Muslims from around the world begin annual pilgrimage to Mecca

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Muslims from around the world begin annual pilgrimage to Mecca  Over the coming days, they will immerse themselves in religious rituals and acts of worship that originated more than 1,400 years ago.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/06/04/muslims-from-around-the-world-begin-annual-pilgrimage-to-mecca  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:01Muslims from around the world are gathering in the Saudi city of Mecca for

00:05the annual Hajj pilgrimage, one of the five pillars of Islam. Over the coming

00:09days they'll immerse themselves in rituals and acts of worship that

00:12originated more than 1,400 years ago and like last year pilgrims will also have

00:18to contend with excessive heat. Honestly it's an indescribable feeling, thank

00:24God who granted us this feeling and I wish this for every believing Muslim.

00:28The pilgrimage is a once-in-a-lifetime obligation for every Muslim who can

00:32afford it and is physically able to make it to Islam's holiest city, birthplace of

00:37the Prophet Muhammad. This is an irreplaceable opportunity I've been

00:43waiting for it for a long time. Thank God who made it easy for us to visit this

00:47place and pray for our country and our loved ones. We also pray for those who

00:51worked on this mosque's expansion. We thank them and we thank God Almighty.

00:58But the Hajj has limited capacity with set quotas for countries. Muslim

01:04majority nations like Indonesia and Malaysia have decades-long waiting lists

01:08while India has a ban on repeaters.

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