Pilgrims defy hot weather, ascend Mount Arafat for hajj rites

Pilgrims defy hot weather, ascend Mount Arafat for hajj rites

Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims crowded Saudi Arabia’s Mount Arafat on Tuesday, the climax of a potentially record-breaking hajj pilgrimage held in fierce summer heat. As dawn broke, groups of worshippers recited Koran verses on the rocky rise, where the Prophet Mohammed is believed to have given his final sermon. The ritual is the

 
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