While not many details about the arrests have been released, the sites in Mecca were not thought to be among the possible targets of attack. According to sources, several men were arrested ahead of the Hajj season.
While this year had no major incidents, the Hajj pilgrimage had a history of disasters. In Islam, every practitioner must be able to attend Hajj once in their lives if they are able to. According to Mansour al-Turki, the interior minister of Saudi Arabia, the plot was foiled by security forces.
He adds that the group was arrested three days before the Hajj season. Mr. Turki had called the group of men arrested a deviant group. This term is often used by authorities when talking about Al-Qaeda.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran’s president was amongst the millions of people to attend Hajj.
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