YouTube provides a live-stream of the Hajj pilgrimage

Posted by Adrian Patrick Gemora November 05, 2011

Photo courtesy of AFP News

YouTube and the Saudi Ministry of Culture and Information are teaming up to provide a live-stream of the annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. As more than 2.5 million Muslim pilgrims began the rites of the hajj on Friday, leaving Mecca for Mount Arafat, where the prophet Mohammed is believed to have delivered his final hajj sermon.