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More than 1.5 million foreign Muslims arrive in Mecca for annual Hajj pilgrimage

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MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Muslim pilgrims have been streaming into Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca ahead of the start of the Hajj later this week, as the annual pilgrimage returns to its monumental scale. Saudi officials say more than 1.5 million foreign pilgrims have arrived in the country by Tuesday, the vast majority by air, from across the world. More are expected, and hundreds of thousands of Saudis and others living in Saudi Arabia will…

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More than 1.5 million foreign pilgrims arrive in Mecca for annual Hajj pilgrimage

MECCA, Saudi Arabia — Muslim pilgrims have been streaming into Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca ahead of the start of the Hajj later this week, as the annual pilgrimage

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Saudi officials announced that over 1.5 million pilgrims have arrived in the country to attend the annual hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, which begins on Friday.

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Large pilgrimages to Mecca, hajj, should be attended by every Muslim once in a lifetime. This year, 1.5 million pilgrims have already arrived in Saudi Arabia. The journey, which begins on June 14th, is expected to have the highest participation since the COVID-19 pandemic.

أعلنت المديرية العامة للجوازات السعودية قدوم (1,547,295) حاجاً خلال موسم الحج لهذا العام 1445هـ عبر جميع منافذ المملكة الجوية والبرية والبحرية، وذلك حتى نهاية يوم الاثنين 4/ 12/ 1445هـ الموافق 10/ 6/ 2024م. وأوضحت الجوازات أنه بلغ عدد ضيوف الرحمن القادمين من خارج المملكة عبر المنافذ الجوية (1,483,312)، فيما بلغ عدد القادمين عبر المنافذ البرية (59,273) حاجاً، وقدِم (4,710) حجاج عبر المنافذ البحرية. وأكدت المديرية العامة للجوازات السعودية تسخير إم…

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aletihad.ae broke the news in on Wednesday, June 12, 2024.
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