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

About 19 million also took part annually in the umrah, another form of pilgrimage to Mecca which - unlike the haj - can be carried out at any time of the year, before the pandemic.

From Reuters • Jan. 9, 2023

In 2019, the last year before the pandemic struck, some 2.6 million people performed the haj.

From Reuters • Jan. 9, 2023

May 1994: A stampede near Jamarat Bridge in Saudi Arabia during the haj kills 270 in the area where pilgrims hurl stones at piles of rocks symbolising the devil.

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