Hajj Minister Tawfiq Al Rabiah requested that pilgrims avoid leaving their tents between 10am and 4pm on Thursday, coinciding with the “Day of Arafat.” Hajj: Blind Jordanian couple reaches ...

Hajj 2023: Shortage of tents, food mar first day of Hajj, NAHCON blames Saudi government Over 95,000 Nigerian pilgrims were moved to the Mina Valley to officially commence the 2023 hajj on Monday.

The Niger State Government has secured comfortable tent accommodations for pilgrims at the Muna and Arafat stands in Makkah, ahead of the 2025 Hajj rituals.This was confirmed during a thorough ...

Muslim pilgrims pray at the Mina tent camp, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, during the annual hajj pilgrimage, Monday, June 26, 2023. Muslim pilgrims are converging on Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca ...

Muslim pilgrims pray at the Mina tent camp, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, during the annual Hajj Pilgrimage, Monday, June 26.

MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — In sweltering temperatures, Muslim pilgrims in Mecca converged on a vast tent camp in the desert today, officially opening the annual Hajj pilgrimage. Ahead of their ...

Mina, the tent city – After that, the pilgrims travel by foot on pilgrim paths or take a bus for the 8km (five-mile) journey to Mina, a tent city just outside of Mecca. Advertisement ...

"I came here early to (avoid) the sun and later I will pray inside my tent," said 54-year-old Adel Ismail, from Syria. Saudi authorities have taken several steps to reduce the risk from heat at the ...

The Jigawa State Pilgrims Welfare Board (JSPWB), has secured tents for its Pilgrims at Mina for the completion of final Hajj rituals in Saudi Arabia.. Over 900 pilgrims from the state had earlier ...

Heat-related deaths along the Hajj are not new, but climate change has made Hajj increasingly dangerous. A 2021 study found that if the world warms by 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, heat stroke ...

The tent was for pilgrims from the U.S., Australia and European countries. The Shias said they were confronted by a large group of men they later learned were Lebanese-Australians who belong to a ...

Hajj Minister Tawfiq Al Rabiah requested that pilgrims avoid leaving their tents between 10am and 4pm on Thursday, ...