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
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
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
In 2019, the last year before the pandemic struck, some 2.6 million people performed the haj.
From Reuters ● Jan. 9, 2023
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
