Thousands Of Muslims Go On Pilgrimage
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www.timesofoman.com More than 622,000 Muslims from different countries have so far arrived in Saudi Arabia for the annual pilgrimage to Mecca which begins on January 7, an official said.
"The number of pilgrims from foreign countries... rose to 622,510," General Salem Ben Mohammed al-Balahid, an interior ministry official, was quoted as saying by the official SPA news agency.
The majority of them had arrived by plane, he added. In recent years around two million Muslims have come to Saudi for the annual haj, or pilgrimage to Mecca.
The haj is one of the five pillars of Islam and every devout Muslim who has the means is required to complete it at least once in life. |
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Saudi Arabia issues over 1.2 million hajj visas
Saudi Arabia has issued over 1.2 million visas for pilgrims intending to perform the annual hajj (pilgrimage) to the holy city of Mecca, scheduled to take place in the last two weeks of January.
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