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Hajj in extraordinary heat: what a scholar of Islam saw in Mecca
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 2 weeks agoMuslim pilgrims in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on June 18, 2024. AP Photo/Rafiq...
More than 1.5 million foreign pilgrims arrive in Mecca for annual Hajj pilgrimage
The Canadian Press via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month agoMECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Muslim pilgrims have been streaming into Saudi Arabia's holy city of...
Muslim pilgrims wrap up the Hajj with final symbolic stoning of the devil and circling of the Kaaba
The Canadian Press via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month agoMINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Muslim pilgrims wrapped up the Hajj in the deadly summer heat on Tuesday...
Muslim pilgrims resume symbolic stoning of the devil as they wrap up Hajj pilgrimage in deadly heat
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month agoMuslim pilgrims used the early morning hours Monday to perform the second day of the symbolic...
At least 550 Muslims die at Hajj - as temperatures at Mecca hit 51.8C
Sky News via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month agoAt least 550 people have died during the Hajj pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in the scorching...
Six Hajj pilgrims die from heatstroke in Mecca, as temperatures head for 118 degrees Fahrenheit
CNN via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month agoSix people have died from heatstroke during the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, amid warnings from Saudi...
Masses of pilgrims in Saudi Arabia circle the Kaaba ahead of the official beginning of the Hajj
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month agoMasses of Muslim pilgrims in the Saudi city of Mecca on Thursday circled the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest...
Excruciating heat blamed as hundreds of pilgrims die on journey to Mecca
United Press International via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month agoAt least 550 people have died during pilgrimages to the Muslim holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia,...
Hundreds of Hajj pilgrims die as Mecca temperatures hit 120 Fahrenheit
CNN via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month agoHundreds of people have died and thousands have been treated for heatstroke while performing the...
What is the Hajj pilgrimage and what does it mean for Muslims?
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoOver 1.8 million Muslims are taking part in this week's Hajj pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in...