Pilgrims must book their hajj trip through a Saudi government–approved hajj travel agent.
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I don't know how many people here saw their footage of the Hajj, and [then] the terrible tragedy in the Hajj.
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During the last three days of the hajj, male pilgrims shave their heads and remove the white garments worn during the hajj.
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"The Iranian Hajj Organization's refusal to sign the minutes of the Hajj arrangements shows an intent of distorting the rite of Hajj and politicizing it before its own people and the world," Sheikh Mohaimeed said in a statement to the Saudi Press Agency.
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Hence, her journey into the bustling Cairo market called Khan el Khalili where she insisted on an apprenticeships with Hajj Ramadan and Hajj Sayed.
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Gender and Hajj Mecca is the only Islamic holy site where men and women all pray together and perform all the Hajj rites together.
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Also on the list: • "Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam," edited by Venetia Porter, to help me understand the spiritual importance of the hajj.
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Hajj limits Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia said it will welcome pilgrims from Qatar for the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, but will impose some travel limitations.
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The annual pilgrimage is known as the hajj, and it is one of the five pillars of Islam, prescribed in the Quran: And proclaim to mankind the hajj.
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"Iran is the only country that refused to sign the agreement on the hajj," Mohammad Bintin, the Saudi minister of hajj and umrah, was quoted as saying in the report.
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The Ministry of Hajj, an important body in a country that derives much of its international standing from its management of Islam's holiest sites, was changed to the Ministry of Hajj and Umra.
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"We just launched in Austria our 5G network," Hajj said.
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The facility normally hosts Muslim people traveling for the Hajj.
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But in Mecca, during Hajj, these rules are strictly followed.
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Epidemiologists tracked the outbreak to pilgrims returning from the Hajj.
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Sharqawi Al Hajj has been detained at Guantanamo Bay since
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Health issues are also a major concern during the hajj.
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And that often comes to a head over the hajj.
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Jamarat has been a notorious choke point for hajj crowds.
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Like the Hajj itself, Mater's exhibition is a unique experience.
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"It's not so easy to come to Hajj," said Mohammed.
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Hajj is due to begin (depending on the moon's sighting).
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I hope I'm lucky enough to have my hajj accepted.
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"Yorkdale!" the Hajj children chimed in chorus with their father.
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This is, to be clear, the basic route of the Hajj.
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Several internal ISIS documents refer to him as al-Hajj Abdullah.
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It is that call that Muslims honor with the hajj pilgrimage.
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (CNN)'Tis the Hajj season again.
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The annual hajj pilgrimage is one of the pillars of Islam.
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Pilgrims are required to wear the same simple dress during Hajj.
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The annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, called Hajj, concludes on Wednesday.
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On the second day of the hajj — this year, Sunday, Sept.
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More than 100,000 security forces are managing the hajj this year.
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There were not much of remittances due to Hajj festival holidays.
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"Why are you losing weight?" she asked Mr. Hajj in Arabic.
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Had Mr. Hajj sent the money to his father in Syria?
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"Mexico is the only place where there is a limitation," Hajj said.
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The inflows are slow, may be, because of the Hajj festival holidays.
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For the record, Hindy wrote, he is currently in Makkah, performing Hajj.
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At the time, it was the deadliest day at Hajj in years.
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Al Hajj is one of the plaintiffs in the challenge, known as
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We wanted to gather our own stones, to experience the whole hajj.
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For the next 10 years, the Hajj will be during the summer.
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Participating in Hajj is a physically demanding activity that requires much walking.
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We asked her to share what she sees during her first hajj.
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Medical facilities are also available in and around the main hajj sites.
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In 22011, my sister was caught in one of the hajj throngs.
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I figured, never mind, this is the hajj, once in a lifetime.
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But in the heat and exhaustion of the hajj, it tasted refreshing.
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Saudi Arabia's top clerics traditionally lead a Hajj sermon on this site.
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Ali Hajj Hussein and his family were among the few who didn't.
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CNN's Kareem Khadder and Abu Bakr Hajj Ali contributed to this report.
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Hajj said he expected the IFT's decision very soon, within two weeks.
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Hajj is a spiritual experience -- you're in a different state of mind.
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I remember I was very excited as performing Hajj is a privilege.
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Hajj stampede: 5 things you need to know Addressing "the lovers of Holy Shrines" in a statement, the Iranian Hajj Organization said it and the Islamic Republic of Iran put in every effort to honor the annual rituals.
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The hajj takes place only once a year, in the 4003th and final month of the Islamic lunar calendar; pilgrimages to Mecca made at other times in the year are encouraged but do not count as the hajj.
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The RNC Koch-blocks; Qataris must jump through hoops to go on Hajj.
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I've personally been to the Hajj three times -- in 2005, 2006 and 2007.
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This became the spring of Zamzam, from which we'll drink during the hajj.
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"We are open to looking at anything," Hajj said in the Valor report.
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Though this was the deadliest hajj disaster in history, other disasters have occurred.
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"If we don't have equal conditions, we are not so enthusiastic," Hajj said.
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In the last 10 years, 24 million Hajj pilgrims have visited the city.
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A few weeks later, Mr. Hajj asked the sponsors about going on welfare.
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Mr. Hajj even got his first raise, to $13 per hour from $11.50.
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But there have also been times when the Hajj has turned into a nightmare.
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More recently, tensions escalated once again in the lead up to this year's Hajj.
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Other times, they're religious leaders who can arrange Umroh (minor hajj) at discounted prices.
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Take a journey through Hajj, the spiritual pinnacle for the world's 1.8 million Muslims.
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Mohamad Al Hajj, senior research analyst at EFG Hermes, said that since on Nov.
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This year, 1437 according to the Islamic calendar, I am making my first hajj.
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Last year, more than 2,300 people were killed in a crush during the hajj.
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Whoever's fault it was, no Iranian pilgrims were allowed at the hajj in 2016.
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In Saudi Arabia during the hajj, it's where you pay for your animal sacrifice.
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They prefer instead to focus on spiritual nourishment that the Hajj promises to supply.
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Authorities only segregate men and women at the Hajj in terms of sleeping arrangements.
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Pilgrimage to Mecca, known as the Hajj, is one of the pillars of Islam.
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By comparison, the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca usually includes about 2 million people.
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The Hajj sponsors had already decided that their payments to the family would stop.
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When the Hajj children missed a swimming lesson, the sponsors started taking them again.
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The lowest point in the Hajj sponsors' year had started with an unsettling discovery.
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In fact, Mr. Hajj had even more of a safety net than he knew.
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The third time I was in a side street looking at Hajj-related merchandise.
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During Hajj we were supposed to travel on a bus from Mecca to Medina.
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Parents may choose to bring even their very young children with them, but the hajj won't "count" toward fulfilling the child's personal religious obligation, as that requires the child to be mature enough intellectually and spiritually to understand the significance of the hajj.
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The day the apocalypse arrived It was the last day of the Hajj in 2005.
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Afraa Hajj Hammoud and Mohammed Belal moved to Calgary in February, CNN partner CBC reported.
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Hajj expressed support for the plan but said there was not yet a final decision.
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A survivor's story of how he was almost crushed to death at the 2015 hajj.
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Muslims from around the world have begun arriving in Mecca for the annual hajj pilgrimage.
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This year, according to reports, 2.35 million pilgrims from around the world performed the Hajj.
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The kingdom also allocates preferential blocks of Hajj visas to favored international politicians and allies.
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In fact, it may invade one of Saudi Arabia's most renowned events, the annual Hajj.
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He would be making his hajj pilgrimage—the spiritual summit, traditionally, of a Muslim life.
