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Read more. Like other religious pilgrimages, Hajj is considered an annual rite of passage to renew ones moral and spiritual connection. Approximately a quarter of the human population identify themselves as Muslims. According to their faith of Islam, it is one of their five religious duties to perform the Hajj at least once in their lifetime. Who are the pilgrims? According to Islamic tradition, any Muslim who has reached maturity is due to perform the Hajj. During the last Hajj season, about two thirds of the pilgrims to Mecca came from outside of the Saudi Arabian Kingdom.

Many Muslims around the world spend a significant amount of their life-savings to be able to make this spiritual journey. As an example, the cost of performing Hajj for a Malaysian Muslim was calculated at about For first time Hajj pilgrims, the Malaysian government subsidizes more than half of that amount.

You need a Single Account for unlimited access. Full access to 1m statistics Incl. Single Account. View for free. Show source. Show detailed source information? Register for free Already a member? Log in. More information. Other statistics on the topic. Amna Puri-Mirza. Research Expert covering the Middle East. Profit from additional features with an Employee Account. Even countries with large Muslim populations can send only a small fraction of their citizens to the hajj. In Indonesia — which at more than million has by far the largest Muslim population in the world — the wait time can range from seven to 37 years.

Some countries complain that the quota allocation is not transparent enough, or that it should be based on demand rather than on Muslim population. Several historic Islamic sites were destroyed in recent years to make way for luxury high-rise hotels and malls that cater only to wealthy pilgrims. These developments dominate the Kaaba, the cubelike structure at the center of the Grand Mosque that is circled by pilgrims and that is considered to be the House of God.

Still, Saudi Arabia continues to build. The multiyear construction plan includes expanding the mosque around the Kaaba to hold 1. Please upgrade your browser. On the fourth day, the pilgrims go to Mina and throw seven pebbles at each of the three pillars. The same ritual is done on the fifth day and the sixth if the pilgrim is not able to return to Mecca. Before leaving Mecca, the pilgrims perform another circumambulation of the Kaaba for seven times anti-clockwise.

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Saudi Arabia Muslims from around the world are gathered in Saudi Arabia to undertake the rites of the annual Hajj pilgrimage. Related articles. From the same country. On the same subject. More stories. Democratic Republic Of Congo.



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