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The final days of the Hajj coincide with Muslims in Malaysia celebrating Aidiladha.

Only a limited number of mask-clad pilgrims hurled pebbles at a wall in a symbolic renunciation of the devil today.

After performing the stoning ritual at Jamrah Kubra on 10 Zulhijjah, the Malaysian pilgrims had been relieved from 10 prohibitions of the 'ihram' and were only subjected to three other prohibitions.

The period during which pilgrims can perform the Jamarat ritual will be reduced by 12 hours.

The Maldives' highest court has overturned a sentence of death by stoning for a woman convicted of adultery.

The number of Indonesians killed in a stampede at the hajj rose to 41 Monday with scores more still missing.

The death toll from a stampede during the annual hajj has risen to 769, the Saudi health minister said on Saturday.

It's hard to imagine how a crowd - especially one gathered for a peaceful religious rite - can turn so deadly.

Saudi Arabia suggested pilgrims ignoring crowd control rules bore some blame for the human stampede that killed over 700 people in Mina.

Witnesses to Thursday's deadly stampede in Mina blamed Saudi Arabia authorities and said they were afraid to continue the rituals.

Datuk Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki said the scene of the stampede did not involve the route of the Malaysian pilgrims to perform the 'stoning of the devil' ritual.

The head of Iran's hajj organisation, Said Ohadi said that the incident showed mismanagement and lack of serious attention to the safety of pilgrims.

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