Ammon News - Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims crowded Saudi Arabia’s Mount Arafat on Tuesday, the climax of a potentially record-breaking Hajj pilgrimage.
As dawn broke, groups of worshippers recited Quran verses on the rocky rise, where the Prophet Mohammed (Pece Be Upon Him) is believed to have given his final sermon.
The ritual is the high point of the annual pilgrimage, one of the five pillars of Islam.
After sunset, pilgrims will travel the short distance to Muzdalifah, halfway between Arafat and Mina, to sleep in the open air.
The following day, they will gather pebbles and hurl them at three giant concrete walls in the symbolic “stoning of the devil” ritual.
The last stop is back at Mecca’s Grand Mosque, where they will perform a final circumambulation of the Kaaba.
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