Mina, Saudi Arabia

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Mina is a desert location situated some 5 kilometres to the east of the Islamic holy city of Mecca (Makkah) in Saudi Arabia. It stands on the road from Mecca's city centre to the Hill of Arafat.

Mina is best known for the role it plays during the annual Hajj pilgrimage, when its tent cities provide temporary accommodation to millions of visiting pilgrims. In the valley of Mina is the Jamarat Bridge, the location of the Stoning of the Devil ritual, performed between sunrise and sunset on the last day of the Hajj. This place is a beautiful place even to visit. Mina is where Pilgrims would go to stone the Devils as this is where Ibrahim stoned the devils that came between him and the command that Allah set him.

External links

• Mina photograph gallery

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