Saudi haj ministry completes selection of 60,000 pilgrims
Saudi Arabia has completed the selection of 60,000 locally-resident pilgrims for this year’s haj, state news agency SPA reported on Thursday (July 8).
For the second year in a row, Saudi authorities have barred foreign pilgrims from the haj citing the continuing spread of COVID-19 and its new mutations. Last year, only 1,000 locally-resident pilgrims were allowed.
The ministry received 558,270 applications for this year’s haj, reported SPA citing the deputy minister of haj and umrah Dr. Abdul-Fattah Suleiman Mashat.
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