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Pilgrim Deaths in Mecca Put Spotlight on Underworld Hajj Industry



Most of the more than 1,300 people who died making the Islamic pilgrimage were not formally registered, a Saudi official said. That left them with little access to protection from the brutal heat.



Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/23/world/middleeast/hajj-pilgrim-deaths-saudi-arabia.html

Author : Emad Mekay and Vivian Nereim

Publish date : 2024-06-24 00:13:00

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