KABUL (Pajhwok): Millions of Muslims, including 24,000 Afghans, from across the world on Sunday offered Waqf al-Arafa, one of the essential hajj rituals at Mount Arafat for the highest point of the annual pilgrimage in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Nearly 1.5 million Muslims from Asia, Africa and points in between began the annual Hajj pilgrimage on Saturday. They moved to Mina from Makkah last night for the first leg of hajj and thronged the Mount Arafat on Sunday.
The pilgrims offered noon and afternoon prayers jointly at the Arafat mosque and listened . . .
