SAUDI ARABIA: Piligrms pray in the holy mosque in Mecca

Record ID: 189525

  • Title: SAUDI ARABIA: Piligrms pray in the holy mosque in Mecca
  • Date: 28th September 2014
  • Summary: MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA (SEPTEMBER 27, 2014) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF HOLY MOSQUE IN MECCA / SOUND OF MUEZZIN CALLING VARIOUS OF CLOCK TOWER / SOUND OF MUEZZIN CALLING VARIOUS OF HOLY MOSQUE VARIOUS OF PILGRIMS PRAYING IN HOLY MOSQUE VARIOUS OF PILGRIMS CIRCLING
  • Embargoed: 13th October 2014 13:00
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  • Location: Saudi Arabia
  • Country: Saudi Arabia
  • Topics: Religion
  • Reuters ID: LVAETT2UA6L0390TQI9DOT730VTZ
  • Story Text: More than two million pilgrims have arrived in Mecca for haj pilgrimage, with another million expected to join them in the world's largest annual gathering of Muslims, according to Saudi authorities.
    Haj is a religious journey that is viewed as one of the Muslim faith's greatest acts of worship.
    Gathered at the Grand Mosque in Mecca on Saturday (September 27), visitors wearing the simple white folds of cloth prescribed for haj prayed to the calling of muezzin.
    With temperatures hitting 36 celsius (96.8F), many congregated in the cooler shadow of the building's minarets.
    Haj occurs in the twelfth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, called Dhul-Hijjah.
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