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"They give us so much and we don't have anything to give," Ms. Hajj said.
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In the Philadelphia cases, there were also some sick passengers who'd come from the Hajj.
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If I get a chance I will perform Hajj a second time in the future.
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"The valuation expansion outpaced earnings growth," said Mohammad El Hajj, macro strategy analyst at EFG Hermes.
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Here is a Muslim who prays and fasts and has gone on the hajj to Mecca.
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Asserting that there would be no hajj participation by Iran this year, he blamed the Saudis.
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Millions of people are flowing over well-laid paths in Saudi Arabia for the annual hajj.
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Continue to see more of these photos from Hajj and to learn more about annual gathering.
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There is another event involving Ismail and his mother, Hagar, that looms large in the hajj.
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In 2017, however, Iran lifted the ban, and around 80,000 Iranians performed the hajj that year.
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Mouhamad al-Hajj, his wife and their four children are slowly adapting to life in Toronto.
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Entering Mecca Many pilgrims converge on the city weeks before the start of the Hajj rituals.
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The oldest pilgrim performing the hajj this year was Ibu Mariah Marghani Muhammad, 104, from Indonesia.
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Wajahat Ali Is it permissible to take a selfie in front of the Kaaba during hajj?
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Above, pilgrims at the Grand Mosque in Mecca this week before the start of the hajj.
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The sponsors weren't sure what to believe; they suspected that Mr. Hajj was keeping a secret.
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And did they really have the right to know or question how Mr. Hajj used money?
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Eid Mubarak to all those celebrating Eid al-Adha and the end of the hajj today!
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I never told anyone what happened during Hajj until I recently saw the sexual assault post.
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Mecca is a holy Muslim city in Saudi Arabia where millions come for the annual Hajj pilgrimage.
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The investment will be focused on deploying fiber in Mexico, Colombia, Brazil and other markets, Hajj said.
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"It's good for TracFone - it's good to have all of this consolidation in the market," Hajj said.
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Finally, upon returning to the Kaaba, they'll circle it seven times, bringing the Hajj to a close.
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" Eithawi responded: "I think that the main and fundamental candidate for Baghdadi is al-Hajj Abdullah Qardash.
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CNBC Metro 19623 When Hajj Flemings looked at his hometown of Detroit, he noticed a strange discrepancy.
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I learned about how the Saudi government divides the tent areas after speaking with hajj travel agents.
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Sheikh Abdulaziz said it was "not surprising" that Iran would attack Saudi Arabia during the hajj season.
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This is one of the most iconic images of the hajj and is known as the tawaf.
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Meqaat is the entire area in and around Mecca that includes the holy sites of the hajj.
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Our reporter on the hajj has had to cover her hair and robe herself, despite the heat.
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I am interested to know your (inner) feelings about bikini and burkini before and after the hajj.
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Is there an off-season where one can do the full hajj but with fewer teeming multitudes?
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One of the main hajj rituals is to walk seven times around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest site.
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The hajj wasn't disrupted even the last time the country had to deal with a virus outbreak.
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What do you think of that crowd-management software for the hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca?
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Dakhil told the officer that the sender was someone he met on his Hajj pilgrimage in 2011.
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Nearly 2 million pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia for this year's Hajj, according to Saudi authorities.
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The Festival of Sacrifice marks the height of the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia.
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That'd be drastic but understandable, as a disease spreading has long been a concern during the Hajj.
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He said Hajj Abdullah, a deputy of Baghdadi, was his likely successor, provided he was still alive.
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"I personally think there is no way that there could be a zero rate again," Hajj said.
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After a year of grinding English study, Mr. Hajj, 103, struggled to get the new words out.
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The sponsors resolved to continue tutoring Ms. Hajj and the children but to retreat in other ways.
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They asked the Hajj parents to take the children to swimming lessons instead of doing it themselves.
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Soon, Mr. Hajj was working a couple of evenings a week in addition to continuing English classes.
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Mr. Hajj, who seemed evasive, said he had taken out the money to stock up on food.
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No Iranian pilgrims attended the hajj last year because of deepening tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia.
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I think assault happens a lot more at the Hajj than people -- Muslims -- would like to believe.
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It is from these cities that Mansa Musa (Keita I) would later depart on his famous Hajj.
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Mount of Arafat, southeast of Mina, is where Muhammad delivered his final sermon on the first Muslim hajj, and it is the commemoration of this event on the ninth day of the Islamic month of Dhul-Hijjah — the Day of Arafat — that is the indispensable part of the hajj.
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There was no immediate comment from Saudi Arabia, which was preparing for the annual hajj pilgrimage beginning Saturday.
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"Qatar's politicization of Hajj must come to an end following the initiative taken by King Salman," Gargash said.
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"We are thinking long-term and investing to have the best network and good customer service," Hajj said.
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Tehran has said Iranians will not participate this year in the hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.
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During the hajj, we must not swear, cut our hair or nails, have sex or crush a plant.
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Unlike the annual pilgrimage known as the hajj, the umrah can be made at any time of year.
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If it continues to get hotter, the Hajj may become a physically impossible journey due to heat stress.
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The tourism sector makes $22.6 billion a year for the country, nearly half of which is from Hajj.
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What do you know about the annual hajj pilgrimage, which ends just as Eid al-Adha is beginning?
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He said that the hajj was a waste of money that would be better spent on the poor.
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We've got you covered: Here are the most basic answers to the most basic questions about the hajj.
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When a horrific stampede occurred at the 2015 hajj, Iran jumped at the chance to blame the Saudis.
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"(If) the price looks good for us, then I think we are going to do it," Hajj said.
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This year, hajj was in late August, and at least 1.7 million people are thought to have attended.
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No plan has been announced for changes for the mandatory Hajj, which this year falls in late July.
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The hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca, which she undertook in 1996, when she was 68, transfigured my grandmother.
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Hajj said he expects the administration of president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who takes office on Dec.
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Currently Saudi Arabia's foreign tourism market relies almost exclusively on religious pilgrims coming to the country for Hajj.
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He returned to America a changed man, renouncing racial separatism, and renameing himself El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz.
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I did return to the Hajj a few years later...but I was militant about my personal space.
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Mater's photographs show some of the millions of pilgrims who gather in Mecca every year for Hajj week.
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After sitting out of football to fulfill my Hajj Pilgrimage in 2012, the Chiefs were the first to call.
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"This is a common cause of strokes in the young, and it is not benign," Dr. Hajj-Ali said.
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Also, Saudi negligence was to blame for the stampede during the recent hajj, which left 464 Iranian pilgrims dead.
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The hajj, the yearly pilgrimage to Islam's holiest sites, is required of every observant Muslim who can perform it.
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Each year millions of Muslims come from around the world to Saudi Arabia to take part in the Hajj.
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Ihram is the traditional dress that men wear during the hajj and consists of two sheets of white fabric.
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Then a few months ago, a colleague suggested that I apply for a journalist visa to cover the hajj.
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For this year's Hajj, Saudi Arabian officials refused visas from the Congo, where there is an ongoing Ebola outbreak.
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The elder Wahhaj had "no knowledge" of the alleged training, said his spokesman, Imam Al-Hajj Talib Abdur-Rashid.
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This cloth is known as the kiswah, and it is replaced yearly, on the second day of the hajj.
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No. Although Christians and Jews believe in the God of Abraham, they are not allowed to perform the hajj.
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Mecca, in Saudi Arabia, draws millions of Muslim pilgrims every year for Hajj (pilgrimage), a central tenet of Islam.
