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Egyptian haj death toll rises to 672
WHTC 1450 Holland· 20 hours agoCairo (Reuters) - The toll of Egyptians who died taking part in the haj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, amid extreme heat, has risen to 672 while...
Egypt orders to revoke licenses from Hajj tourism companies over illegal pilgrimages amid reports of...
CNN.com· 17 hours agoThe Egyptian government is to revoke the licenses of 16 Hajj tourism companies involved in making...
Egyptian consular teams search for missing pilgrims in Saudi hospitals
dpa international via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe Egyptian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday it has deployed consular teams in Mecca and the holy...
Saudi says 1,301 deaths during hajj, mostly unregistered pilgrims
AFP via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoSaudi Arabia said Sunday that more than 1,300 faithful died during the hajj pilgrimage which took...
'Only by God's mercy that I survived': Hajj became a death march for 1,300 in extreme heat
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 14 hours ago"It's only by God's mercy that I survived, because it was incredibly hot," Aisha Idris, a Nigerian...
At least 1,301 people died during Hajj - Saudi Arabia
BBC via AOL· 13 hours agoAFP news agency quoted an Arab diplomat as saying 658 Egyptians had died. Indonesia said more than...
At least 600 Egyptians die in hajj pilgrimage: Source
ABC News via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAround 600 Egyptians have died during the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca amid scorching heat, a...
Hajj heat deaths: 500 Egyptian pilgrims perish in 124-degree temps
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 days agoCAIRO − Egypt formed a crisis unit on Thursday to investigate the deaths of Egyptians taking part in...
Toll of Egyptians who died during haj pilgrimage rises, sources say
WHTC 1450 Holland· 4 days agoCAIRO (Reuters) - At least 530 Egyptians have died taking part in the haj and another 31 are missing...
At least 1,300 religious pilgrims killed by Saudi Arabia heat wave
Fox Weather via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoAn extreme heat wave killed 1,301 Muslims on a sacred pilgrimage last week, according to Saudi...