60,000 Muslims ascend Mount Arafat, peak Hajj rites, amidst COVID protocols

  How embargo on 2021 Hajj for Nigeria affects local prices of Sallah rams + dos and don’ts of COVID-19 For Abuja Muslims on Eid-el Kabir celebrations   60,000 Muslim faithful on Monday morning ascended the historic mount Arafat, peak of Hajj rites, amidst strict adherence to COVID-19 protocols. Platforms Africa reports that only these numbers of pilgrims resident in Saudi Arabia were allowed for the exercise this year. Nigeria and other countries could not participate as Saudi embargoed the Hajj for them this year. About 95,000 Nigerians were affected…

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