WATCH THE VIDEO HERE Saudi Arabia announced on Tuesday that the annual Muslim hajj pilgrimage to Mecca would begin on June 4 after astronomical observatories spotted the crescent moon, marking the start of the lunar month. The date was announced by the supreme court in a statement carried by the official Saudi press agency. At a press conference on Monday, Tawfiq al-Rabiah, Saudi Arabia’s hajj minister, said that just over a million pilgrims from across the world had already arrived in the country. Last year, 1.8 million Muslims took part in the hajj, according to official figures.
Hajj pilgrimage to begin on June 4
