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		<title>The Hajj and Eid al-Adha 2011 in Pictures</title>
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		<dc:creator>Muhammad Ahmed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Hajj pilgrimage draws millions of Muslims from around the world every year to Mecca, the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad, Islam&#8217;s holiest place. Saudi Arabia expects to host perhaps three million people in a ritual journey that every able-bodied Muslim who can afford it must make at least once in their lifetime. It is [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify; "><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1171" title="eid-and-hajj-pictures" src="http://www.buzzpk.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/eid-and-hajj-pictures.jpg" alt="eid-and-hajj-pictures" width="200" height="130" />The Hajj pilgrimage draws millions of Muslims from around the world every year to Mecca, the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad, Islam&#8217;s holiest place. Saudi Arabia expects to host perhaps three million people in a ritual journey that every able-bodied Muslim who can afford it must make at least once in their lifetime. It is the largest annual gathering of humanity anywhere. Timed to the Muslim lunar calendar, the Hajj is followed by the celebrations of the three-day <span id="more-1170"></span>festival of Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice, which symbolizes Abraham&#8217;s willingness to sacrifice his son. Collected here are photographs of the Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, as well as images of preparations for the Hajj and Eid al-Adha in many other parts of the Muslim world. <em>(pictures from boston.com)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">A Muslim pilgrim prays as visits the Hiraa cave at the top of Noor Mountain on the outskirts of Mecca, Saudi Arabia on November 2, 2011. According to tradition, Islam&#8217;s Prophet Mohammed received his first message to preach Islam while he was praying in the cave. (Hassan Ammar/AP)<br />
<img src="http://buzzpk.com/eid-and-hajj/bp1.jpg" alt="Eid Hajj Pictures 2011" /></p>
<p>Muslim pilgrims climb a rocky hill called the Mountain of Mercy on the Plain of Arafat near Mecca, Saudi Arabia on November 5, 2011. (Hassan Ammar/AP)<br />
<img src="http://buzzpk.com/eid-and-hajj/bp2.jpg" alt="Eid Hajj Pictures 2011" /></p>
<p>Tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims move around the Kaaba (center) inside the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on November 3, 2011. (Hassan Ammar/AP)<br />
<img src="http://buzzpk.com/eid-and-hajj/bp3.jpg" alt="Eid Hajj Pictures 2011" /></p>
<p>Tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims pray inside the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on November 4, 2011. (Hassan Ammar/AP)<br />
<img src="http://buzzpk.com/eid-and-hajj/bp4.jpg" alt="Eid Hajj Pictures 2011" /></p>
<p>The Mecca CLock Tower dominates the city as Muslim pilgrims walking around the Kaaba in the Grand Mosque of the holy city of Mecca during the annual Hajj pilgrimage rituals on November 7, 2011. (Fayez Nureldine/AFP/Getty Images)<br />
<img src="http://buzzpk.com/eid-and-hajj/bp5.jpg" alt="Eid Hajj Pictures 2011" /></p>
<p>Muslim pilgrims wait in line as they arrive at Jeddah airport on October 30, 2011 before going to the Saudi holy city of Mecca, where they will take part in the annual Hajj or pilgrimage. (Fayez Nureldine/AFP/Getty Images)<br />
<img src="http://buzzpk.com/eid-and-hajj/bp6.jpg" alt="Eid Hajj Pictures 2011" /></p>
<p>Muslim pilgrims pose for a picture as they rest in a street near the Grand Mosque in the Saudi holy city of Mecca on November 3, 2011. (Fayez Nureldine/AFP/Getty Images)<br />
