released : 26 Jun 2023 at 17: 45 Pilgrims in bathrobes and shoes carriedout the journey to Mina on foot or crowded onto air-conditioned buses. MINA, Saudi Arabia: Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims strolled or rode buses Monday to a giant tented city near Mecca for the climax of the yearly hajj that Saudi authorities state might break presence records. After carryingout the routine circumambulation of the Kaaba, the giant black cube at Mecca’s Grand Mosque that Muslims pray towards each day, worshippers set off for Mina, about 7 kilometres (more than 4 miles) away, in suffocating heat. Pilgrims in bathrobes and shoes, lotsof bring umbrellas versus the whipping sun, carriedout the journey on foot or crowded onto hundreds of air-conditioned buses offered by Saudi authorities. They will invest the night in white campingtents in Mina, which every year hosts the world’s biggest encampment, priorto the hajj’s high-point on Tuesday: prayers at Mount Arafat, where the Prophet Mohammed is stated to haveactually provided his last preaching. “It is an experience that is worth it,” stated Salim Ibrahim, a 39-year-old Nigerian, when asked about temperaturelevels that have touched 46 degrees Celsius (115 degrees Fahrenheit). “Even if the heat gets morepowerful, I will repeat the hajj onceagain,” he included. Saudi authorities state this year’s hajj — one of the 5 pillars o
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