Saudi Arabia to allow 1M hajj pilgrims this year

By Agence France-Presse

Apr 10, 2022 12:31 am

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia said on Saturday it would permit 1 million Muslims from inside and outside the country to participate in this year's hajj, a sharp uptick after coronavirus pandemic restrictions forced two years of drastically pared-down pilgrimages.

The Middle Eastern kingdom's hajj ministry 'has authorized 1 million pilgrims, both foreign and domestic, to perform the hajj this year,' it said in a statement.

SACRED SHRINE This April 2, 2022 photo shows Muslims praying around the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque complex in the Saudi city of Mecca. AFP PHOTO

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