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Fourteen Jordanians who died of heatstroke while performing the holy hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, performed the religious rite outside official regulations, Jordanian officials claimed on Sunday. Five Iranian pilgrims were also killed during the pilgrimage, and 17 others went missing. “There are no injuries among any of the official Jordanian pilgrims. A number of pilgrims came on tourist visas which didn’t allow them to go on the hajj,” Jordan’s Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, Mohammed al-Khalayleh, told local media on Sunday. Al-Khalyleh said that the ministry had previousl…

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