In the hundreds of thousands of Muslims from around the world, including over 1.5 lakh Indian, will join to the valley of Mina to mark the beginning of Hajj which begins tomorrow and will culminate with the symbolic stoning of Satan on Friday.
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The Hajj – one of the five pillars of Islam – takes place this week, with Muslims from all over the world due to gather at the sacred site in Saudi Arabia. Every able-bodied Muslim who can afford it must make the pilgrimage at least once. It is believed that performing the Hajj absolves them of past sins and is a journey of forgiveness. The mount houses Thor cave where Prophet Mohammed is believed to have hidden from his enemies before his migration to Medina.
The construction crane partially crashed into the Grand Mosque during a violent rainstorm, leaving 107 pilgrims dead and injuring 238 others.
Muslim pilgrims stand outside Masjid Al-Haram.
He found that in the 1880s the colonial government in India found itself under fire, with more of its Muslim subjects than ever before travelling to the Arabian Holy City.
“There is a central command center which would receive and coordinate actions with other relevant organizations for immediate implementation of plans regarding any outbreak of diseases”.
Members of Saudi security forces are seen taking part in a military parade in preparation to deal with any unforeseen emergencies.
The six Nigerians that were killed in the September 11 crane accident at the precinct of Ka’aba in Mecca have been buried, the Nigerian Consul-General to Saudi Arabia, Ambassador Ahmed Umar, said yesterday in Jeddah.
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Hajj ends with Eid al-Adha, or the Festival of Sacrifice on the 10 day of Hajj.