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A person who has completed the pilgrimage can add the phrase al-Hajj or hajji (pilgrim) to their name.
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The Saudi government has since widened some roads in Mina to try and improve the safety of the hajj.
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Performing the Hajj is considered compulsory for every Muslim who is physically and financially able to make the journey.
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"There were people coming from other countries for umrah and hajj," he said referring to the different Muslim pilgrimages.
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Later, Mr. Hajj told Ms. Atkins and his children the story, managing to convey part of it in English.
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The second time was during Hajj, at the Stoning of the Devil area in Mina, just east of Mecca.
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"We are tired of responding to false information and stories invented from nothing," Sheikh Mohammed told Al Jazeera TV. Qatar did accuse the Saudis of politicizing hajj and addressed the United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion on Saturday, expressing concern about obstacles facing Qataris who want to attend hajj this year.
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Ahmadiyya is officially banned in Saudi Arabia, with Ahmadis forbidden from undertaking the pilgrimage to Mecca known as the Hajj.
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Besides making the hajj pilgrimage, many Muslims make it a point to visit Medina, which is Islam's second sacred city.
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Hajj added that there could be a decision by IFT on its review in the first quarter of next year.
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The child's mother, Afraa Hajj Hammoud, said her husband Mohammed Belal thought of the name -- and she liked the idea.
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The hajj was marred last September by a catastrophic stampede that, according to outside estimates, killed more than 2,400 people.
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Hajj said that there could be a decision by IFT on its review in the first quarter of next year.
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The Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah accused a visiting Iranian delegation of refusing to sign an agreement resolving issues.
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The hajj was marred last September by a catastrophic stampede that according to outside estimates killed more than 2,400 people.
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Talks aimed at allowing Iranian pilgrims to participate in this year's hajj also broke down, so no Iranians will attend.
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Starting Saturday, about two million Muslims will participate in the hajj, an annual pilgrimage to holy sites in Saudi Arabia.
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That was one of the questions readers sent to our correspondent who is on the annual hajj in Saudi Arabia.
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Some 20,000 US citizens and residents are taking part in Hajj this year, according to the US consulate in Jeddah.
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Thanks to the worldwide movement of observant Muslims during the annual hajj, the Nigerian strain was carried to Saudi Arabia.
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Women are also allowed — indeed, required, just like every other physically and financially able Muslim is — to perform the hajj.
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I saw an ad for the hajj at a tour company and one package had animal sacrifice as an option.
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The fund, in turn, disburses money for everything from repairing local hospitals to sending Chechens to Mecca for the hajj.
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The ill travelers in Philadelphia were arriving from the Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia CBP said in a statement.
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Over a million people visit the holy city for Hajj each year, and it can become a hotbed for flu outbreaks.
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Qureshi is returning early from the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as a result of the crisis, the foreign ministry said.
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And, she adds, those who can't attend the Hajj don't have to miss out on this holy time of year completely.
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Iranian death toll in Hajj stampede leaps to more than 450 This isn't the first time a ban has been discussed.
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Slim's America Movil, which has Mexico's biggest network by far, has no plans to use it, Chief Executive Daniel Hajj says.
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"I don't think they are going to give me something that I don't have," Hajj told an earnings call last month.
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Cravia's existing management team will remain in place, including founder Walid Hajj as executive chairman and Louay Ghandour as chief executive.
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George al-Hajj said banks could re-open as early as Monday if the union agrees that the plan is satisfactory.
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At the start of the hajj, pilgrims dressed in white circle the Kaaba seven times, trying to kiss the black stone.
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I discreetly covered my offending feet with my own long, black robe, which I bought specially for the hajj, my first.
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What is the basis for the expectation that Muslims should take part in the hajj at least once in their lives?
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Legal entry into the country is extremely tightly controlled, and the paperwork required to get a hajj visa is incredibly detailed.
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This past fall, I had the opportunity to take my mother to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, for the holy pilgrimage of Hajj.
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But the fees accounted for just a fraction of the growth in mobile revenues in Mexico during the quarter, Hajj said.
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At the end of the hajj, men are required to shave their heads, and women to cut a lock of hair.
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The pharmacy on Ajyad Street is constantly packed, doing a roaring trade in antibiotics — hajj flu again — and anti-diarrhea pills.
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But I was worried when I saw pilgrims returning their empty cups to the Nigerians — this is how hajj flu spreads!
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Those who go for Hajj see people from all walks of life, ethnicities, nations, united in their worship of one God.
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She had planned to go to Hajj with her parents, but the Christchurch shooter dealt a fatal blow to their plans.
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Lately, I'm fretting because exhaustion and the demands of domestic family life are standing between me and my pre-hajj checklist.
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Visiting Saudi Arabia has long been a difficult proposition for everyone except Muslim pilgrims going on the hajj and business travelers.
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Still, with the deadline nearing, the Hajj sponsors faced uncomfortable, nagging questions: Were they doing too much for the Syrian family?
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America Movil Chief Executive Daniel Hajj publicly confirmed the application for the first time on a call with investors on Wednesday.
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A 2007 study looked at the crowd flow during the Hajj in early 2006, where millions of pilgrims came to Saudi Arabia.
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In the Islamic lunar calendar, Hajj takes place in the final month before the new year, which is known as Dhul Hijjah.
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After the Hajj ends, Muslims return home reminded that, wherever they live, they're part of a larger community, united in their faith.
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However, the prospect of more austerity was already known to the market, and Hajj said the plan also contained opportunities for investors.
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Travel to Saudi Arabia is normal for Muslims who are required once in their lifetimes to complete the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.
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Detailing the firm's fourth quarter results, Hajj said America Movil would continue to invest heavily in Brazil and Mexico, its principal markets.
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El-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz (Malcolm X) rose to become a champion of blackness—and he was also murdered while doing so.
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The holiday coincides with the climax of the hajj, the sacred journey to Mecca that around 2 million Muslims undertake each year.
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"The agreement is really now just around the corner," Satea al-Hajj of the FFC said on Thursday as talks got underway.
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In this piece, Sarah Almukhtar, a graphics editor, answers three questions about her recent article on the stampede at the 2015 hajj.
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Wajahat Ali The Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, which commemorates the end of the annual hajj pilgrimage, begins Monday, Sept. 22001.
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Muslims are forbidden from slaughtering animals during the hajj until after the Day of Arafat, when it their duty to do so.
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Once the hajj is over, men are expected to shave their heads, and women are expected to snip a piece of hair.
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Article: "What Muslims Do on Hajj, and Why" Before Reading What do you know about the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha?
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In a village at the Lebanese-Syrian border, Hajj Hassan, a Hezbollah member, said the Lebanese ministers would meet with Syrian officials.
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The Hajj is one of the largest gatherings of people on earth with about 2 million people making the journey each year.
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More than 2 million Muslims have begun the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, Islam's holiest city, in Saudi Arabia, Al Jazeera reports.
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One requirement of the hajj is for each pilgrim to ritually slaughter an animal — sheep, cow, camel or goat — at the end.
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Saudi authorities manage the entry and exit of pilgrims through strict visa applications and have a dedicated Hajj ministry, employing 40,000 workers.
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Becoming a Hajji After five days, the Hajj comes full circle and worshipers return to the Grand Mosque for their final prayers.
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Hajj added that America Movil may challenge Chilean resolutions on telecoms, including a recent Supreme Court decision on spectrum, in international arbitration.
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Eid al-Adha marks the climax of the hajj, the sacred journey to Mecca undertaken by about two million Muslims each year.
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Eat In 1973, three years before she traveled from Iran to Mecca for her hajj, my grandmother Parvin took another momentous journey.
