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Ayatollah Khamenei Calls On Muslims To Reconsider Saudi Management Of Mecca, Medina
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued an angry rebuke to "blasphemous" regional rival Saudi Arabia today, calling on the Muslim world to question its management of Islam's holiest sites.
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Electronic Wristbands, More Cameras To Prevent Repeat Of Fatal Crush At Haj
A year after the worst haj disaster in a generation, Saudi Arabia is issuing pilgrims with electronic bracelets and using more surveillance cameras to avoid a repeat of a crush that killed hundreds and damaged already strained ties with Iran.
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Number of Deaths in Saudi Haj Stampede Increases to Over 2,000: Report
The deadly crush that occurred at the haj near Mecca last month killed at least 2,070 people, nearly triple the number accounted for in a death toll maintained by Saudi authorities, a Reuters tally indicated on Thursday.
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Family Mourns Nigerian Pilgrim Who Fled Boko Haram But Died in Haj Crush
Three years after his family fled their northeastern Nigerian home to escape threats from Boko Haram militants, Mudasir Gambo must have thought his luck had changed when he won a ticket to attend the annual haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.
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Iran's Leader Demands Muslim World Probe Haj Deaths
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei on Wednesday called on Muslim countries to investigate the deadly crush on the Islamic haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia last Thursday that killed 769 people including at least 239 Iranians.
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A Stampede Survivor's Tale: 'I Was Pinned Down'
Hamza Musa Kabir from Kano in northern Nigeria survived the massive stampede at the hajj by shedding his pilgrim's garment after he was pinned under a man in the crush, which killed 769 people.
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Iran Leader Demands Saudi Arabia Apologise for Haj Deaths
Iran's supreme leader has said Saudi Arabia should apologise for a crush outside the Muslim holy city of Mecca that killed 769 worshipers performing the annual haj pilgrimage, Khamenei's website said on Sunday.
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Haj Death Toll Rises to 769, Iran Denounces 'Crime'
The death toll in a crush at the annual haj pilgrimage outside Mecca rose to 769, Saudi Arabia said on Saturday, as arch-rival Iran said Saudi officials should be tried in an international court for what it called a crime.
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Iran Holds Anti-Saudi Protest Over Haj Stampede Deaths
Iranian authorities organised a demonstration against Saudi Arabia's management of the annual Haj on Friday as it mourned 131 nationals among 717 pilgrims killed in a crush outside Mecca.
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Pilgrims May Not Have Followed Instructions During Haj: Saudi Minister
Saudi Arabia's heath minister said on Friday a crush that killed more than 700 people at the haj pilgrimage may have been caused by pilgrims failing to follow instructions from authorities shepherding the world's largest annual gathering of people.
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Ayatollah Khamenei Calls On Muslims To Reconsider Saudi Management Of Mecca, Medina
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued an angry rebuke to "blasphemous" regional rival Saudi Arabia today, calling on the Muslim world to question its management of Islam's holiest sites.
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Electronic Wristbands, More Cameras To Prevent Repeat Of Fatal Crush At Haj
A year after the worst haj disaster in a generation, Saudi Arabia is issuing pilgrims with electronic bracelets and using more surveillance cameras to avoid a repeat of a crush that killed hundreds and damaged already strained ties with Iran.
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Number of Deaths in Saudi Haj Stampede Increases to Over 2,000: Report
The deadly crush that occurred at the haj near Mecca last month killed at least 2,070 people, nearly triple the number accounted for in a death toll maintained by Saudi authorities, a Reuters tally indicated on Thursday.
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Family Mourns Nigerian Pilgrim Who Fled Boko Haram But Died in Haj Crush
Three years after his family fled their northeastern Nigerian home to escape threats from Boko Haram militants, Mudasir Gambo must have thought his luck had changed when he won a ticket to attend the annual haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.
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Iran's Leader Demands Muslim World Probe Haj Deaths
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei on Wednesday called on Muslim countries to investigate the deadly crush on the Islamic haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia last Thursday that killed 769 people including at least 239 Iranians.
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A Stampede Survivor's Tale: 'I Was Pinned Down'
Hamza Musa Kabir from Kano in northern Nigeria survived the massive stampede at the hajj by shedding his pilgrim's garment after he was pinned under a man in the crush, which killed 769 people.
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Iran Leader Demands Saudi Arabia Apologise for Haj Deaths
Iran's supreme leader has said Saudi Arabia should apologise for a crush outside the Muslim holy city of Mecca that killed 769 worshipers performing the annual haj pilgrimage, Khamenei's website said on Sunday.
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Haj Death Toll Rises to 769, Iran Denounces 'Crime'
The death toll in a crush at the annual haj pilgrimage outside Mecca rose to 769, Saudi Arabia said on Saturday, as arch-rival Iran said Saudi officials should be tried in an international court for what it called a crime.
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Iran Holds Anti-Saudi Protest Over Haj Stampede Deaths
Iranian authorities organised a demonstration against Saudi Arabia's management of the annual Haj on Friday as it mourned 131 nationals among 717 pilgrims killed in a crush outside Mecca.
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Pilgrims May Not Have Followed Instructions During Haj: Saudi Minister
Saudi Arabia's heath minister said on Friday a crush that killed more than 700 people at the haj pilgrimage may have been caused by pilgrims failing to follow instructions from authorities shepherding the world's largest annual gathering of people.
