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MUZAFFARNAGAR: Less than 5,000 Muslims from India are likely to go on Hajj pilgrimage this year as the Saudi Arabia has capped the number of pilgrims due to the ongoing pandemic.
According to Fazal Siddiqui, deputy CEO (operations), Hajj Committee of India, “This year, Saudi Arabia has announced that only 60,000 can go on Hajj.
Out of which, 15,000 will be the residents of that country.
Remaining 45,000 will be from all over the world.
So if we calculate India’s quota according to the population, it will be around 4,500.
Otherwise, in normal times, 2lakh used to go on the pilgrimage from India alone.”
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MUZAFFARNAGAR: Less than 5,000 Muslims from India are likely to go on Hajj pilgrimage this year as the Saudi Arabia has capped the number of pilgrims due to the ongoing pandemic.
According to Fazal Siddiqui, deputy CEO (operations), Hajj Committee of India, “This year, Saudi Arabia has announced that only 60,000 can go on Hajj.
Out of which, 15,000 will be the residents of that country.
Remaining 45,000 will be from all over the world.
So if we calculate India’s quota according to the population, it will be around 4,500.
Otherwise, in normal times, 2lakh used to go on the pilgrimage from India alone.”
Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state of the country, used to send close to 30,000 people on Hajj every year.