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Article: Saudi Arabia tries to create a safer hajj; Hundreds have died during the annual Muslim ritual, including 363 last week.(WORLD)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- January 19, 2006
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Byline: Faiza Saleh Ambah Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA -- Saudi authorities are turning toward Islam and technology to prevent another tragedy like last week's stampede during the hajj pilgrimage that killed at least 363 people.
Interior Minister Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz this week called on Muslim clerics to find religious dispensations that would give pilgrims more time to perform the hajj stoning ritual, currently three days from noon until sunset, during which the stampede took place.
During the hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, the stoning ceremony has been the frequent scene ...