Nigeria: Hajj Deaths - Emir Sanusi Wants Nigerian Pilgrims to End "Stoning the Devil"

The Emir of Kano and head of Nigeria's 2015 Hajj delegation, Muhammad Sanusi II, has said that he would recommend that Nigerians stop participating in the Jamarat (symbolic stoning of the devil) rite of Hajj in Mina, except they are given accommodation close to the site.

He stated this Friday in Makkah when he led a delegation to visit to Sokoto pilgrims at their residence.

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