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Plains of Arafat on the day of Hajj, c. 2003. There have been numerous incidents during the Hajj, the Muslim pilgrimage to the cities of Mecca and Medina, that have caused loss of life. Every follower of Islam is required to perform the Hajj in Mecca at least once in their lifetime, if able to do so; according to Islam, the pilgrimage is one of ...
Pages in category "Incidents during the Hajj" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The deadliest modern crowd crush incidents have both occurred during the Hajj pilgrimage, with the 1990 Mecca tunnel tragedy claiming 1,426 lives and the 2015 Mina stampede claiming 2,400. [1] (Although the term "stampede" is used in some media outlets, the scientific consensus is that true stampedes involving humans are extremely rare. [1])
Deaths during the Hajj have been reported in past years, though not always as a result of extreme heat. In 2015, a stampede in Mina killed more than 2,400 people, th e AP reported. In other years ...
A couple from Maryland were among the more than 1,300 people who died during the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, Democratic Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks announced Sunday. Alhaji Alieu Dausy ...
A 2015 stampede in Mina during the hajj killed over 2,400 pilgrims, the deadliest incident to ever strike the pilgrimage, an AP count showed. Saudi Arabia has never acknowledged the full toll of ...
Incidents during the Hajj This page was last edited on 2 May 2020, at 04:09 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...
The Kaaba (pictured here during the Hajj in 2003) In 929, after several years of interruption, the Hajj caravans were resumed under military escort, arriving in Mecca in December 929. [23] [27] On 11 January, the day when the Hajj rites were to begin, a Qarmatian army under Abu Tahir appeared before the city. The local garrison initially tried ...