{"id":89039,"date":"2023-06-24T17:50:42","date_gmt":"2023-06-24T17:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/hajj-2023-sudanese-pilgrims-denied-by-ongoing-war"},"modified":"2023-06-24T18:05:05","modified_gmt":"2023-06-24T18:05:05","slug":"hajj-2023-sudanese-pilgrims-denied-by-ongoing-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/hajj-2023-sudanese-pilgrims-denied-by-ongoing-war","title":{"rendered":"Hajj 2023: Sudanese pilgrims denied by ongoing war"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Tanzania. <\/strong><\/span><b>Muslim pilgrims streamed into the holy city of Mecca on Friday ahead of the start of Hajj.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Over two million people from <b>160 countries<\/b> are expected to gather in the historic city, according to Saudi authorities.<\/p>\n<p>This hajj will be the biggest since the requirement for <b>women to be accompanied by male<\/b> guardians was dropped in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>But with the raging <b>war in Sudan<\/b>, only a small part of the country\u2019s predominant <b>Muslim community<\/b> has been able to travel for the pilgrimage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Sudanese pilgrims this year are less important, and the reason is the ongoing war, which deprived people from practising the Hajj. A small group came from Sudan, most of them are from the rural areas, people in the capital and the cities could not make it. Only people from the rural areas were able to do it,\u201d shared Badr Ibrahim, Sudanese pilgrim.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the <b>organisation of Islamic Cooperation<\/b> (OIC) urged the warring parties in Sudan to lay down their arms ahead of <b>Eid-al-Adha<\/b>, the most important Muslim holiday, marking the culmination of the annual hajj.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, Saudi officials have said they expect the number of pilgrims to reach <b>pre-pandemic levels this year.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\">Tanzania<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Tanzania. Muslim pilgrims streamed into the holy city of Mecca on Friday ahead of the start of Hajj. 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