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Saudi Arabia lifts restriction on hajj pilgrim numbers

Published: 09 Jan 2023 - 08:12 pm | Last Updated: 10 Jan 2023 - 10:12 am
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AFP

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia will not impose limits on the number of hajj pilgrims this year, a Saudi minister said on Monday, after three years of restrictions to curb the Covid-19 pandemic.

"The number of pilgrims will return to what it was before the pandemic, without any age limit," Minister of Hajj and Umrah Tawfiq al-Rabiah told reporters in Riyadh.

The pilgrimage is one of five pillars of Islam, which all able-bodied Muslims with the means are required to perform at least once.