hajj

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• Amongst Americans, the most widely known account of a hajji, a male who has undertaken the hajj to Mecca, is that of the Nebraskan-born African American Malcolm X who completed his first of two pilgrimages in April 1964. Zahra N. Jamal, Ph.D.: Hajj Diaries: The Multiple Dimensions Of Muslim Pilgrimage
• We would come home to find her reclining like a pasha, surrounded by relatives from Bint Jbeil, headscarved old hajjis and tiny old men who sat stiffly in straight-backed chairs pulled up around her as she regaled them with tales of The Operation. Day of Honey
• The hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca) is an important ritual for the Bedu, and most parents take each of their children on his or her first pilgrimage at the age of seven or eight.
• The Hajj, the fifth pillar of Islam and one of the largest religious pilgrimages in the world, is currently taking place in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
• Tight security in place today at the Muslim pilgrimage known as the hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. CNN Transcript Jan 11, 2006
• Never eat the M&Ms in your MREs—toss them in the burn pit and, voila, hajji left you alone for another three days. Duck Sauce
• This provides for all religious observances including fasting and Hajj to occur in all seasons during a person's life.
• After a long drive, we arrived in Mecca around midnight and began the rituals associated with the hajj.
• It was the worst disaster at the annual pilgrimage, or Hajj, since 1997, when 340 pilgrims died in a fire at the overcrowded Mina tent camp.
• for a Muslim the hajj is the ultimate act of worship