Olawale Ajimotokan in Abuja
For the second successive year, an emphatically large number of Nigerian intending pilgrims may not be able to perform the 2021 Hajj in Saudi Arabia, after the country announced that only 60,000 pilgrims would be allowed to carry out one of the key Islamic rites from across the world.
The decision taken yesterday by the Saudi health authorities was a precaution against the transmission of COVID-19 among the local population and the international contingents.
It will come as a disappointment for the projected 100,000 Nigerians who were hoping to embark on the spiritual trip this year to Mecca and Madinah.
Saudi Embassy refutes Pakistani media reports on Hajj 2021
Ummid.com was the first to raise doubts over the claims made by the Pakistani media, even as some Indian media outlets carried the Pakistani reports as it is and without confirmation
Monday May 24, 2021 11:54 AM, ummid.com News Network
Islamabad: Saudi Embassy in Pakistan Sunday rebuked the media reports claiming the Kingdom has decided to allow 60,000 pilgrims from within and outside Saudi Arabia for Hajj 2021. No decision has been taken yet regarding the Haj. All that is said in this regard are proposals that are still under study”, a spokesman in the Saudi Embassy said.
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Amid wild speculations over the fate of foreign Hajj pilgrims this year, some Pakistani media outlets are reporting that Saudi Arabia has decided to allow some 60,000 pilgrims from the Kingdom and abroad to perform the annual ritual in 2021.
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