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Summary The pilgrims will leave for Arafat today after Fajr prayers at Mina.
More than two million Muslims have began the main rituals of Hajj on Wednesday, heading from the holy city of Makkah to Mina where they rest and pray for the night before moving on to Mount Arafat.The pilgrims, of whom nearly 0.18 million came from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia, spent the night in Mina in government supplied tents.The pilgrims will reach Mount Arafat today, some 10 kilometres (six miles) southeast of Mina, to spend the day in prayer.After sunset, they head to Muzdalifah, between Mina and Arafat, where pilgrims collect stones to throw at the devil, one of the last rituals which take place Friday and marks the first day of Eidul Azha, the annual feast of sacrifice.
