Saudi Arabia stops 269,678 Muslims without Hajj permits from entering Mecca
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FILE - Muslim pilgrims use umbrellas to shield themselves from the sun as they gather outside Nimrah Mosque to offer the noon prayers in Arafat, on the second day of the annual hajj pilgrimage, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, June 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)FILE - A pilgrim offer prayers after she cast stones at a pillar in the symbolic stoning of the devil, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, June 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)From left to right; Director General of Civil Defense Major General Dr. Hamoud bin Suleiman Al-Faraj, Director of Public Security and Chairman of the Hajj Security Committee Lieutenant General Mohammed Al-Bassami, Commander of the Special Emergency Forces at the Presidency of State Security Lieutenant General Mohammed Al-Omari and Acting Director General of Passports Major General Dr. Saleh Al-Murabba speak during the Hajj security press conference at the 911 headquarters in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, June 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Baraa Anwer)
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FILE - Muslim pilgrims use umbrellas to shield themselves from the sun as they gather outside Nimrah Mosque to offer the noon prayers in Arafat, on the second day of the annual hajj pilgrimage, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, June 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)
