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schema:articleBody	This year's hajj, which has been scaled back dramatically to include only around 1,000 Muslim pilgrims due to the coronavirus pandemic, will begin on July 29, Saudi authorities said Monday. Some 2.5 million people usually participate in the ritual of several days, centred on the holy city of Mecca. "The stand of pilgrims on Mount Arafat, the peak of the hajj ritual, falls on Thursday," the official Saudi Press Agency cited the Supreme Court as saying, indicating that Wednesday would be the first day of the annual event. The timing of the hajj is determined by the position of the moon, in accordance with the Islamic lunar calendar. Last month, Saudi Arabia announced it would hold a "very limited" hajj, a decision fraught with political and economic peril as it battles a surge in coronavirus infections with some 253,349 cases so far including 2,523 deaths -- the highest in the Gulf. The hajj and the lesser umrah pilgrimage together usually rake in some $12 billion per year. Although hajj officials said the pilgrimage would be restricted to 1,000 people already present in the kingdom, 70 percent of them foreigners, some press reports have said that 10,000 people may take part. Saudi citizens will make up the remaining 30 percent of the pilgrims, with the ritual restricted to medical professionals and security personnel who have recovered from the virus, the hajj ministry said. The decision to exclude pilgrims arriving from outside Saudi Arabia is a first in the kingdom's modern history and has sparked disappointment among Muslims worldwide, although many accepted it was necessary due to the pandemic. The pilgrims will be tested for coronavirus before arriving in the holy city of Mecca and are required to quarantine at home after the ritual, according to health officials. bur-mah/sls/par
schema:headline	Scaled-down hajj pilgrimage to start July 29: Saudi officials
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