1300 people died making the Hajj in 2024, from the heat /* New safety measures in place this year

[3rdWorld]

Walked for hours in the desert heat?
Seniors walking for hours in desert heat? Are we serious

Religion infects the psyche till all physical world logic disappears only to be replaced by fantasy..

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

Another year of natural selection. It's fitting that this is a celebration of sacrifice

 

[50CentStan]

The saudia government treats the hajj like Disney world and have made a fortune without building the necessary infrastructure to combat the effects of global warming. It’s frankly a ridiculous situation.

They've done a lot. But they need to limit the amount of people allowed to go and people who are going more than once. It's too many people now with enough money to make it out there.

 

[DaddyFresh]

Religion infects the psyche till all physical world logic disappears only to be replaced by fantasy..

Walked for hours in the desert heat?
Seniors walking for hours in desert heat? Are we serious

They believe if they die during subservience to god they will go to heaven lol. So I'm sure they knew they were playing with fire but used the stupid "it's in gods hands" belief. Idk how people still believe in this dumb shyt in the modern Information Age

 

[get these nets]

Hajj will not fall in summer until 2050: Saudi Arabia releases 25-year Hajj calendar

Starting in 2026, the annual Islamic pilgrimage will gradually move into milder seasons

gulfnews.com

06/08/25

Dubai: Pilgrims performing Hajj will not experience the searing heat of summer again for another quarter of a century.
Starting in 2026, the annual Islamic pilgrimage will gradually move into milder seasons — spring, winter, and autumn — offering cooler conditions for millions of worshippers each year.
Hussein Al Qahtani, spokesman of the National Centre for Meteorology (NCM), said that this year’s Hajj season marks the end of the Hajj season coinciding with the summer months.


He noted that the next eight Hajj seasons will occur during spring, followed by eight more in winter, then in autumn with gradually rising temperatures, before returning to summer after approximately 25 years.

The NCM spokesperson cited that this shift is due to the lunar calendar cycle, which offers pilgrims the opportunity to perform Hajj rituals in more moderate weather conditions during the coming years.

NCM has released a 25-year Hajj calendar outlining how the pilgrimage dates, based on the Hijri (Islamic) calendar, will align with the Gregorian calendar seasons through to 2050.
Due to the lunar nature of the Hijri calendar, which is approximately 11 days shorter than the Gregorian year, the Hajj shifts earlier each year. As a result, pilgrims will benefit from increasingly favourable weather conditions until the pilgrimage eventually returns to the summer months in 2050.
Hajj seasons through 2050:

• 2026–2033: Spring (May–March)
• 2034–2041: Winter (February- January, later December)
• 2042–2049: Autumn (November- September)
• 2050: Hajj returns to August – Summer

This seasonal shift is expected to ease the physical demands of Hajj, particularly for the elderly and those with health concerns, while also aiding efforts in crowd management, logistics, and safety planning.