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Hajj 2025: Muslims ‘stone the devil’ as pilgrimage nears end

Hajj 2025: Muslims ‘stone the devil’ as pilgrimage nears end
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Muslim pilgrims perform the symbolic ‘stoning of the devil’ ritual as part of the hajj pilgrimage in Mina on June 6, 2025. (AFP)
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Muslim pilgrims perform the symbolic ‘stoning of the devil’ ritual as part of the hajj pilgrimage in Mina on June 6, 2025. (AFP)
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Muslim pilgrims perform the symbolic ‘stoning of the devil’ ritual as part of the hajj pilgrimage in Mina on June 6, 2025. (AFP)
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Muslim pilgrims perform the symbolic ‘stoning of the devil’ ritual as part of the hajj pilgrimage in Mina on June 6, 2025. (AFP)
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Muslim pilgrims perform the symbolic ‘stoning of the devil’ ritual as part of the hajj pilgrimage in Mina on June 6, 2025. (AFP)
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Muslim pilgrims perform the symbolic ‘stoning of the devil’ ritual as part of the hajj pilgrimage in Mina on June 6, 2025. (AFP)
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Muslim pilgrims cast stones at pillars in the symbolic stoning of the devil on June 6, 2025. (AP)
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Muslim pilgrims cast stones at pillars in the symbolic stoning of the devil on June 6, 2025. (AP)
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Muslim pilgrims cast stones at pillars in the symbolic stoning of the devil on June 6, 2025. (AP)
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Muslim pilgrims cast stones at pillars in the symbolic stoning of the devil on June 6, 2025. (AP)
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Hajj 2025: Muslims ‘stone the devil’ as pilgrimage nears end

More than 1.6 million Muslims were performing the last major ritual of the Hajj – the “stoning of the devil” – on Friday, throwing seven stones at each of three concrete walls symbolizing the devil in the Mina valley, on the outskirts of the holy city of Makkah.

The ritual commemorates Abraham’s stoning of the devil at the three spots where it is said Satan tried to dissuade him from obeying God’s order to sacrifice his son.

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