Hajj 2024 In Saudi Arabia. Over 1.5 million pilgrims have so far arrived in saudi arabia for this year’s hajj season, the kingdom’s general directorate of passports announced on tuesday. Saudi arabia said on saturday that security forces had cleared hundreds of thousands of unregistered pilgrims from mecca ahead of the hajj which begins next week.
Saudi arabia said on saturday that security forces had cleared hundreds of thousands of unregistered pilgrims from mecca ahead of the hajj which begins next week. More than 1,300 people died making the islamic pilgrimage of hajj in saudi arabia this month, the vast majority of whom the saudi government said did not have permits.