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Saudi storm brings lightning, fierce winds to Mecca

Fierce storms closed schools Wednesday in Saudi Arabia's Mecca region, home to Islam's holiest site, the Grand Mosque, which was lashed by heavy rains and wind overnight, witnesses said. As pilgrims tried to circumambulate the Kaaba, the giant black cube towards which all Muslims pray, a bolt of lightning struck…
bubmag
August 23, 2023
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Largest Hajj pilgrimage in history begins in Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Muslim pilgrims in Saudi Arabia Largest Hajj pilgrimage in history begins in Mecca, Saudi Arabia The number of pilgrims this year has broken the records with about 2.5 million Muslims attending The islamic pilgrimage begun as crowds of Muslims wearing white robes circle the Kaaba, the cubed structure at the epicentre…
bubmag
June 27, 2023
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Huge crowds circle Kaaba in Saudi Arabia as Muslim hajj begins

Back to homepage / Middle East Vast crowds of robed pilgrims made solemn circles around the Kaaba, the black cube at Mecca's Grand Mosque, on Sunday as the biggest hajj pilgrimage in years began in the heat of the Saudi summer. Issued on: 25/06/2023 - 09:19Modified: 25/06/2023 - 12:01 3…
bubmag
June 25, 2023
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Huge crowds circle Kaaba as hajj begins in Saudi heat

Huge crowds of pilgrims throng the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Islam's holiest site, as the biggest hajj in years gets underway in the searing Saudi Arabian heat. MECCA, Saudi Arabia: Vast crowds of robed pilgrims made solemn circles around the Kaaba, the black cube at Mecca's Grand Mosque, on Sunday…
bubmag
June 25, 2023
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Massive crowds circle Kaaba as hajj begins in Saudi heat

Vast crowds of robed Muslim faithful walked solemn circles around the Kaaba, the black cube at Mecca's Grand Mosque on Sunday to begin the biggest hajj pilgrimage in several years, in the heat of the Saudi summer. Islam's holiest site is expected to host more than two million worshippers from…
bubmag
June 25, 2023
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Mecca Reopens For Limited ‘Umrah’ Pilgrimage

Saudis and foreign residents circumambulate (Tawaf) the Kaaba in the Grand Mosque complex in the holy city of Mecca, on October 4, 2020, as authorities partially resume the year-round Umrah for a limited number of pilgrims amid extensive health precautions after a seven-month coronavirus hiatus. AFPMask-clad Muslims circled Islam’s holiest…
bubmag
October 4, 2020