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MAKKAH: An eerie emptiness enveloped the sacred Kaaba in Makkah’s Grand Mosque, where attendance at Friday prayers was hit by measures to protect against coronavirus. The imam said during his sermon he hoped for an end to the epidemic and backed a decision by the Saudi government to halt Umrah. “God, I seek refuge in you from the calamity and …

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