MECCA: Enormous crowds of worshippers thronged Mecca, Islam's holiest city, on Friday (Jun 23) for the biggest haj pilgrimage in years, with more than two million expected to brave the scorching Saudi Arabian heat. Pilgrims in white robes and sandals packed the ancient city, now dotted with luxury hotels a
MECCA: Enormous crowds of worshippers thronged Mecca, Islam's holiest city, on Friday for the biggest haj pilgrimage in years, with more than two million expected to brave the scorching Saudi Arabian heat.
Rites include circling the Kaaba, the large black cube in Mecca's Grand Mosque, praying on Mount Arafat and"stoning the devil" by throwing pebbles at three giant concrete walls representing Satan. Some 24,000 buses will be in service to ferry the pilgrims, as well as 17 trains capable of moving 72,000 people every hour, officials said.
The haj rituals begin late Sunday at the Grand Mosque in Mecca. The worshippers will sleep in tents on Monday night and spend Tuesday at Mount Arafat, the climax of the haj, where the Prophet Mohammed is believed to have delivered his final sermon. More than 32,000 health workers will be on hand to help fend off heatstroke, dehydration and exhaustion.
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