Stunning images show Saudi Arabia preparing for the arrival of Muslim worshippers for Hajj pilgrimage
News24xx.com - Now, Saudi Arabia preparing for the arrival of more than 2,500,000 Muslim worshippers for the five-day annual Hajj pilgrimage.
Over one million Muslim pilgrims have already arrived with another one-and-a-half expected to show up ahead of the world’s single largest yearly gathering in the holy city of Mecca.
For this year, Hajj will begin on Sunday 19 August and end on Friday 24 August.
Hajj takes place from the eight to the 12th of Dhu al-Hijja, which is the final and the holiest month in the Islamic calendar.
The pilgrimage are given simple white clothes, called Ihram, to appear ‘the same’ regardless of wealth, before Allah.
During Hajj, pilgrims walk or run between the mountains of Safa and Marwah seven times as a tribute to the prophet Ibrahim’s wife when she did the same in search of water.
People visiting Mecca this year have been reminded that there are ongoing threats of terrorism in Saudi Arabia. With millions of people from all over the world, including thousands of Brits, crowding into relatively small holy sites, officials have also warned about overcrowding.
In 2015, overcrowding led to a stampede which killed over 2,000.
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