Place: Mecca’s Grand Mosque

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Executions were driven by fear of Sunni militancy

Saudi Arabia’s execution of a Shi’ite Muslim cleric provoked sectarian anger across the Middle East, but by putting to death dozens of al Qaeda convicts at the same time it also delivered a strong message that Sunni violence would not be tolerated at home.

Mon, 04 Jan, 2016

Two million Muslims praise God in Mecca

More than two million Muslim pilgrims from almost 180 countries raised their hands to heaven and chanted in unison as they hiked through a desert valley yesterday to a tent city on the outskirts of Mecca in preparation for the annual hajj.

Mon, 09 Jan, 2006

Death toll from Hajj stampede reaches 251

The death toll from a stampede during the stoning ritual at the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca rose to 251 today.

Mon, 02 Feb, 2004

Crowds not turned off by deaths

Waves of pilgrims today jostled or shoved their way through crowds for devil-stoning rituals, a day after 244 people were crushed to death during the same rites at the annual Muslim pilgrimage in Mina, Saudi Arabia.

Mon, 02 Feb, 2004