Moroccan Pilgrims Begin Return from Hajj in Saudi Arabia

The stay is over for some Moroccan pilgrims in Saudi Arabia. The first group is returning to Morocco on Friday, August 16, 2019. They will be divided into three flights, the first to Rabat, while the other two will head to Casablanca, according to the Moroccan Official Delegation for the Pilgrimage.

Many pilgrims were able to complete the Hajj rites on Wednesday, August 14. Indeed, they proceeded to the stoning of Satan, in Mina, on the last day of Tashreeq, before performing the farewell Tawaf in Mecca, the same source specifies.

Following a visit he had made to the accommodation residences in Saudi Arabia, Hamou Ouheli, Secretary of State for Rural Development and Forests, head of the Moroccan official delegation to the Holy Places of Islam, had said that the Moroccan pilgrims had performed the Hajj rites under very normal conditions.

For the record, the number of Moroccan pilgrims this year is estimated at around 32,000, including 22,000 from the official organization, and 10,000 registered through travel agencies.

The number of pilgrims for the Hajj 1440 would have reached 2,489,406, including 1,855,000 foreign pilgrims, according to the Saudi authorities.