haj

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Abu Rahal was one of more than 2 million haj pilgrims expected to attend the 2023 pilgrimage season this week in Mecca and Medina, defying global inflation and higher prices for haj services.

From Reuters • Jun. 26, 2023

Saudi Arabia is preparing to host some 2.6 million pilgrims next week for the 2023 haj season after removing all COVID-19 restrictions for the first time since 2019.

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

One who having made the haj, or pilgrimage, to Mecca, is entitled to wear a green turban and assume the title of haji. 

From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry