CAIRO – 16 June 2024: The overall health of all Egyptian pilgrims remains satisfactory, affirmed the Assistant Minister of Interior for Administrative Affairs and Head of the Official Hajj Mission. In the same context, he pointed out that the Hajj Lottery Mission pilgrims continue to flow to the Jamarat Bridge in Mina to perform the Rami al-Aqaba Al-Kubra (the Grand Stoning) on the Day of Sacrifice. On Saturday evening, the Assistant Minister of Interior for Administrative Affairs and Head of the Official Hajj Mission announced the success of the Hajj Lottery pilgrims' move from Arafat to the Holy Site of Muzdalifah. He explained that the move of the Hajj Lottery pilgrims took place at the time planned by the mission, as all Hajj Lottery pilgrims left the Arafat plain with the sunset prayer. He stressed that no pilgrim other than the Hajj Lottery pilgrims will be allowed to enter the camps in Mina.

Source: Egypt Today June 16, 2024 13:40 UTC