{"id":32408,"date":"2026-05-25T12:20:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T12:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/32408\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T12:20:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T12:20:43","slug":"millions-gather-in-mecca-for-hajj-despite-security-concerns-france-24-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/32408\/","title":{"rendered":"Millions gather in Mecca for Hajj despite security concerns \u2022 FRANCE 24 English"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"Millions gather in Mecca for Hajj despite security concerns \u2022 FRANCE 24 English\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vWHDQ5EmgYU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nMillions gather in Mecca for Hajj despite security concerns \u2022 FRANCE 24 English<br \/>\n<br \/>\nDespite security concerns linked to the conflict in the Middle East, pilgrims from around the world continue to arrive in Mecca for this year\u2019s Hajj. Saudi officials say more than 1.5 million people have already reached the kingdom, with numbers expected to rise further as many say they are willing to take the risk to complete the pilgrimage.<br \/>\n#Hajj #Mecca #SaudiArabiaPilgrims<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd14 Subscribe to France 24 now: https:\/\/f24.my\/YTen<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd34 LIVE &#8211; Watch FRANCE 24 English 24\/7 here: https:\/\/f24.my\/YTliveEN<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf0d Read the latest International News and Top Stories: https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Like us on Facebook: https:\/\/f24.my\/FBen<br \/>\nFollow us on X: https:\/\/f24.my\/Xen<br \/>\nBluesky: https:\/\/f24.my\/BSen and Threads: https:\/\/f24.my\/THen<br \/>\nBrowse the news in pictures on Instagram: https:\/\/f24.my\/IGen<br \/>\nDiscover our TikTok videos: https:\/\/f24.my\/TKen<br \/>\nGet the latest top stories on Telegram: https:\/\/f24.my\/TGen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Millions gather in Mecca for Hajj despite security concerns \u2022 FRANCE 24 English Despite security concerns linked to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32409,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[33308,33309,22,23,20,21,33310,33297,33298,33299,33300,33301,33302,33303,40,33304,33305,33311,33312,33306,33307,33313],"class_list":["post-32408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-france24","tag-annual-hajj-gathering","tag-foreign-pilgrims-mecca","tag-france-24","tag-france-24-english","tag-france24","tag-france24-english","tag-global-muslim-community","tag-hajj","tag-hajj-arrivals-1-5-million","tag-hajj-participation-increase","tag-hajj-pilgrimage","tag-islamic-holy-journey","tag-mecca","tag-mecca-hajj-2026","tag-middle-east","tag-middle-east-tensions-pilgrimage","tag-muslim-pilgrimage-mecca","tag-pilgrimage-safety-risks","tag-religious-pilgrimage-islam","tag-saudi-arabia-pilgrims","tag-saudi-arabia-religious-events","tag-security-concerns-hajj"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}