October 4, 2020 Mekke Hajj & Umrah
On 4 October 2020, Umrah resumed after a pause of about seven months, initially only for citizens and residents of Saudi Arabia. Up to 6,000 pilgrims a day were admitted; each booked a time slot through an online app and was given three hours to perform the rites.
199036 years ago
On 2 July 1990, during the Hajj, a crush in the Al-Muaisem pedestrian tunnel in Mecca claimed the lives of 1,426 pilgrims, according to Saudi officials. The disaster in the roughly 600-yard (550 m) tunnel struck at around 10 a.m.
725Hijri
On 2 Rajab 725 AH (1325), the 22-year-old Ibn Battuta set out from his hometown of Tangier with the intention of performing Hajj. This pilgrimage journey became the first step of the celebrated traveller's long voyages.
200620 years ago
On 12 January 2006, during the stoning ritual, a crush at the eastern entrance of the Jamarat Bridge in Mina killed at least 345 pilgrims and injured 289, according to early official figures. Later reports put the death toll at more than 360.
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