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Women authorised to perform Hajj but masculine guardian

Saudi Arabia has authorised women to register for a annual Hajj event but a masculine guardian.

“Those wishing to perform Hajj will have to register individually. Women can register but a mahram [male guardian] along with other women,” Al Arabiya News quoted a Saudi Hajj method as saying.

Last week, Saudi Arabia had announced that it would concede 60,000 residents, vaccinated opposite Covid-19, to perform Hajj this year, as a dominion bars Muslims from abroad from entering a nation for a annual protocol for a second true year.

The Hajj – a contingency for robust Muslims during slightest once in their lives – typically packs millions of pilgrims into a holiest sites of Islam.

Because of a coronavirus pandemic, usually adult to 10,000 pilgrims took partial in a Hajj in Jul final year, a distant cry from a 2.5 million who participated in 2019.

This year’s pilgrimage, scheduled to be hold in July, would be singular to those who have been vaccinated and are aged 18-65 with no ongoing illnesses, a Hajj method said.

The Hajj would be “open for nationals and residents of a kingdom, singular to 60,000 pilgrims”, a method added.

“In light of what a whole universe is witnessing with a coronavirus pandemic… and a presentation of new variants, a applicable authorities have continued to guard a tellurian health situation,” pronounced a health method in a apart statement.

“Considering a vast crowds that perform Hajj, spending prolonged durations of time in mixed and specific places… requires a top levels of health precautions,” a matter added, according to a central Saudi Press Agency (SPA).

(With submit from AFP)