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Hajj 2020: In Pictures

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COURTESY BY: https://www.bolnews.com/ The best, The chosen, The blessed! As the Hajj 2020 began amid restrictions on Wednesday, social media flooded with thousands of pictures of Holy Kaaba and rituals. A downsized Hajj, this year the number of pilgrims have been drastically reduced to 10,000 from last year’s 2.5 million. Some 70% of the pilgrims are foreigners residing in the kingdom, while the rest will be Saudi citizens. Lets take a took a look of Hajj in pictures and how social media is reacting: CHANGING OF KISWA    

Hajj 1441 With ‘Limited’ Pilgrims To Take Place On July 29 Amid COVID-19

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COURTESY BY: https://www.bolnews.com/ The government of Saudi Arabia on Monday announced that Hajj 1441 will take place on July 29 with only 1,000 pilgrims as the country suffered a huge loss due to Coronavirus pandemic. Some 2.5 million people from all over the world usually participate in the ritual of Hajj [1441] that takes place over several days in the holy city of Makkah. This year’s Hajj will be held under strict hygiene protocols, with access limited to pilgrims under 65 years old and without any chronic illnesses. “The stand…

New at Saudi hajj: Bottled holy water, sterilized pebbles

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ Saudi Arabia has issued guidelines for the 1,000 or so pilgrims that will be allowed to perform the hajj pilgrimage in Mecca later this month, an experience that will be unlike any before because of the coronavirus pandemic. The pilgrims will be only be able to drink holy water from the Zamzam well in Mecca that is packaged in plastic bottles, and pebbles for casting away evil that are usually picked up by pilgrims along hajj routes will be sterilized and bagged ahead of time. Pilgrims will…