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First Travel, Ms. Hasibuan's company, was offering cheap umrah tours, which are lesser pilgrimages to Saudi Arabia outside the designated hajj period.
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I always imagined I'd make hajj after I reached a stage of stable adulthood — and accompanying income — that still sometimes feels distant.
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"The hajj is based on the concepts of equality and simplicity, but what has happened now is direct investment," Mr. Mater said.
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We spoke to Jibreel, a former basketball player, who joined 15,000 other Muslims from America who made the holy pilgrimage this hajj season.
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Hajj also expressed optimism about the prospects of America Movil's U.S. subsidiary, TracFone, as T-Mobile US Inc's takeover of Sprint Corp advances.
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Saudi Arabia's foreign tourism market has depended almost exclusively on the millions of pilgrims who enter the Kingdom each year to perform Hajj.
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On Monday, Ayatollah Khamenei used his annual hajj message to attack the Saudis, accusing them of neglecting those wounded in last year's stampede.
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Every Muslim, who is able and can afford it, is expected to travel there at least once in their life for the Hajj.
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The height of Hajj corresponds with the holy day of Eid al-Adha, commemorating Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son on divine orders.
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Many of my fellow pilgrims have already sent the obligatory "I am going to hajj" mass emails and posted on their Facebook walls.
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Visas were previously limited mostly to business travelers and the millions of Muslim worshippers who make the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca each year.
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Mr. Mann expected charter companies that fly passengers to the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, which ended in August, to be enlisted.
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Those wanting to come on pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia cannot use the tourist visa, and must apply for a Hajj or Umrah visa.
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The four-day holiday marks the climax of the Hajj, the sacred journey to Mecca that around 2 million Muslims make each year.
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If the IFT approves the request, America Movil could soon begin offering customers phone, internet and video services in one package, Hajj said.
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Your first instinct is that it cannot possibly be happening, but it's there, in your face I didn't go back to do Hajj.
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The Hajj, which this year begins next Wednesday, August 30, lasts nearly a week and sees pilgrims visiting several religious sites around the city.
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For 2020, America Movil will focus on rolling out 5G technology in Latin America, Chief Executive Daniel Hajj said on a call with analysts.
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The technology will likely debut in Mexico this year and may arrive in Brazil as well, depending on the availability of spectrum, Hajj added.
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The Hajj is an annual Islamic religious pilgrimage to the city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, which took place in late August this year.
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Flu rates were higher at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in 2002, large music festivals in Hungary and Belgium, and the Hajj pilgrimage.
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However, I did appreciate that women and men all pray together and perform all the rites together at the Hajj -- whereas mosques are segregated.
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But that rising friction bubbled over this year when Iran announced back in May that it would be banning its pilgrims from performing Hajj.
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But the Umma will have to wait another year, with the hope that the next Hajj will bring with it the gift of reconciliation.
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The four countries also rejected charges about Saudi Arabia's handling of Qatari travel for Hajj, an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia.
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But on the other hand, there were important black leaders like el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz (Malcolm X), who didn't rely solely on hope.
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Hajj said he did not expect to see any consolidation there anytime soon, but said the company was always open to hearing about opportunities.
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During one part of Hajj, pilgrims take part in a rite in which they throw pebbles at three pillars to symbolize stoning the devil.
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The Saudi king invited as his personal guests for Hajj this year the 200 survivors and relatives of the Christchurch, New Zealand, mosque shootings.
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He was renowned in the Iranian Jewish community for having made the great pilgrimage, and acquired the title Hajji for completing the Jewish hajj.
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For a Western Muslim convert to be allowed to go on hajj, he or she must present documentation from an imam (Muslim religious leader).
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The good news is that it's a lunar calendar, so sometimes hajj is in the winter, a lovely time to visit this desert plain.
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Mecca is meant to be the bedrock of Muslim unity, with the Hajj lauded as a place where pilgrims shed class, race, and nation.
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When thousands of international travelers gather in one place — whether for the World Cup, the Olympics, or Saudi Arabia's Hajj — germs can spread quickly.
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Ms. Hajj left most of the house intact, reproducing moldings where they had gone missing and restoring the remaining woodwork to its original luster.
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"I wanted that look — warm, global, collected — because the house afforded it," Ms. Hajj said, and because it reflects the way the Hammonds live.
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"We were caught by surprise because we weren't quite ready," Omar said, recalling the moment his family received the invitation to go to Hajj.
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In the coming weeks, the pilgrimage to the Sabarimala Temple draws millions of devotees, and is often compared locally to the Hajj to Mecca.
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But, again, the Hajj still hasn't been canceled and the kingdom will surely do all it can to allow people in during that time.
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Baghdadi's message coincided with Eid al-Adha, the holiday that follows the hajj, the annual pilgrimage to the holy cities of Mecca and Madina.
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Enough people on the flight -- many of whom were returning from the Hajj, the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca -- were exhibiting symptoms to cause alarm.
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The Hajj is a spiritual pinnacle for Muslims around the world, with up to three million pilgrims traveling to Mecca to participate each year.
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Energy supplements are another potential cause of RCVS, Dr. Rula A. Hajj-Ali of Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine told Reuters Health by phone.
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Besides the influx during the hajj, Mecca also regularly draws pilgrims for Umrah, a separate pilgrimage that can take place any time of the year.
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Every year, millions of Muslims from around the world make their way to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia to mark the Hajj.
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The Saudis suspended ties with Iran in 1988 and they were not restored until 1991, but during that time, Iranians did not perform the hajj.
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The FFC said on Thursday that the RSF should be merged into the armed forces, a proposal opposed by Sudan's ruling generals, said al-Hajj.
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Flights carrying Muslims to Saudi Arabia for the hajj announce when the plane is approaching the meqaat so that passengers can make their intentions known.
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Among other special rules around the hajj, there is a relaxation of some of Islam's modesty strictures: Women are not supposed to cover their faces.
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The city has about 1.5 million permanent residents, but more than 2 million pilgrims flood into Mecca for six days for the Hajj every year.
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My brother and sister, who did the hajj years ago, had told me about the pigeons that circle, seemingly in sync with the pilgrims, overhead.
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The Saudis use their control over the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca as another means of rewarding friends and sidelining enemies in the Muslim world.
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And in the teachings of Islam, it is clearly written: You must give alms to the poor, perform the hajj and slaughter a he-goat.
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Unlike Umrah which can be performed at any time during the year, the Hajj is a pilgrimage which only takes place during designated holy days.
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He got married, made the hajj, and travelled through Europe, visiting the Eiffel Tower and the stadium where Real Madrid, his favorite soccer team, plays.
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Islam's holiest city, Mecca, Saudi Arabia, is the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad and each year millions of Muslims travel there on Hajj or pilgrimage.
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Now, as Ms. Stark sat at the table, unable to understand the conversation in Arabic, Mr. Hajj told the counselor he was considering something extreme.
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Asra Nadeem, a Pakistani woman living in the US I was 21 years old in 2006 when I did the Hajj for the first time.
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In the aftermath of the deadly stampede at last year's hajj, Iran jumped at the chance to blame the Saudis, setting off this whole fight.
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"Egypt was down five percent last week in line with other global emerging markets," said Mohamad Al Hajj, an equities strategist at EFG-Hermes in Dubai.
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The quarantined flights were carrying passengers who had participated in the Hajj, said Dr. Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security.
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Abu Dhabi, UAE (CNN)Saudi Arabia will open its land border to Hajj-bound Qatari pilgrims and pay their expenses, according to the Kingdom's state media.
