Ceremony of disavowal of disbelievers in Arafat desert
The ritual of disavowal of disbelievers started on Arafat desert on Monday attended by tens of thousands of pilgrims.
According to IRNA, the pilgrims chanted anti-US and anti-Zionist slogans during the ceremony also attended by the Leader’s representative for Hajj affairs, Hojjatoleslam Ali Qazi-Asgar.
‘Allahoakbar’, ‘Death to Israel’, and ‘Death to America’ were among slogans chanted by the masses in unison  as they gathered in the Desert of Arafat, 20 kms from Mecca, for a day of prayer and meditation.The faithful – men clad in two-piece seamless white shrouds and women all covered except for their hands and faces to symbolize equality — converged on Arafat.












