Muslim pilgrims converge on Jamarat for ritual stoning of devil

Tens of thousands of troops and medics are deployed with modern technology including surveillance drones to maintain order after fatal stampedesMuslim worshippers throw pebbles at the Jamarat Bridge during the Hajj pilgrimage in Mina in Saudi Arabia, August 11 2019. Picture: FETHI BELAID / AFP

Nearly 2.5-million pilgrims, mostly from abroad, have arrived for the five-day ritual, a religious duty once in a lifetime for every able-bodied Muslim who can afford it. They are asked to follow carefully orchestrated schedules for each stage of haj, but with so many people, panic is a constant danger.

Confectioner Alaa Watad from Syria’s Idlib province, the last major rebel enclave in the country’s civil war, said his hometown was “drenched in blood”. Saudi Arabia has “fulfilled its duty for the sake of Allah and welcomed the guests of Allah without exception and provided them with all the services needed to perform their haj ritual with ease, comfort, security and tranquillity”, the 83-year-old monarch said in a televised speech.

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