haj
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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
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
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
April 1998: One hundred and nineteen Muslim pilgrims are crushed to death during the haj in Saudi Arabia.
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 George Henry Borrow
