Kamis 20 Jun 2024 14:00 WIB

Most Pilgrims Who Died in 2024 Hajj Season Had no Permit

At least 550 pilgrims passed away while performing Hajj in Saudi Arabia.

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Muslim pilgrims arrive to cast stones at pillars in the symbolic stoning of the devil, the last rite of the annual hajj, in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, June 18, 2024. Muslim pilgrims were wrapping up the Hajj pilgrimage in the deadly summer heat on Tuesday with the third day of the symbolic stoning of the devil, and the farewell circling around Kaaba in Mecca
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Muslim pilgrims arrive to cast stones at pillars in the symbolic stoning of the devil, the last rite of the annual hajj, in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, June 18, 2024. Muslim pilgrims were wrapping up the Hajj pilgrimage in the deadly summer heat on Tuesday with the third day of the symbolic stoning of the devil, and the farewell circling around Kaaba in Mecca

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The Saudi Arabian authority confirmed that most pilgrims who passed away during the current Hajj season were not part of their national Hajj delegation and came without a proper Hajj permit.

Saudi's Ministry of Media explained that those individuals entered Saudi Arabia on tourism or visit visas months before the Hajj rituals began.

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"These individuals remained in Mecca until the Hajj season and performed the pilgrimage without proper authorization," the Saudi ministry noted as per the statement received here on Thursday.

The Tunisian Foreign Ministry confirmed that most of their pilgrims who passed away while performing Hajj this year had arrived in Saudi Arabia not with a Hajj visa but only on a tourism, visit, or Umrah visa.