Hajj in extraordinary heat: what a scholar of Islam saw in Mecca


Muslim pilgrims in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on June 18, 2024.
AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool


At least 1,300 people died because of scorching heat during the Hajj pilgrimage in June 2024. It’s not the first time that such a tragic incident hit the pilgrimage. More than a thousand were killed in a heat wave in 1985, and deaths due to stampedes and other crowd-related disasters have been reported in previous years.

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