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Muslim pilgrims pray at Mount Arafat as hajj reaches apex
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims from around the world raised their hands to heaven and...
'The Hajj is not Mecca': Why prayers at Mount Arafat are the spiritual peak of Islamic pilgrimage
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThey came in the dark of night, in the thousands, to clamber up the rocky hill called Mount Arafat....
Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims pray on sacred Saudi hill during biggest Covid-era hajj
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims from around the world raised their hands to heaven on the...
Muslim pilgrims gather for peak of haj east of Mecca
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAround one million Muslim pilgrims gathered at sunrise on Friday at Saudi Arabia's Mount Arafat for a vigil to atone their sins and to pray for peace...
As pilgrims swelter, climate change looms over hajj
AFP via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoFrom misting systems to heat-reflective road coverings, Saudi officials are trying to aid hajj pilgrims in coping with heat, but scientists caution that...
The hajj, one of the five pillars of Islam
AFP via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe annual hajj pilgrimage, one of the five pillars of Islam, will start on Friday with well over one million Muslims from around the world expected to...
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Associated Press via Yahoo News· 12 months ago'The Hajj is not Mecca': Why prayers at Mount Arafat are the spiritual peak of Islamic pilgrimage
Eid Al-Adha 2022: When is it, how is it celebrated and how to wish someone a happy Eid
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe second significant religious festival of Islam, Eid al-Adha, will begin on Saturday 9 July this...
What is Hajj and why do Muslims go to Makkah?
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOne million Muslims are about to embark on the most important religious event in the Islamic calender, as hundreds of thousands of global worshippers...
Saturday is Eid al-Adha, a Muslim celebration instilling charitable giving and sacrifice
Lansing State Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEid-al-Adha is a celebration marked by sacrifice as a way to draw close to God. In the Islamic...
