The 2004 Hajj stampede resulted in the deaths of at least 251 pilgrims on 1 February 2004 during the Hajj in Mecca.[1][2] The incident took place during the ritual stoning of three pillars in the Mina valley, close to Mecca, on the final day of Hajj ceremonies.[3] More than 200 people were injured, and the incident became the worst tragedy during the Hajj since 1990.[4]
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The 2004Hajjstampede resulted in the deaths of at least 251 pilgrims on 1 February 2004 during the Hajj in Mecca. The incident took place during the...
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(grouped by nationality) for use by Hajj pilgrims. According to a statement by the Saudi civil defence directorate, the stampede occurred Thursday 24 September...
October 2014. "Culmination of 1424 Hajj witnesses stampede deaths". Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia. 1 February 2004. Archived from the original on 5 March...
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count: Over 2,400 killed in Saudi hajjstampede, crush". AP News. 2015-12-10. Retrieved 2023-07-16. "'Largest Hajj pilgrimage in history' begins in Saudi...
Hajjstampede". bbc.co.uk. "BBC NEWS – Middle East – Hundreds killed in Hajjstampede". bbc.co.uk. Piggott, Mark (26 September 2015). "Hajjstampede death...
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1953) is a Saudi Arabian economist and former Hajj minister. He was removed from post over 2015 Hajjstampede. Al Hajjar was born in Madinah in 1953. He...
countries. Pilgrims more than triple the population number every year during the Ḥajj pilgrimage, observed in the twelfth Hijri month of Dhūl-Ḥijjah.[citation...
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tunnels: The first is the martyred commander Imad Mughniyeh, and the second is Hajj Qasem Soleimani who went to Gaza more than once and contributed to the defense...
to CAIR, but did apologize to the actual victims of the Hajjstampede. Shortly after the Hajj incident, Michelle Kube began to close each show with an...
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during a price dispute. January 12 – A stampede during the Stoning of the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills at least...
called a "stampede" during the 2015 pilgrimage (Hajj) of Muslims to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, she said: "They talk about changing the way the Hajj is administered...
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urs are held in Amritsar. In April 2001, 36 devotees were crushed at a stampede at the shrine as pilgrims rushed towards the Behishti Darwaza at the opening...
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