Saudi Arabia on Monday announced it would hold a “very limited” haj this year, with pilgrims already in the kingdom allowed to perform the annual ritual as it moves to curb the biggest coronavirus outbreak in the Gulf.The decision marks the first time in Saudi Arabia’s modern history that Muslims outside the kingdom are barred from performing the haj, which last year drew 2.5 million pilgrims.The move to scale back the five-day event, scheduled for the end of July, is fraught with political and…
from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3090174/coronavirus-saudi-arabia-allows-very-limited-haj-bars
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