 million Muslims from all over the world have gathered in Mecca a day before the start of the annual hajj pilgrimage. Male pilgrims, dressed in white robes symbolizing purity and equality under God, and women, covered...
- News Source: Al Jazeera | 11 months agoSaudi Arabia is preparing for a record turnout at the annual Hajj pilgrimage. More than 100,000 security guards have been deployed to cope with the three million people expected in the city of Mecca, when the Islamic pilgrimage gets under way on...
- News Source: Voice of America | 12 months agoThe annual Islamic pilgrimage known as the Hajj officially gets under way Saturday in Saudi Arabia. Saudi officials are working to avoid any repeat of the tragedies that have befallen the Hajj in years past. During the Hajj the muezzin calls...
- News Source: GMA News | 12 months agoSaudi Arabia deployed some 100,000 security personnel to keep order as Muslim pilgrims flooded into the holy city of Mecca in preparation for the annual hajj, beginning on Saturday. Nearly 3 million pilgrims from around the world are expected to...
- News Source: Al Sharq Al Awsat | 12 months agoSaudi Arabia is prepared to receive Palestinian pilgrims who arrive late for the haj pilgrimage which starts this week, an official said. Palestinian pilgrims bound for the holy city of Mecca were prevented from leaving the Gaza Strip via Egypt on...
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