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Hajj cameras

All-seeing ‘eye’ watches over Mecca pilgrims

September 13, 2016Religion

More than 5,000 cameras have been installed in the entire Mecca sector covering a radius of around 10 six miles around its Grand Mosque, the single holiest place in Islam.

Pain lingers one year after Hajj tragedy in Saudi Arabia

September 7, 2016Belief
An aerial view of the Haj pilgrimage in Mecca

“You’re not Muslims!” Iran and Saudi Arabia in new war of words.

September 7, 2016Global Politics

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