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Heat On Hajj: Is The Saudi Regime Responsible For Rising Death Toll Of Muslim Pilgrims?

June 15, 2024, Mecca, Mecca, Saudi Arabia: Muslim pilgrims arrive on Mount Arafat during the Hajj 2024 pilgrimage, southeast of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, 15 June 2024. Pilgrims began flocking on the plains of Mount Arafat since early hours of the day to perform one of the most important rituals of the Hajj pilgrimage. Saudi authorities said that over 1.5 million pilgrims arrived in Saudi Arabia for this year's Hajj season. Muslims attending this year's Islamic Hajj pilgrimage will face the challenge of a significant rise in temperatures, which poses a threat to the health of pilgrims, according to the Ministry of Health statement, as the National Center for Meteorology (NCM) expected temperatures to range between 45 and 48 degrees Celsius at the holy sites (Credit Image: © Medhat Hajaj/APA Images via ZUMA Press Wire)
Muslim pilgrims arrive June 15 on Mount Arafat during the Hajj 2024 pilgrimage, southeast of Mecca, Saudi Arabia Medhat Hajaj/APA Images via ZUMA

This is not the first spike in deaths of those making the Hajj pilgrimage, but what this year’s toll was accompanied by photos and videos circulating on social media that showed how many dead pilgrims were left on the roads near Mecca.

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Saudi King Orders Investigation Into Hajj Stampede

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ordered a swift investigation, as well as a safety review, after Thursday’s stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage site of Mina which left at least 717 people dead and 863 hurt. On its Friday front page, Saudi daily Al Yaum quotes the king as saying that “the massive development […]

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