haj

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Umrah is another form of pilgrimage to Mecca which - unlike haj - can be carried out at any time of the year.

From Reuters • Jun. 23, 2023

Balloons and haj slogans in Farsi decorated the Al-Mozn hotel where Hossaini, and other pilgrims from the Iranian city of Shiraz, stayed in Mecca.

From Reuters • Jun. 23, 2023

The ministry of haj said in a Tweet that the kingdom, home to Islam's holiest sites in Mecca and Medina, will impose no restrictions, including age limits, for this season.

From Reuters • Jan. 9, 2023

July 1990: Inside Saudi Arabia's al-Muaissem tunnel near the Muslim holy city of Mecca, 1,426 pilgrims are crushed to death during Eid al-Adha, Islam's most important feast, at the end of the annual haj pilgrimage.

From Reuters • Oct. 29, 2022

Ni estos kvin pleje haj ili sep malpleje = We shall be five at most and they seven at least.

From The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary by Cox, George