- Thursday, April 25, 2024
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MUSLIM pilgrims ascended Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia on Monday (20) for the climax of the annual Hajj, which brings together more than two million people from around the world. Worshippers scaled the rocky hill southeast of the holy city of Mecca for a day of prayers and repentance. Arms raised, pilgrims repeated “There is no God but Allah” and “Allahu Akbar” (God is greatest). “It feels great,” said 37-year-old Pakistani Jai Saleem. “I have seen this area, since my childhood, in photographs and on television,” he added, saying that he cried when he and his wife arrived on Mount…
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