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Saudi Arabia allows full capacity at Mecca’s Grand Mosque as COVID-19 rules eased

Mecca’s Grand Mosque

The Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia operated at full capacity on Sunday, with worshippers praying shoulder-to-shoulder for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began.

Saudi Arabia resumes prayers at Mecca’s Grand Mosque

resumes prayers

Saudi Arabia is allowing its citizens and residents inside the kingdom to perform daily prayers at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the holiest site in Islam, for the first time in seven months. Sunday also marked the start of the second phase of the gradual return of citizens and residents to performing the Umrah – […]