<img src="http://buzzpk.com/eid-and-hajj/bp7.jpg" alt="Eid Hajj Pictures 2011" /></p>
<p>Tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims move around the Kaaba (center) inside the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on November 3, 2011. (Hassan Ammar/AP)<br />
<img src="http://buzzpk.com/eid-and-hajj/bp8.jpg" alt="Eid Hajj Pictures 2011" /></p>
<p>Birds fly over Muslim pilgrims near the Grand Mosque in the Saudi holy city of Mecca on November 3, 2011. (Fayez Nureldine/AFP/Getty Images)<br />
<img src="http://buzzpk.com/eid-and-hajj/bp9.jpg" alt="Eid Hajj Pictures 2011" /></p>
<p>Muslim pilgrims pray on a rocky hill called the Mountain of Mercy on the Plain of Arafat near Mecca, Saudi Arabia on November 5, 2011. (Hassan Ammar/AP)<br />
<img src="http://buzzpk.com/eid-and-hajj/bp10.jpg" alt="Eid Hajj Pictures 2011" /></p>
<p>Muslim pilgrims cast stones at a pillar, symbolizing the stoning of Satan, in a ritual called &#8220;Jamarat,&#8221; the last rite of the annual hajj, in Mina near the Saudi holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia on November 6, 2011. (Hassan Ammar/AP)<br />
<img src="http://buzzpk.com/eid-and-hajj/bp11.jpg" alt="Eid Hajj Pictures 2011" /></p>
<p>Muslim pilgrims protect their heads from stones thrown by others at a pillar, symbolizing the stoning of Satan, in a ritual called &#8220;Jamarat,&#8221; the last rite of the annual hajj, in Mina near the Saudi holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia on November 6, 2011. (Hassan Ammar/AP)<br />
<img src="http://buzzpk.com/eid-and-hajj/bp12.jpg" alt="Eid Hajj Pictures 2011" /></p>
<p>Thousands of Muslim pilgrims arrive to throw pebbles at pillars during the &#8220;Jamarat&#8221; ritual, the stoning of Satan, in Mina near the holy city of Mecca, on November 6, 2011. (Fayez Nureldine/AFP/Getty Images)<br />
<img src="http://buzzpk.com/eid-and-hajj/bp13.jpg" alt="Eid Hajj Pictures 2011" /></p>
<p>A Saudi police officer monitors screens connected to cameras set up at all the holy places in Mina near the Saudi holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia on November 7, 2011. (Hassan Ammar/AP)<br />
<img src="http://buzzpk.com/eid-and-hajj/bp14.jpg" alt="Eid Hajj Pictures 2011" /></p>
<p>Tents of Muslim pilgrims recede into the distance at Mina, Saudi Arabia on November 7, 2011. (Ammar Awad/Reuters)<br />
<img src="http://buzzpk.com/eid-and-hajj/bp15.jpg" alt="Eid Hajj Pictures 2011" /></p>
<p>Hajj pilgrims cry as they prepare to depart for Mecca from the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu on October 18, 2011. (Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)<br />
<img src="http://buzzpk.com/eid-and-hajj/bp16.jpg" alt="Eid Hajj Pictures 2011" /></p>
<p>Thai Muslim pilgrims offer prayers before they depart for the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca at the Hat Yai International airport in southern Thailand on October 5, 2011. (Muhammad Sabri/AFP/Getty Images)<br />
<img src="http://buzzpk.com/eid-and-hajj/bp17.jpg" alt="Eid Hajj Pictures 2011" /></p>
<p>A Palestinian woman looks out of a bus carrying Muslim pilgrims on their way to the hajj in Mecca at the border between southern Gaza Strip and Egypt in Rafah on October 14, 2011. (Eyad Baba/AP)<br />
<img src="http://buzzpk.com/eid-and-hajj/bp18.jpg" alt="Eid Hajj Pictures 2011" /></p>
<p>Indonesian pilgrims conduct a practice run of a religious ritual before a mock-up of the Kabaa, Islam&#8217;s holy shrine, at a training center in Jakarta as part of final preparations before departing for the hajj pilgrimage in Mecca on October 28, 2011. For the world&#8217;s largest Muslim-majority country with more than 200,000 pilgrims each year, the training is crucial in preventing chaos and casualty in the holy land, officials say. (Bay Ismoyo/AFP/Getty Images)<br />
