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Relatives search for missing in Saudi Arabia as hajj death toll tops 900 • FRANCE 24 English

  • June 20, 2024



Relatives search for missing in Saudi Arabia as hajj death toll tops 900 • FRANCE 24 English

pilgrims desperately try to cool off in the scorching heat as one of the world’s largest religious rituals hjge winds down bodies are being counted Egyptian Jordanian and other Arab officials have reported dozens of their citizens dead or missing after they made the pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia yesterday we were on our way and we saw corpses along the road lying there covered with a sheet because the temperatures here are just so high and I’m not talking just about old people young people have died too around 1.8 million pilgrims took part in the har this year amid temperatures as high as 51° C in the shade at the Grand Mosque according to Saudi officials many of the rituals involve being outdoors for hours in the daytime hjj is a mandatory Duty for every capable Muslim it’s a difficult task you have to exert effort and perform the rituals even in hot and crowded conditions but to use an umbrella drink water and pour it over yourself to prevent dehydration Saudi authorities have reported treating pilgrims suffering from heat stress but have not provided information on fatalities we monitor the weather we monitor the health of all pilgrims uh 24/7 from the moment they reach the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia we’ve reached more than 2,700 pilgrims who suffered from heat uh illnesses diseases deaths aren’t on common at the hudge for stampedes and epidemics throughout its history but it’s also increasingly affected by climate change according to a Saudi study published last month last year at least 240 pilgrims were reported dead the Paris

Friends and family searched for missing hajj pilgrims on Wednesday as the death toll at the annual rituals, which were carried out in scorching heat, surged past 900.

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30 comments

  3. Maybe they could wear a solar hat with AC..🤔🤔…there are many small items in this world that work on solar…so why not a hat? Just like a small solar phone charger….or from a battery Bank….Saudi people think smart!!

  7. SA is rife too , whilst kissing a stone, that was used as a toilet, make it make sense. Dubai just experimented with Cloud Seeding, with No Drainage, or Sewer System.

  11. Typical islamophobic reporting – none, literally NONE of the rituals require you to stand in the sun "for hours on end".
    Tawaf and Jamarat can be performed at night. Standing in Arafat can be indoors. The problem is lack of shaded facilities, not the natue of the Hajj.

  12. When people know d side effects of alcohol still thy lov to consume , that's not d issue but if we go to Saudi for some days , u feel it's trouble…we dnt feel that..

  13. Only 900 dead? So fee. With that hype one would have expected far more or even all dead. Media sensationalism making a mountain out of a mole hill (or in this case mount everest out of an ant mound).

  17. Hajj is tedious task , one should embark upon this journey by asking those who have had this experience nd its difficulties. Hajj requires a great deal of physical n emotional exertion in sweltering heat n humongous crowds . may Allah forgive the deceased, give patience to the relatives, and enable the government to better facilities. Aameen..

  20. There shoild have been big water coolers, ac cubiles during the walk through roads to arafat, muzdalifa… they knew summer Hajj will be difficult.. why buses , trains were stopped.. why taxis were not there

  24. The last time I went to Mecca they had air conditioning and even a bar, but that was here in England. I don't understand why these people put themselves through so much torture just for a game of bingo.

  29. True, adding to that the guidelines from the authorities requested them to drink loads of water and have umberllas. So, their death is not to be blamed on anyone.

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