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JIDDA, Saudi Arabia — My father was on the phone from Australia, giving gravely voiced advice on preparing for the hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca.
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More than 1.8 million Muslims from upwards of 160 countries gathered in Mecca for Hajj this year, in addition to 200,000 Saudi Arabian citizens and residents.
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Making the hajj to Mecca, he gave away such huge quantities of gold along the way that he inadvertently depressed its value for a considerable time.
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But America Movil will sit out the auction because it already has spectrum in the band and the IFT put limits on its participation, Hajj said.
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Naturally, as a reporter, I came on my first hajj — the five-day pilgrimage, filled with rituals, that is required of every Muslim — with many questions.
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My mum, of course, has instructed me to pray for a husband as I make my first hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca required of every Muslim.
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For pilgrims and Saudi civil servants alike, the end of Hajj is the time to return to family and celebrate the remainder of Eid al-Adha.
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We have MERS, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, and yet we still have the large event known as the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
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"Viewpoints are close and, God willing, we will reach an agreement soon," the protest leader Satea al-Hajj, who appeared alongside General al-Atta, told reporters.
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"The divisions that luxury hotels impose is anathema within the context of the dignified, fundamental, leveling principles that are the very basis of Hajj," states Mater.
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Gul is one of 200 people who arrived in Mecca, Saudi Arabia from Christchurch this week to perform the annual Hajj pilgrimage, which began on Friday.
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One of the most important holidays of the Islamic calendar, Eid al-Adha marks the height of the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia.
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"Please don't die," one editor implored me, citing the numerous stories of deadly hajj stampedes, the most recent of which killed over 2,000 people in 2015.
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But in a fortuitous plot twist, a hajj tour company invited me as its guest, making it possible for a freelance writer to afford the trip.
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As the US prepared to invade Iraq in the winter of 2003, my father and I were in Mecca, taking part in the annual hajj pilgrimage.
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While the Hajj children are prospering in Canada, the parents have not fully adjusted to new urban lives in Toronto, and their economic situation remains perilous.
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A few days before the appointment, Mr. Hajj, riddled with guilt, grabbed his new cellphone, threw it to the floor and crushed it under his foot.
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Now she was initiating the Hajj children in the sport, outfitting them with gear and taking them to a weekly class while their parents stayed home.
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Like other Syrians, Mouhamad al-Hajj had arrived in Canada eager to work, but had been counseled by the sponsors to instead take intensive English classes.
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A few weeks after starting work, Mr. Hajj was heading to the restaurant when the subway ground to a halt: part of the line was down.
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An interpreter tried to keep up with the praise, and as she translated for the Hajj parents, a look of immense relief passed over Mouhamad's face.
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For instance, quarantine plays a big role in my novel; the virus breaks out during the hajj, and Mecca, with three million pilgrims, is sealed off.
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Known as the fifth pillar of Islam, the Hajj is an obligation upon every Muslim who has the financial means and the physical ability to perform it.
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Anywhere there are massive crowds in limited space, disease is likely to spread—and so it has at the hajj, everything from minor respiratory infections to polio.
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Everyone's Place is where I began to immerse myself in the ideas of thinkers like El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, Dr. Frances Cress Welsing, and Assata Shakur.
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As recently as September, he participated in the hajj, the Muslim pilgrimage to Islam's holy places in Saudi Arabia, before spending more than two months in Lebanon.
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Of all five central pillars of Islam—the declaration of faith, the prayer, alms giving, and the pilgrimage of Hajj—the fast is kept for God alone.
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During the 2015 hajj, many pilgrims died in a stampede, with Saudi Arabia claiming around 700 deaths and Iran saying more than 4,500 people had been killed.
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" He said "conditions are not prepared for conducting hajj, we have lost the time, we made our utmost effort but the sabotage is coming from the Saudis.
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I'll be participating for the first time, and to prepare, I assembled an eclectic reading list including Islamic history, firsthand accounts of the hajj and spiritual meditations.
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Wahhaj's father, Imam Siraj Wahhaj, a controversial New York imam, said he has "no knowledge" of the alleged training, said spokesman Imam Al-Hajj Talib Abdur-Rashid.
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"We don't know whether those remains are those of his grandson," said the Imam Al-Hajj Talib 'Abdur-Rashid, head of the Muslim Alliance in North America.
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On a hectic day at the hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Islam's holiest sites, Diaa Hadid, a New York Times correspondent, felt a sudden call to prayer.
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The Lebanese government has refused to sanction the visit as official business, but Industry Minister Hussein Hajj Hassan has insisted they will be there as government representatives.
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Over the five days of the hajj, pilgrims perform a series of rituals meant to symbolize their unity with other believers and to pay tribute to God.
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On the last three days of the hajj, pilgrims — as well as all other Muslims around the world — celebrate Eid al-Adha, or the Festival of Sacrifice.
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This is likely because Shia scholars have, unlike Sunni scholars, ruled that a woman may travel alone on hajj if she feels that she will be safe.
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The main reason they aren't is because every year the Saudi government sets quotas for each country on how many pilgrims they're allowed to send on hajj.
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Stronger demand for data has helped America Movil's average revenue per user in Mexico recover from the price war touched off by the telecom reform, Hajj said.
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The Saudi government already limits the number of people allowed into Mecca during hajj to about two million; many countries have a lottery system to select pilgrims.
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Sermon on the summit For the third major Hajj ritual, Muslims gather at Mount Arafat, where the Prophet Muhammed is believed to have delivered his last sermon.
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Last year, more than 2 million people traveled to Saudi Arabia on Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca during the 12th month of the Islamic lunar calendar.
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"The facilitation of Qatari Hajj pilgrims ordered by King Salman [has] never been done before for any Islamic country and even under regular circumstances," he said Aug.
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Probably the quality of experience we were hoping for was something akin to HMPL's metal-head hajj, since we actually brought Mike's family camcorder along with us.
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Hajj said the discussions have not touched on whether America Movil will be granted a license to offer pay television in Mexico, something the company has long sought.
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The embargo has even turned the hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca, into a political spat: Saudi Arabia and Qatar accuse each other of obstructing travel for Qatari pilgrims.
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For many, it's a one-time visit, but performing the Hajj is a lifelong reminder of the larger community each Muslim is a part of through their faith.
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The Islamic festival Eid al-Adha kicks off this week, signaling the end of this year's Hajj and calling on Muslims to reassert their faith and seek forgiveness.
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"People everywhere are terrified, people are sleeping in the streets and cars, there is no place to stay," Ibrahim Samaan al Hajj, a grocer in the city said.
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If you see that black-and-white circle adorned with a two of clubs, you'll know someone who works at the place you're sitting has made the hajj.
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Qatar alleges travel restrictions Qatar's National Human Rights Committee said Saturday that Saudi Arabia is restricting Qatari access into the country for the rituals of Hajj and Umrah.
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Last week, Saudi Arabia said it would open its land border with Qatar to allow Hajj-bound pilgrims to enter the kingdom, and would even pay their expenses.
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It was unclear from the statements by both sides whether the dispute was intractable or could still be solved ahead of the hajj, which takes place in September.
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All two million pilgrims are to visit Arafat on the second day of the hajj, before traveling to Muzdalifah, on the way to Mina, to pray and sleep.
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We cannot make our Hajj -- pilgrimage -- to Mecca, a pillar of Islam, without fear of what might happen when we reach the US border on the way back.
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Watch the video above, in which New York Times correspondent Diaa Hadad, who also wrote the article you are about to read, describes her experience at the hajj.
