Millions of Muslims Descend On Mecca As Yearly Hajj Begins ; Pilgrimage Set Amid Sectarian Tensions
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › December 29, 2006
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia Nearly 3 million Muslims from around the world, chanting and raising their hands to heaven, marched through a desert valley outside Mecca on Thursday on the first day of the annual hajj pilgrimage.
Dressed in seamless white robes symbolizing the equality of mankind under God, the pilgrims hiked through the eight-mile valley to Mina, starting a series of rituals to cleanse themselves of sin.See the full content of this document
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Millions of Muslims Descend On Mecca As Yearly Hajj Begins ; Pilgrimage Set Amid Sectarian Tensions
This year's hajj takes place amid increasing worries across the Islamic world over the bloodshed in Iraq, violence i...
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