{"id":336968,"date":"2023-06-12T09:24:51","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T04:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=336968"},"modified":"2023-06-12T09:24:51","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T04:24:51","slug":"ksa-expects-exceptional-safe-hajj-pilgrimage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/ksa-expects-exceptional-safe-hajj-pilgrimage\/","title":{"rendered":"KSA expects \u2018exceptional, safe\u2019 Hajj pilgrimage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi Arabia expects to receive over 2M Muslim pilgrims this year<br \/>\nANKARA<br \/>\nSaudi Arabia said Saturday it expects an \u201cexceptional\u201d and \u201csafe\u201d Hajj pilgrimage this year. \u201cAll preparations bode well. We are optimistic about this Hajj season,\u201d Sheikh Abdulrahman Al-Sudais, head of the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques, told the state-run Al-Ekhbariya television channel.<br \/>\nHe said this year\u2019s Hajj pilgrimage will be \u201cexceptional, distinguished and safe.\u201d<br \/>\nThe oil-rich kingdom expects to receive over two million Muslim pilgrims this year.<br \/>\nSaudi Arabia held downsized Hajj in the last three years due to restrictions imposed to stem the outbreak of COVID-19.<br \/>\nIn 2022, over 899,999 Muslim pilgrims visited Saudi Arabia to perform the Hajj pilgrimage, according to official figures.<br \/>\nIn 2021, the kingdom welcomed up to 60,000 pilgrims from inside Saudi Arabia amid COVID-19 restrictions, while only 10,000 performed the ritual in 2020.<br \/>\nThe Hajj, the pilgrimage to Islam\u2019s holiest site Kaaba in Mecca, is one of the five pillars of Islam. 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