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Because the Islamic lunar calendar is about 11 days shorter than the 365 days of the standard Gregorian calendar, the timing of the hajj moves backward each year.
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There is also a high risk of heat stroke, heat exhaustion, dehydration, and sunburn, especially when the hajj falls in the summer months (as it does this year).
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The hajj is hot and grueling, and pilgrims flock to the Aesra ice cream shop near the Grand Mosque, where there are separate lines for men and women.
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Pilgrims begin the Hajj with a circular, counter-clockwise procession around the Kaaba, a cube-shaped structure that Muslims believe the Prophet Abraham from the Old Testament constructed.
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"I don't think it's going to affect the market in Latin America," America Movil Chief Executive Daniel Hajj said on a call discussing the company's second-quarter results.
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The most painful aspect of hajj wasn't the physical toll that came with navigating cramped space with my two million diverse fellow pilgrims, or the intense spiritual concentration.
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And ever since, Dr. Hammond has called on Ms. Hajj for help decorating whatever home he happened to be living in, including a series of downtown Baltimore apartments.
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In 2014, a Saudi economist predicted that the Kingdom would make $8.5 billion from the Hajj alone, and a combined $18.6 billion from all visits to the city.
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Wajahat Ali It's midnight, three days before I leave for my first hajj, the five-day religious pilgrimage that's among the most meaningful experiences in a Muslim's life.
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But in recent months, officials from the two countries have met to discuss Iranian participation in this year's hajj, leading to Friday's announcement that Iranian pilgrims could return.
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All Muslims who can afford to are supposed to perform the hajj once in their lives, and it is regarded as one of the most sacred obligations in Islam.
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Al-Mawla, who has also been linked to the aliases Hajj Abdullah and Abdullah Qardash, had been named by the State Department as a "potential successor" to al-Baghdadi.
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At this moment in mid-August, 1.5 million people from dozens of countries around the world are in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to perform the hajj, the Islamic religious pilgrimage.
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Because that's what the hajj is really supposed to be about: believers from around the world coming together, putting aside linguistic, cultural, class, and sectarian differences, and worshiping God.
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A global tent city To go through the six steps of the Hajj, pilgrims walk in massive processions, shoulder-to-shoulder with Muslims from more than 80 different countries.
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While I initially worried it might distract me from my prayer, sharing the photos and Facebook Live videos made hajj a communal experience, in the most modern way possible.
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Nowhere is this more true than in Saudi Arabia, where the yearly Hajj pilgrimage brings together millions of people across the world, many of whom come from poor countries.
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That Kaaba, the cube at the center of the Great Mosque in Mecca is central to the Hajj but also considered when of the most sacred spots in Islam.
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Hajj begins at the end of July this year, but many others are traveling to Saudi Arabia for Umrah, a similar pilgrimage that can be taken at any time.
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If male, he is passive and only defined by his faith — Bridgman's "Prayer" follows a long tradition of artists focusing on Islam, the Hajj, or Mecca in their paintings.
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Dai ul-Haq Abed, the deputy minister for the hajj and religious affairs, said there were about 10,000 Shiite mosques across the country, with about 400 in Kabul alone.
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Talking about sexual assault is difficult enough and talking about it in connection with the Hajj, which is a pillar of Islam, is even harder because it is sacred.
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Five women told CNN they were compelled to share their stories after a Pakistani woman's account of being sexually abused at the Hajj went viral on Facebook last month.
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"Places of worship are registered, religious leaders are monitored, theological content is managed, and annual festivals or pilgrimages like the Muslim Hajj are organized under official auspices," Freedom House said.
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"Any kind of mass gathering like the Hajj is a place where people can exchange viruses and diseases will spread ... in this case it was influenza," Adalja told BuzzFeed News.
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"The plane had multiple people sick with the same respiratory symptoms ... and when you're looking at travelers from the Middle East after the Hajj, you're looking for MERS," Adalja said.
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There is a moment on the slopes of Mount Arafat -- or as close to it as the millions of pilgrims can find to stand -- on the last day of Hajj.
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A Jacksonville resident by the same name was interviewed in 2005 by the Florida Times Union recalling a 2001 visit to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to carry out the Hajj pilgrimage.
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"Because of these rulers' oppressive behavior towards God's guests, the world of Islam must fundamentally reconsider the management of the two holy places and the issue of hajj," he said.
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The father of Wahhaj and his two sisters, Siraj Wahhaj, a New York imam, has "no knowledge" of the alleged training, said his spokesman, Imam Al-Hajj Talib Abdur-Rashid.
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He then showed the class a video of thousands of Muslims on the hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, a trip that many inmates dream of someday making.
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It's also forbidden for even married people to have sex during hajj, so I'm guessing that any premarital mixing, which Islam already sees as sinful, would be considered doubly bad!
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According to the Brookings Institute's study on Hajj pilgrims, hajjis report more positive views of women's abilities and a greater concern for their quality of life after performing the pilgrimage.
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The hajj comes full circle with pilgrims going to the Grand Mosque for final prayers before returning to their families and continuing to observe the remainder of Eid al-Adha.
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For the final three days of the hajj, pilgrims sleep in a large tent valley called Mina, and for three days take part in a symbolic stoning of the devil.
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Over the weekend, millions of Muslims — including in countries like India, Turkey, Russia and Indonesia, above — celebrated Eid al-Adha, the climax of the hajj and Islam's most revered observance.
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The book imagines what would happen if a viral outbreak occurred during the Hajj, the pilgrimage that draws millions of Muslims to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, from around the world.
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About 200 people from the two Christchurch mosques that were attacked on March 15 have traveled to Mecca for the hajj pilgrimage, as guests of King Salman of Saudi Arabia.
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It will be used to fund hotel development in Mecca to cater to the increased numbers of Muslim pilgrims Saudi authorities hope to attract for the hajj and umrah pilgrimages.
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Ms. Stark, believing that Mr. Hajj didn't understand his accounts well enough to realize what had happened, went to the bank to try to figure out what had gone wrong.
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About 200 people from the two Christchurch mosques that were attacked on March 15 have traveled to Mecca for the hajj pilgrimage, as guests of King Salman of Saudi Arabia.
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One of the paintings, "Black Cube II," a work from 2005 that was exhibited in the British Museum's "Hajj" show in 2012, shows the Kaaba as a quivering, dripping object.
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For years after I've always said it might've been by mistake or unintentional since it's the holy city and Hajj -- but Twitter made me realize I'm not the only one.
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But a few days later I went back to Mecca to perform Umrah (a shorter form of the Hajj pilgrimage that can be performed at any time of the year).
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As one of the five pillars, or core ritual practices, of Islam, the Hajj is vital to the Muslim experience and must be performed at least once in every Muslim's life.
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Not just the government but also the MILF chairman, Al-Hajj Murad Ebrahim, believe peace and economic development in Mindanao will defeat the jihadists by drying up their sources of recruits.
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She repeats the words "I'm old" and begs the viewer for money to afford to go to Hajj, doubling down on her unwavering faith in God, despite her years of hardship.
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Expected to take place in September this year, more than two million Muslims took part in Hajj last year, making the journey from Mina to the Plain of Arafat at sunrise.
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The Day of Arafat is the spiritual culmination of the Hajj, the peak of spiritual cleansing, as millions of people shed tears as they pray for God's forgiveness for their sins.
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"Local funds which have been somewhat sceptical of MSCI putting Riyadh on review reacted to the comments made by the vice chairman," said Mohamad al-Hajj, macroeconomic strategist at EFG Hermes.
