1 million for biggest hajj pilgrimage since pandemic, security forces in Saudi Arabia in preparation

 

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 1. One million people, including 850,000 from abroad, are allowed at this year's Hajj   -- a key pillar of Islam that all able-bodied Muslims  are required to perform at least once -- after two years of drastically curtailed numbers due to the pandemic.

Saudi ensures safety of Hajj pilgrims with stern security plan

Saudi Interior Ministry announced on Friday the launch of the security plan for this Hajj season, Saudi Press Agency reported.

Google celebrates Persian mathematician and astronomer Abu Al-Wafa' Al-Buzjani's birth with a doodle

"You have to do something pretty great to get a moon crater named after you," Google comments in the description to its new doodle celebrating Abu Al-Wafa' Al-Buzjani’s 1075th birthday.