Hajj Deaths Reveal Underbelly of Spiritual Quest.

Autor: MEKAY, EMAD, NEREIM, VIVIAN, ElHakeem, Hager, Sweis, Rana F., ur-Rehman, Zia, Hasnat, Saif, Mashal, Mujib, Timur, Safak, Alami, Aida, Suhartono, Muktita
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Zdroj: New York Times. 6/25/2024, Vol. 173 Issue 60196, pA1-A5. 2p.
Abstrakt: The article reports on the deaths of more than 1,300 people while making the Islamic pilgrimage of hajj in Saudi Arabia in June 2024. Topics discussed include statement from the Saudi health minister, Fahd al-Jalajel about the lack of permits of 83 percent of the reported deaths and the rise in temperature during the hajj season, measures taken by the Saudi government to reduce the effects of extreme heat, and identification of some pilgrims who died in the said pilgrimage.
Databáze: Regional Business News