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But on Sunday, Saudi Arabia returned to demanding that its list be obeyed and accused Qatar of having made a "declaration of war" by demanding that the Hajj pilgrimage be internationalized.
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Nor has Saudi Arabia disclosed any results from what it promised would be a thorough investigation of the stampede, regarded as one of the worst in the history of the hajj.
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The most well-known ritual is the tawaf (literally "circumambulation"), during which pilgrims circle the Kaaba counterclockwise seven times at both the very beginning and the very end of the hajj.
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That Sunni and Shia pilgrims come together as brothers and sisters in Islam during the hajj is a powerful reminder of how religion can unite people as well as divide them.
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"It's the only place in the world that we are not allowed to have TV, so I hope they understand and that they can give us a TV license," Hajj said.
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The Saudis have not explained precisely how one of the deadliest hajj accidents ever unfolded, but we reconstructed some of the disaster through official information and the account of a survivor.
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"Talking about sexual assault is difficult enough and talking about it in connection with the Hajj, which is a pillar of Islam, is even harder because it is sacred," she said.
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Each year, the Saudi government sets quotas on the number of pilgrims from countries around the world who can receive Hajj visas, based on the percentage of Muslims in each country.
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One thousand miles south of Jerusalem, in Saudi Arabia, the annual Hajj pilgrimage — which traditionally brings some two million or more Muslim faithful to Mecca — has also been banned this year.
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Syrian government forces are now some six km (four miles) east of Maarat al-Numan, according to Hajj Abu Rasheed from the National Liberation Front, a rebel coalition backed by Turkey.
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You can still see this divide play out whenever there is a deadly accident during the Hajj (the annual religious pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina, holy Muslim cities in Saudi Arabia).
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The plan also seeks to boost revenues by increasing the number of foreign pilgrims outside the main annual Hajj, and encouraging Saudis to spend money at home by creating more entertainment opportunities.
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The source of the enmity can -- at least for this particular incident -- be traced back to 2015, when a deadly stampede produced the highest death toll at Hajj in almost two decades.
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BEIRUT, Lebanon — As Muslims from around the world head toward Mecca for the annual hajj pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia and Iran have escalated their sectarian rivalry over which country represents the true Islam.
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Civilians were celebrating the return of a tribal elder from the Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca and were sleeping in the elder's guesthouse at the time of the strike, according to the UNAMA.
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With a sinking feeling, the sponsors began to worry: Had Mr. Hajj been withdrawing the money to game the system, to lower his bank balance so he would qualify for social assistance?
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Relations between the two countries worsened after the 2015 hajj, when a human crush killed more than 2,400 pilgrims, including more than 464 Iranians, according to a count by The Associated Press.
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Withers told CNN that Tubaiqi's focus while at the institute was on methods in mass body identification, particularly related to the Hajj, according to his application for the placement at the VIFM.
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On August 14, Egypt temporarily opened the Rafah checkpoint along the Egyptian-Gazan so that more than 1,000 Gazans could make their way to the hajj Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
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"Iran refused to sign the memorandum and was practically demanding the right to hold demonstrations and to have other advantages … that would create chaos during hajj, which is not acceptable," he added.
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After giving birth, she was forced to flee into the desert with her baby, Ishmael, where—saving both their lives—she discovered the 'miracle' well that all Muslims visit on the Hajj pilgrimage.
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Many Canadian Muslims had booked flights with Saudia, the Kingdom's official airline, to perform the Hajj pilgrimages in the Saudi city of Mecca, which takes place from August 19 to 24 this year.
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And this fall, when millions of Muslims make the annual hajj to Mecca, the spiritual heart of Islam, pilgrims will find a city at the peak of almost 40 years of radical modernization.
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The absence of diplomatic relations further complicated any plans by Iranians who wished to make the hajj this year, because they cannot obtain Saudi visas in Iran, and direct transportation has been halted.
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To better follow along, here's a glossary of terms, names and places that help explain the rites and rituals Muslims will participate in during the six days of the hajj, which begins Saturday.
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For pilgrims who are not strong enough to endure the long trek of the hajj, there are men with wheelchairs for hire who will push them from site to site, ritual to ritual.
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Qasim, 16, a worker I interviewed at the shop, gave free cups to me and Abdul-Rahman, the Saudi minder who follows me everywhere under the government's rules for journalists covering the hajj.
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I haven't shown the selflessness and dedication of some of my peers in preparing for hajj, and I know it's likely too much to ask for this journey undo all of my flaws.
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There was a photo of herself, in a red dress for Eid; another of her mother, in a calf-length skirt she had stitched herself; another of her dad, barechested, for the hajj.
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The fund receives an estimated $800 million every year from Indonesians wishing to make the Hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia, with new applicants facing a quota backlog of around 15 years, Raza said.
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When adding the global Hajj and Ummrah industry to NEOM and RSCR future potential, the potential revenue and growth for Saudi Arabia will no doubt bring the Saudi kingdom into the first world.
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But when Liz Stark accompanied Mr. Hajj to the bank to deposit a paycheck, she scanned his transactions and noticed something alarming: a couple of thousands of dollars were missing, withdrawn from A.T.M.s.
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By studying where crowds intersected and how the dynamics changed at a critical density, the authors were able to recommend changes that ensured the Hajj in 2007 went off without a similarly tragic incident.
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This year, the Hajj — the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, the birthplace of the prophet Muhammad, in Saudi Arabia — will begin on Wednesday, August 30, and continue for the next five to six days.
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Khatri explains that, although visiting the city of Mecca is religiously significant in and of itself, there are specific religious sites within the city that Muslims are expected to go to during the Hajj.
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An Iranian delegation also visited Saudi Arabia last week for series of talks on the possible participation of 64,000 Iranian pilgrims in the upcoming annual Muslim pilgrimage, the Hajj, which Iran boycotted last year.
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Although the government has refused to sanction the visit as official business - citing the dissociation policy - Industry Minister Hussein Hajj Hassan, a Hezbollah member, has insisted they will be in Damascus as government representatives.
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The Hajj comes full circle with pilgrims returning to The Grand Mosque for their final prayers before they return to their families at home and continue to observe the remainder of Eid al-Adha.
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While the Hajj pilgrimage happens once a year, the Umra pilgrimage can be done year round, and Prince Mohammed has spoken of raising the number of Umra visitors as a source of unexploited income.
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An Iranian delegation held four days of talks with Saudi Arabia last month to discuss hajj arrangements, a rare face-to-face negotiation between the countries in the months since diplomatic relations were severed.
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She had longed to make the hajj for years but was unable because she lacked a mahram, or male guardian — usually a husband, brother or father — to accompany her; male pilgrims can come alone.
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Today, the Kaaba is kept closed during the hajj because of the overwhelming number of people, but those who visit the Kaaba during other times of the year are sometimes allowed to go inside.
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Outside Saudi Post in Mina, the sprawling tent city where pilgrims live for part of the hajj, Marwan Nabil, 163, who is from Yemen, began to worry when he had not received his confirmation.
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George al-Hajj, president of the federation of syndicates of bank employees, said union representatives would meet with the Association of Banks in Lebanon on Monday afternoon after which a decision should be taken.
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On Brazil, one of America Movil's most important markets, Hajj said the company is still evaluating whether to make a bid for Cemig Telecom, a unit of Brazilian utility Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais .
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Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health has taken extensive precautionary measures to secure the Hajj from epidemics, establishing a Command and Control Center to monitor suspicious cases, requiring vaccinations, and even suggesting wearing face masks.
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George al-Hajj, president of the federation of syndicates of bank employees, said union representatives would meet with the Association of Banks in Lebanon on Monday afternoon after which a decision should be taken.
