Nigeria: Hajj Stampede - I May Recommend Nigerians Stop Devil Stoning - Sanusi

3 October 2015

Saudi Arabia — The Emir of Kano and leader of the Central Coordinating Team of this year's Hajj, Muhammad Sanusi II, has said that he will recommend that Nigerians stop participating in the Jamarat (symbolic stoning of the devil) rite of Hajj in Mina, except they are given accommodations close to the site.

He stated this yesterday in Mecca when he led an official delegation on a visit to pilgrims' residences.

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