<img src="http://buzzpk.com/eid-and-hajj/bp19.jpg" alt="Eid Hajj Pictures 2011" /></p>
<p>Yemenis shop at a market in Sanaa on November 3, 2011, in preparation for the Eid al-Adha feast, or Feast of Sacrifice, which marks the end of the annual hajj pilgrimage for Muslims worldwide. (Mohammed Huwais/AFP/Getty Images)<br />
<img src="http://buzzpk.com/eid-and-hajj/bp20.jpg" alt="Eid Hajj Pictures 2011" /></p>
<p>Pakistani traders wait for customers to sell their livestock for the upcoming Eid-al-Adha festival in a market in Islamabad, Pakistan on November 4, 2011. (/B.K.Bangash/AP)<br />
<img src="http://buzzpk.com/eid-and-hajj/bp21.jpg" alt="Eid Hajj Pictures 2011" /></p>
<p>A Kyrgyz vendor handles a sheep at the outdoor livestock market in Bishkek on the eve of the Muslim Eid al-Adha festival, known locally as Kurban Bairam, on November 5, 2011. (Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP/Getty Images)<br />
<img src="http://buzzpk.com/eid-and-hajj/bp22.jpg" alt="Eid Hajj Pictures 2011" /></p>
<p>A man carries a sacrificial goat on sale at a market, ahead of the Eid al-Adha feast, in Sanaa, Yemen on November 5, 2011. (Mohamed al-Sayaghi/Reuters)<br />
<img src="http://buzzpk.com/eid-and-hajj/bp23.jpg" alt="Eid Hajj Pictures 2011" /></p>
<p>A Muslim boy attends a prayer session in celebration of the Eid al-Adha festival inside the Golden Mosque in Manila on November 6, 2011. (Cheryl Ravelo/Reuters)<br />
<img src="http://buzzpk.com/eid-and-hajj/bp24.jpg" alt="Eid Hajj Pictures 2011" /></p>
<p>Russian Muslims pray outside St. Petersburg&#8217;s mosque during the first day of the Eid al-Adha (Kurban Bairam) on November 6, 2011. (Olga Maltseva/AFP/Getty Images)<br />
<img src="http://buzzpk.com/eid-and-hajj/bp25.jpg" alt="Eid Hajj Pictures 2011" /></p>
<p>Palestinian youngsters enjoy a carnival ride in the Palestinian Shatila refugee camp in Beirut on November 6, 2011, as Muslims worldwide celebrate the first day of Eid al-Adha. (Anwar Amro/AFP/Getty Images)<br />
<img src="http://buzzpk.com/eid-and-hajj/bp26.jpg" alt="Eid Hajj Pictures 2011" /></p>
<p>A Yemeni soldier who defected greets a fellow Muslim after attending prayers on the first day of Eid al-Adha prayers in Sanaa on November 6, 2011. (Mohammed Huwais/AFP/Getty Images)<br />
<img src="http://buzzpk.com/eid-and-hajj/bp27.jpg" alt="Eid Hajj Pictures 2011" /></p>
<p>Palestinians arrive at Damascus Gate leading into the old city of Jerusalem on their way to pray in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Islam&#8217;s third holiest site, on November 6, 2011, on the first day of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha. (Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images)<br />
<img src="http://buzzpk.com/eid-and-hajj/bp28.jpg" alt="Eid Hajj Pictures 2011" /></p>
<p>Bangladeshi passengers sit on the roof of a train as they head to their homes to celebrate Eid al-Adha on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh on November 6, 2011. (Pavel Rahman/AP)<br />
<img src="http://buzzpk.com/eid-and-hajj/bp29.jpg" alt="Eid Hajj Pictures 2011" /></p>
<p>Muslim women attend prayer on the slopes of Mount Merapi (in the background) to celebrate the festival of Eid al-Adha in the village of Kalitengah Lor outside city of Yogyakarta, Central Java on November 6, 2011. (Dwi Oblo/Reuters)<br />
<img src="http://buzzpk.com/eid-and-hajj/bp30.jpg" alt="Eid Hajj Pictures 2011" /></p>
<p>Ethnic Turkish girls from the village of Cumpana, Romania perform traditional dances in Bucharest on November 6, 2011, during celebrations of the first day of Eid al-Adha. (Vadim Ghirda/AP)<br />
<img src="http://buzzpk.com/eid-and-hajj/bp31.jpg" alt="Eid Hajj Pictures 2011" /></p>
<p>Anti-Khadafy fighters visit the graves of their friends during Eid al-Adha celebrations in Benghazi, Libya on November 6, 2011. (Esam Al-Fetori/Reuters)<br />
