Watch: How COVID-19 Ruined People's Haj Dreams

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Uploaded: 2020-09-03T16:00:16+05:30
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Description: Outsiders were not allowed to visit Mecca for the Haj this year.

Outsiders were not allowed to visit Mecca for the Haj this year.

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Outsiders were not allowed to visit Mecca for the Haj this year.

watch how covid 19 ruined people s haj dreams

By March, almost two lakh hajis had applied to visit Mecca. They were scheduled to visit Mecca in June. However, this time only a limited number of people performed Haj because of mobilisation restrictions due to the novel coronavirus. Outsiders were not allowed to go.

This article went live on September third, two thousand twenty, at zero minutes past four in the afternoon.

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