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Nearly one million Muslims ascend Mt. Arafat near holy city of Mecca

Around one million Muslims from around the world have begun ascending the Mt. Arafat near Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca as part of the largest Hajj pilgrimage since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

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The ritual is a recreation of Prophet Abraham's stoning of the devil at the three places where the latter is said to have tried to dissuade Abraham from obeying God's order to sacrifice his son, Ismael, according to Islamic traditions.