haj
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Iranian pilgrim Mohammed Hossaini landed in Mecca on Thursday, five days before the annual gathering starts, seeking to perform both umrah and haj in one trip.
From Reuters • Jun. 23, 2023
Saudi Arabia will remove COVID-19 restrictions for the 2023 haj season and host pre-pandemic numbers of pilgrims, the kingdom's ministry of haj and umrah said on Monday.
From Reuters • Jan. 10, 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
Jan 2006: Three hundred and sixty-two Muslim pilgrims are crushed to death at the eastern entrance of the Jamarat Bridge when pilgrims jostle to perform the haj stoning ritual.
From Reuters • Oct. 29, 2022
Hadj, Hajj, haj, n. a Mohammedan pilgrimage to Mecca or Medina.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various