BEGINNING OF A NEW HAJJ FOR MILLIONS OF PILGRIM
A new Hajj began this Sunday for millions of Muslims from all over the world, in a reiterated show of faith and obedience that govern the precepts of Islam. An extraordinary spectacle in Mecca around the Kaaba.
It is the first tawaf (circumambulation of the Kaaba) that pilgrims undertake after assuming the state of ihram, a sacred state of ritual consecration. This tawaf signifies the pilgrims' arrival in Makkah, the spiritual center of Islam and the focal point of the Hajj pilgrimage.
The number of pilgrims this year is expected to break records at more than 2.5 million.
“This year, we will witness the largest Hajj pilgrimage in history,” said an official at the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah.
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