ATLANTA (Pajhwok): The annual hajj pilgrimage official began on Monday as some two million people made their way out of Makkah after circling Islam’s holiest site, the Kaaba, and converging on a vast tent camp in the nearby desert for a day and night of prayer.
The fifth pillar of Islam and one of the largest religious gatherings in the world has returned to full capacity this year for the first time since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic three years ago.
The pilgrims made their way by foot or by bus to Mina, where they will camp in . . .
