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'The world sees the crowds. It misses the story'
EACH year, millions of Muslims from across the globe descend on Makkah for the haj pilgrimage. The visuals are familiar by now — vast crowds circling the Kaabah, white garments rippling through the desert heat, drone footage of a sea of humanity moving in harmony. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
At temperatures well above 40 degrees Celsius, the Islamic pilgrimage Hajj ends today in Saudi Arabia.
The Saudi authorities speak of a success: In contrast to the tragedy of the previous year, this year's Hajj had much less heat dead. Among other things, due to stricter controls, fewer pilgrims came.
On the 13th of Al-Hajjah, a poet from me was bid farewell to the marches of the pilgrims after they spent their throngs and completed their performance of the fifth pillar of Islam, bearing the most beautiful memories, all of them with the hope that they would return home, their sins and sins were forgiven and returned as the day their mothers were born. A hairy farewell story remains stuck in the memory of the pilgrims, all the moments, minutes…
Nearly two million Muslims participated in annual pilgrimage to Mecca. Extreme heat was the main challenge for pilgrims, with temperatures around 47 degrees.
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