haj
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Saudi Arabia will remove COVID-19 restrictions for the 2023 haj season and host pre-pandemic numbers of pilgrims, the kingdom's ministry of haj and umrah said on Monday.
From Reuters • Jan. 10, 2023
In 2019, the last year before the pandemic struck, some 2.6 million people performed the haj.
From Reuters • Jan. 9, 2023
The ministry of haj said in a Tweet that the kingdom, home to Islam's holiest sites in Mecca and Medina, will impose no restrictions, including age limits, for this season.
From Reuters • Jan. 9, 2023
Jan 2006: Three hundred and sixty-two Muslim pilgrims are crushed to death at the eastern entrance of the Jamarat Bridge when pilgrims jostle to perform the haj stoning ritual.
From Reuters • Oct. 29, 2022
One who having made the haj, or pilgrimage, to Mecca, is entitled to wear a green turban and assume the title of haji.
From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry