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21 March
Saturday Hijri 2 Shawwal 1447 AH
By the Gregorian calendar 21 March
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By the Hijri calendar 2 Shawwal 1447 AH
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Upcoming anniversaries
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193326 March
Lady Evelyn Cobbold reaches the Masjid al-Haram on her pilgrimage
Edinburgh-born Lady Evelyn (Zainab) Cobbold describes entering the Masjid al-Haram in her Hajj diary entry dated 26 March 1933. Making the pilgrimage at 65 after waiting for permission, she is known as the first UK-born Muslim woman to perform the Hajj; her account appeared in 1934 as "Pilgrimage to Mecca".
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19536 April
Turkey issues its first decree regulating Hajj travel
On 6 April 1953, Turkey's Council of Ministers issued Decree No. 4/531 to assist citizens travelling to Saudi Arabia for Hajj. The first decree of its kind, it set rules on passports, means of travel, health matters and the affairs of pilgrims who died during the journey.
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20228 April
Plan to expand Quba Mosque tenfold announced
On 8 April 2022, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced the King Salman Project to expand Quba Mosque in Medina, regarded as Islam's first mosque. The plan aims to enlarge it about tenfold to 50,000 square metres, with capacity for 66,000 worshippers.
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20229 April
One million pilgrims, including from abroad, allowed for Hajj 2022
On 9 April 2022, Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Hajj and Umrah announced that one million pilgrims from inside and outside the kingdom would be allowed to perform that year's Hajj. Pilgrims had to be under 65 and vaccinated, and those from abroad needed a negative PCR test taken within 72 hours.