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First day of Kumbh Mela in India amid the COVID-19 pandemic

01:00 The first day of Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s biggest religious gatherings, kicks off in India amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly one million Hindu pilgrims gathered on the ban

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2 Iranian pilgrims killed in Iraqi hotel fire

AtleasttwoIranianwomenpilgrimswerekilledinhotelfireintheIraqicityofNajafonMonday,IranDailyreported.MortezaAqaei,anofficialatIran'sHajjandPilgrimageOrganization,

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100,000 Saudi security officers to protect haj pilgrims

Morethan100,000SaudisecurityofficerswillbedeployedtoprotectthemillionsofworshippersexpectedtoparticipateintheHajjpilgrimagethisweek.Inthepast,therehavebeendeadl

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Two million pilgrims converge on Mecca for the hajj

TwomillionMuslimsfromacrosstheglobeareconvergingonMeccainSaudiArabiaforthehajjpilgrimage,areligiousdutyandforsomepilgrimsthejourneyofalifetime.Thisyearseesthere

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India: Terrorists gun down pilgrims

ByAPDWriterRishikaChauhanNEWDELHI,July11(APD)-TerroristsintheprovinceofJammuandKashmirgunneddownsevenpilgrimsonMonday.Morethan19peoplewerealsoinjuredintheattack

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No women allowed: A Japan pilgrimage for the once forbidden sex

It's difficult to imagine how the female pilgrims trekking the perimeter of Koyasan, one of Japan's most holy sites, centuries ago must have felt while making their journey.

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Dozens killed in suicide tanker bombing in Iraq's Babil

A suicide tanker truck bomb attack on Thursday killed some 80 Shiite pilgrims, including 24 Iranians, at a fuel station in Babil province in south of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, security sources said.

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Haj pilgrims reach site of deadly stampede

Saudi King Salman arrived in Mina on Sunday to ensure the pilgrims can "perform their rituals easily, conveniently and safely", the official Saudi Press Agency reported.

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14 pilgrims killed in car crash in southern Myanmar

At least 14 pilgrims have been killed and a dozen others injured in a passenger car crash in Dawei district, southern Myanmar, local media reported Thursday.

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Death toll of Indonesians in pilgrimage stampede rises to 91

​A senior official at Indonesia's Ministry of Religious Affairs said here on Friday that the number of Indonesian pilgrims killed in the hajj stampede in Mina, Saudi Arabia last week has reached 91 as efforts to search the missing nationals related to the stampede are still underway at the moment.

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Saudi stampede casualties rise to 717 dead, 805 injured

​Saudi authorities said the total number of pilgrims killed in the stampede Thursday in Mecca has risen to 717.

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Saudi stampede kills 220

Saudi authorities said a stampede Thursday in Mecca has killed 220 pilgrims and injured 450 others.

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1.3 million foreign pilgrims to attend Saudi Hajj season

​Saudi Arabia is expected to receive more than 1.3 million foreign pilgrims this Hajj season, with majority from south Asian countries, Arab News reported on Tuesday.

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Annual Hindu pilgrimage concludes in Indian-controlled Kashmir

​The 44-day long annual pilgrimage to the Hindu shrine of Amarnath concluded in Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said Tuesday.

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28 killed in suicide attack on pilgrims' bus in SW Pakistan

At least 28 people were killed and 45 others injured when a suicide bomber hit a bus carrying Shiite muslim pilgrims in Pakistan's southwest province of Balochistan

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Lebanon issues 13 arrest warrants for abduction of Turkish pilots

Lebanon on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against three detainees and 10 family members of the 11 pilgrims abducted in Syria, on charges of "forming an armed gang and abducting the two Turkish pilots," the state-run National News Agency quoted a judiciary officer as saying.