With hurried steps and hearts pounding with longing, pilgrims eagerly anticipate standing on Arafat and performing the greatest pillar of Hajj. Pilgrims, from every deep valley, are making their way to Arafat, humbly supplicating and invoking prayers. Immersed in an atmosphere of faith, they are filled with humility and tranquility, enveloped by divine care.
Saudi Arabia Banning Unvaccinated from Nearly All Public Spaces
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22 Jul 2021
Saudia Arabia will ban all citizens and residents unvaccinated against the Chinese coronavirus from entering nearly all public spaces starting August 1, the Kingdom’s Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs announced Tuesday.
“In continuation of the ministry’s efforts to protect the public’s health, it is required to vaccinate workers and visitors [who work in or will enter] a number of municipal establishments,” the ministry said in a statement issued July 20, referring to Chinese coronavirus vaccinations.
The municipal establishments banning unvaccinated people from entry starting August 1 include “malls, shopping centers, retail stores, and markets,” according to the press release.
Pilgrims ‘stone the devil’ with sanitised pebbles in Haj ritual
July 21, 2021
MINA: Muslim pilgrims cast sanitised pebbles Tuesday as they took part in the stoning of the devil , the last major ritual of this year´s Haj which is again under tight coronavirus restrictions.From first light, small groups of pilgrims made their way across the Valley of Mina near Makkah in western Saudi Arabia to symbolically humiliate the devil at the Jamrah al-Aqaba mosque. Wearing masks and the ihram, the pilgrim´s seamless white garment, they each threw seven stones at a pillar symbolising Satan, taking them from sealed bags provided by the authorities.
Pilgrims stone the devil with sanitised pebbles
July 21, 2021
MINA: Muslim pilgrims cast sanitised pebbles Tuesday as they took part in the “stoning of the devil”, the last major ritual of this year’s Haj which is again under tight coronavirus restrictions.
From first light, small groups of pilgrims made their way across the Valley of Mina near Makkah in western Saudi Arabia to symbolically “humiliate” the devil at the Jamrah al-Aqaba mosque. Wearing masks and the ihram, the pilgrim’s seamless white garment, they each threw seven stones at a pillar symbolising Satan, taking them from sealed bags provided by the authorities.
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