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Even Ms. Dowler, who pushed the group to do less, found herself signing up the children for camp over spring break and trying to nab a gardening plot for Mr. Hajj, who missed farming.
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Last year, 1.8 million Muslims from around the world attended the hajj, which is one of the five pillars of Islam and which all capable Muslims must perform at least once in their lives.
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Those who weren't able to attend the Hajj (and cannot pray in person at Mount Arafat) are encouraged to fast the day before Eid al-Adha begins, which is known as the Day of Arafat.
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Groups of Indonesians in crisp white wearing colored headbands for identification and moving in tight phalanx formations quietly chanting the mantra of the Hajj (which translates approximately to "Oh God, I have obeyed your call").
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"We're nervous as a family because we don't want her to be stranded in an airport," Jawad Chaudhry, a real estate broker in Hamilton, said of his mother, who is traveling via Saudia for Hajj.
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Angry over what it described as Saudi sabotage, Iran said Thursday that Iranian citizens would not participate this year in the hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia, the host country of Islam's holiest places.
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"The agreement is really now just around the corner," Satea al-Hajj, a leader in the Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) coalition of opposition groups, said in a press conference in Khartoum on Thursday.
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Satea al-Hajj, a DFCF member, said: "the viewpoints are close and, God willing, we will reach an agreement soon" on the composition of a new sovereign council that would lead the country until elections.
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On the third day of the hajj, pilgrims throw stones at three pillars near Jamarat Bridge that are meant to symbolize the devil's efforts to derail Ibrahim on his way to Mina to sacrifice Ismail.
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Photographers documenting the massive pilgrimage have taken dramatic pictures from the air, showing the pilgrims taking part in the sacred rites of Hajj, such as walking around the Kaaba and stoning pillars symbolizing the devil.
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Women over 45 may travel without a mahram in an organized group, provided they submit a notarized letter of no objection from the husband, son, or brother, authorizing travel for Hajj with the named group.
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There is also an extensive security apparatus in place to monitor every aspect of the hajj — to maintain order and safety, but also to ensure that proper Islamic protocol is followed by all in attendance.
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On the third day of the hajj, pilgrims throw rocks at three stone pillars near Jamarat Bridge in a re-enactment of Ibrahim (or Abraham) stoning the devil as he tries to follow God's commandment.
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Saudi Arabia is home to more than 10 million foreign workers and family members, and grants more than 6 million special visas a year for foreigners to attend the annual Hajj and other Muslim pilgrimages.
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One British woman, who preferred to remain anonymous, said she had never been sexually assaulted before going to the Hajj, where her breast was forcefully, and painfully grabbed as she headed into the Grand Mosque.
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Beginning in the 1990s, dengue fever is believed to have been introduced into Saudi Arabia from Africa or Asia as a result of the annual Hajj pilgrimage, and there are worries that Zika could follow.
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Translated from Arabic as Feast of Sacrifice, the four-day holiday commemorates the Quranic tale of the Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his only son, and marks the climax of the Hajj in Saudi Arabia.
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Even as Mecca and Medina represent the most important sites of Muslim pilgrimage, the vision of the holy cities as remote and perilous is still reinforced by the occasional stampede of pilgrims during the Hajj.
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Before the hajj we had taken evening strolls in Medina, the Prophet Muhammad's city, often walking by Shia worshippers chanting mournful hymns by the resting places of his family and companions in the Baqi' graveyard.
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Hezbollah members and Hezbollah senior Lebanese Minister Hussein Hajj Hassan (center right) and Anan, brother of Mustafa Badreddine (center), carry Badreddine's coffin during his funeral in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, 13 May 2016.
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Unable to let things end there, Zarif then published his New York Times op-ed on the second-to-last day of hajj, kicking off a whole new round of Twitter vitriol from the Saudis.
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - America Movil, Mexico's largest telecommunications firm, will roll out a faster 4.5G network in 76 cities across the country by the end of 2018, the company's chief executive Daniel Hajj said on Wednesday.
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And Iran remains angry over Saudi Arabia's handling of a stampede during the hajj in September that left more than 2,400 pilgrims dead, including more than 450 Iranians, according to a count by The Associated Press.
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - America Movil, Mexico's largest telecommunications firm, will roll out a faster 4.5G network in 76 cities across the country by the end of 2018, the company's chief executive Daniel Hajj said on Wednesday.
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He added that Saturday's missile was similar to one fired from Yemen in July that was shot down close to the Saudi city of Mecca, a month before the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Islam's holiest site.
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That has happened before: In 2015, WND published a three-part series written pseudonymously by someone who claimed to be a white British non-Muslim man who successfully fake-converted to Islam and went on hajj.
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For the most part, Sunni and Shia pilgrims on hajj get along just fine — despite the best efforts of the governments of Iran and Saudi Arabia to stir up sectarian tension every year for geopolitical gain.
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Pilgrims planning to go on hajj are advised to avoid conflict and disagreement with other Muslims, to refrain from judging or being harsh toward others whose customs or interpretations of Islam may seem ignorant or incorrect.
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First released in 2017 through OculusVR, Experience Mecca uses 3-D modeling to give viewers a firsthand walk-through of Islam's holiest city and the rhythmic circumambulation of the Tawaf ritual that bookends each annual Hajj.
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"We are hearing terrifying S O S calls from the civilians, but we can't do anything," said Bassem al-Hajj, a spokesman for Nour al-Din al-Zenki, one of the main rebel groups in Aleppo.
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THIS week, to coincide with the Eid al-Adha, the Muslim feast celebrating the end of the hajj, Afghanistan's president, Ashraf Ghani, announced a ceasefire in the government's long, grim conflict with the insurgents of the Taliban.
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Mohamad al-Hajj, senior analyst at EFG Hermes in Dubai, said there would be more pain for Saudi companies, especially those which were subsidy-reliant, in the near term as they were hit with further austerity measures.
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The hajj — Arabic for "pilgrimage" — is a five-day religious pilgrimage to Mecca and nearby holy sites in Saudi Arabia that all Muslims who are physically and financially able must perform at least once in their lives.
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The ones who stood out the most to me was a husband and wife in their 70s from India, Ahmed and Fatima, who told me they had been saving up for Hajj for the last 40 years.
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If your hajj package does not have a sacrifice option, which means the tour company does it on your behalf, you can also buy a coupon here in Mecca for a slaughterhouse to take care of it.
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There are several scenarios in which mass gatherings like the World Cup (or the Olympics, or the Hajj, etc.) can lead to major disease outbreaks: Apart from No. 3, it's nearly impossible to eliminate these risks altogether.
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The living room is decorated with ancient pots from Latin America and Asia, a 17th-century Turkish Ushak rug, Louis XVI-style armchairs, a Cy Twombly lithograph and a tufted sofa that Ms. Hajj had custom made.
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"My main goal is -- apart from fulfilling the fifth pillar of Islam (the Hajj) -- is the supplication, the duaa' that this act of violence and act of terrorism will never happen again anywhere to anybody," said Omar.
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Mecca is the holiest site in the Islamic world and is the place of pilgrimage, or hajj, which all able-bodied Muslims are required to do at least once in their lifetimes if they are financially able.
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Saudi Arabia already welcomes millions of religious pilgrims each year — more than 1.8 million people visited Mecca in August alone to take part in the hajj, the annual pilgrimage that is one of Islam's most holy rites.
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A teacher prepares her student wearing an Ihram before circumambulating a mockup of the Kaaba, Islam's most sacred structure located in the holy city of Mecca, during an educational simulation of the Hajj pilgrimage on July 4.
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