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Covid shatters hajj dreams of older pilgrims

Covid shatters hajj dreams of older pilgrims AFP 9 hrs ago AFP © STR Every able-bodied Muslim is obliged to perform the hajj pilgramage to the Kaaba at least once Samia Ahmed saved up for 16 years, but like many older Muslims she fears that renewed Covid-19 curbs will prevent her from ever making the hajj pilgrimage. Saudi Arabia has for a second consecutive year confined the annual hajj to a limited number of residents, excluding the millions of foreigners who usually flock to Mecca for the rite that every able-bodied Muslim is obliged to perform at least once. © Farooq NAEEM Muhammad Saleem Butt from the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi postponed treatment for a liver ailment, only for the pandemic to upend his plans

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