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Gulf tensions overshadow meeting of Muslim leaders
Muslim leaders from some 57 nations gathered in Islam's holiest city of Mecca early on Saturday to discuss issues ranging from tensions in the Persian Gulf to Palestinian statehood, the plight of Rohingya refugees and Islamophobia.
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CLEAN : Saudi forces hold military parade ahead of the annual hajj
Saudi forces held a military parade in Mecca on Thursday as more than one million faithful have already arrived in the Muslim holy city for the annual hajj pilgrimage which begins next week (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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A Muslim man and woman walk through a crowded street market in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
A Muslim man and woman walk through a crowded street market in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi Arabia pops up after earth zoom (with alpha matte)
Saudi Arabia pops up after earth zoom (with alpha matte)
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A migrating crowd passes armed military personnel as they head toward Mecca.
A migrating crowd passes armed military personnel as they head toward Mecca.
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Islam pilgrims surge through the city of Mecca.
Islam pilgrims surge through the city of Mecca.
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A massive crowd of Muslim men gather on a hilltop at Mecca.
A massive crowd of Muslim men gather on a hilltop at Mecca.
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SArabia bans all pilgrims from Mecca
Saudi Arabia has banned citizens and residents from performing the Muslim pilgrimage in Mecca over fears about new virus.
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Faithful temporarily allowed to pray near Kabaa
Worshippers returned to Islam's holiest site on Saturday after Saudi Arabia temporarily lifted its ban on visitors to the Grand Mosque of Mecca, imposed to control the spread of coronavirus.
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CLEAN : Empty streets after Miami Beach shuts down hotels, enacts curfew
Miami Beach, a mecca for tourists, is all but empty after officials ordered the closure of all lodging establishments in an effort to fight the coronavirus (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Coronavirus: streets leading to Mecca's holy sites still closed
Streets leading to the holy sites in Mecca are still closed by the police to stem the spread of the coronavirus (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Coronavirus: Deserted roads in the Saudi holy city of Mecca
Drone images show the roads of the Saudi holy city of Mecca deserted during the novel coronavirus pandemic crisis (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Aerial shots of Mecca's Grand Mosque empty on 1st day of Ramadan
FILE DRONE IMAGES of the Grand Mosque and its surrounding (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Hajj pilgrims take part in symbolic 'stoning of the devil'
Muslim pilgrims take part in the symbolic ‘stoning of the devil’ at the Jamarat Bridge in Mina, near Mecca, which marks the final major rite of the Hajj (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Muslim pilgrims take part in the symbolic 'stoning of the devil' (2)
Muslim pilgrims take part in the symbolic ‘stoning of the devil’ at the Jamarat Bridge in Mina, near Mecca, which marks the final major rite of the Hajj (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : FILE: Aerial shots of Mecca's Grand Mosque
Saudi Arabia will gradually resume the year-round umrah pilgrimage for Muslims from October 4, according to the interior ministry, seven months after it was suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Saudi Arabia gradually resumes Umrah after months of suspension
After months of suspension due to the pandemic, Saudi Arabia has gradually resumed the year-round Umrah for a limited number of people (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Pilgrims arrive in Saudi days ahead of hajj
Pilgrims arrive to Jeddah two days before joining their tour operators which will take them to Mecca to start their hajj season (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Mecca: Pilgrims on buses heading to holy site
The first batch of pilgrims take buses to leave one of the gathering points in Muslim holy city of Mecca to head to the holy site and start the welcoming Tawaf (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Hajj pilgrimage: muslims gather around the Kaaba shrine in Mecca
CLEAN : Hajj pilgrimage: muslims gather around the Kaaba shrine in Mecca
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CLEAN : Thousands of Muslims perform prayers in Mecca ahead of the Hajj
Thousands of Muslims gather at the sacred mosque Al Masijid al-Haram one day before Hajj in the Islamic holy city of Mecca (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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Why is Mecca having an $80bn makeover?
Saudi Arabia’s government is spending billions of dollars to remodel Mecca, the home of Islam’s holiest site - the Kaaba. But as part of the redevelopment scores of old shrines have been destroyed
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CLEAN : White-robed worshippers pack Mecca's Grand Mosque for largest hajj of Covid era
White-robed Muslim worshippers perform the "tawaf", the circumambulation of the Kaaba, the large cubic structure draped in golden-embroidered black cloth that Muslims around the world turn towards to pray, during the biggest hajj...
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Saudi Arabia To Host Limited Hajj Pilgrimage Due To COVID-19
The Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah said this year's pilgrimage would be limited to Muslims already in the country.