Pilgrims 'stone the devil' at Hajj amid intense heat
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Muslim faithful ritually stoned the devil on Wednesday in the climactic ceremony of a Hajj pilgrimage held in intense heat and against the backdrop
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Pilgrims 'stone the devil' at Hajj amid intense heat
Muslim faithful ritually stoned the devil on Wednesday in the climactic ceremony of a Hajj pilgrimage held in intense heat and against the backdrop of a conflict that has plunged the wealthy Gulf into crisis.
From dawn, crowds of pilgrims gathered in the valley of Mina, southeast of the holy metro of Makkah in Saudi Arabia, to throw pebbles at concrete pillars symbolising the devil.
It reenacts the Prophet Abraham’s (AS) stoning of the devil at three places where Satan is stated to have tried to dissuade him from obeying God’s command to sacrifice his son Ismael.
The white-robed pilgrims have been contending with searing desert heat as they perform the days-long, mostly outdoor rituals, with temperatures reaching 44℃ in Makkah and Mina on Wednesday.
After more than 1,300 died at the 2024 Hajj, when temperatures soared past 50℃, Saudi representatives ramped up anti-heat measures including giant fans, mist sprayers, cooled floors and trucks distributing drinking water.
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