COVID-19 Pandemic: Risks Facing Hajj and Umrah

The two major gatherings of Muslims which take place in Makkah and Madinah, the two holiest cities of Saudi Arabia, are umrah during Ramadan the 9th month and Hajj Dhul-Hajjah in the 12th month of the Islamic year. The COVID-19 outbreak has had a massive economic and social impact on pilgrimages for...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Razaq Raj, Dino Bozonelos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Technological University Dublin
Series:International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage
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Online Access:https://arrow.tudublin.ie/ijrtp/vol8/iss7/10