The Saudi Arabian government is accepting registration from non-national residents to join the religious pilgrimage due late July. Saudi medical professionals and security workers who have recovered will be selected to join the Hajj.
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Saudi government will allow mosques to reopen for the weekly Friday prayers, as well as other prayers, starting on May 31, but with several rules, such as a two-meter distancing between people and the use of their own prayer mats brought from home.
In Brazil and the world over, the month of fasting in the Islamic calendar will be different this year. From April 23 to May 23, prayers and meals will happen indoors. Check out the schedule for Brazil.
A dinner event Wednesday evening in São Paulo was also attended by diplomats from Arab countries.
Number of Muslim followers on the large annual pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, grew by 5% from 2018.
Every year, more than 2 million pilgrims from all over the world go to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to perform the fifth pillar of Islam. This year, Hajj runs from August 9 to 14, and Brazil is expected to send a group of approximately 200 people.
