June 16, 2024
Haj pilgrims ‘stone the devil’ as Muslims celebrate Eid ul Adha
MECCA: Pilgrims perform the final major Hajj ritual, “stoning the devil,” in western Saudi Arabia on Sunday as Muslims around the world celebrate the Eid ul Adha holiday. Starting at dawn, the 1.8 million Muslims who will make the pilgrimage this year will throw seven stones at each of three concrete walls symbolizing the devil in the Mina Valley, located outside Mecca, Islam’s holiest city . The ritual recalls Abraham’s stoning of the devil at the three points where Satan is said to have tried to dissuade him from obeying God’s command to sacrifice his son. The stoning ritual has
