Sentences with phrase «hajj pilgrimage»

While Mecca won't be quite as hot, the heat will likely still cause many deaths during the annual hajj pilgrimage, Eltahir said.

Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba inside the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca after morning prayers, and before the start of this year's hajj pilgrimage.

The hajj pilgrimage season, when this stadium - size enclosure was traversed by more than a million worshippers, had already ended.

The annual, and much larger, hajj pilgrimage occurs in October, bringing millions of visitors to Saudi Arabia, where most of the infections have occurred.

«We will also restructure the hajj pilgrimage.

Not exact matches

It is the location of the qibla, or direction of prayer, and the destination for millions of participants in the annual hajj, the pilgrimage required for all Muslims who can afford it, at least once in their lives.

Nayef, who chairs the Saudi hajj committee, ordered the probe during a meeting with senior officials responsible for the pilgrimage in Mina, where the stampede took place.

If the lawmakers sit on part time basis, they can have enough time to go to Mecca and Jerusalem for hajj and pilgrimage respectively.

Events such as the hajj, the annual pilgrimage that draws millions of Muslims to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, could «become hazardous to human health,» especially for elderly travelers, the study said.

Mr. Kjorven noted a plan to reduce the environmental impact of the hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca.

As soon as several decades from now, the hajj will become physically impossible for the 2 million Muslims who make the pilgrimage each year.