<img src="http://buzzpk.com/eid-and-hajj/bp32.jpg" alt="Eid Hajj Pictures 2011" /></p>
<p>Muslims buy sheep in a bazaar in Linxia, in China&#8217;s Gansu Province on November 6, 2011. Muslims in northwest China celebrated their traditional feast of Corban Festival, or Eid al-Adha, meaning &#8220;Feast of Sacrifice&#8221; Sunday. (Gao Jianjun/Xinhua/AP)<br />
<img src="http://buzzpk.com/eid-and-hajj/bp33.jpg" alt="Eid Hajj Pictures 2011" /></p>
<p>Pakistani Muslims slaughter animals at a mosque in Lahore on November 7, 2011 during the Eid al-Adha celebrations. (Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images)<br />
<img src="http://buzzpk.com/eid-and-hajj/bp34.jpg" alt="Eid Hajj Pictures 2011" /></p>
<p>Girls attend prayers marking the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha in Abuja, Nigeria on November 6, 2011. (Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters)<br />
<img src="http://buzzpk.com/eid-and-hajj/bp35.jpg" alt="Eid Hajj Pictures 2011" /></p>
<p>Muslim women perform Eid al-Adha prayers in Srinagar, Kashmir on November 7, 2011. (Danish Ismail/Reuters)<br />
<img src="http://buzzpk.com/eid-and-hajj/bp36.jpg" alt="Eid Hajj Pictures 2011" /></p>
<p>An Afghan vendor looks for customers on the second day of the Eid al-Adha in Kabul, Afghanistan on November 7, 2011. (Muhammed Muheisen/AP)<br />
<img src="http://buzzpk.com/eid-and-hajj/bp37.jpg" alt="Eid Hajj Pictures 2011" /></p>
<p>A Muslim man attends a prayer session on Eid al-Adha in Tehran on November 7, 2011. (Editor&#8217;s note: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran.) (Morteza Nikoubazl/Reuters)<br />
<img src="http://buzzpk.com/eid-and-hajj/bp38.jpg" alt="Eid Hajj Pictures 2011" /></p>
<p>Residents visit the grave of a relative at a cemetery during Eid-al-Adha in Najaf, Iraq on November 7, 2011. (Ali Abu SHish/Reuters)<br />
<img src="http://buzzpk.com/eid-and-hajj/bp39.jpg" alt="Eid Hajj Pictures 2011" /></p>
<p>Iranian Sunni Muslim men try to slaughter a camel on Eid al-Adha in Siminshahr, in a Sunni area of Iran, a country which is predominantly Shiite, on November 7, 2011. (AP)<br />
<img src="http://buzzpk.com/eid-and-hajj/bp40.jpg" alt="Eid Hajj Pictures 2011" /></p>
<p>A young Indian Muslim girl gestures as others offer prayers during Eid al-Adha in New Delhi, India on November 7, 2011. (Gurinder Osan/AP)<br />
<img src="http://buzzpk.com/eid-and-hajj/bp31.jpg" alt="Eid Hajj Pictures 2011" /></p>
<p>A young Indian Muslim boy smiles with a sacrificial goat on Eid-al-Adha in Allahabad, India on November 7, 2011. (Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP)#<br />
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		<title>Hajj 2010 in Pictures</title>
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		<dc:creator>Muhammad Ahmed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Hajj is the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is currently the largest annual pilgrimage in the world, and is the fifth pillar of Islam, a religious duty that must be carried out at least once in their lifetime by every able-bodied Muslim who can afford to do so. The Hajj is a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-846" title="hajj pictures 2010" src="http://www.buzzpk.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/hajj-pictures-2010.JPG" alt="hajj pictures 2010" width="200" height="130" />The Hajj is the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is currently the largest annual pilgrimage in the world, and is the fifth pillar of Islam, a religious duty that must be carried out at least once in their lifetime by every able-bodied Muslim who can afford to do so. The Hajj is a demonstration of the solidarity of the Muslim people, and their submission to God.<span id="more-843"></span></p>
<p><img src="http://buzzpk.com/hajj-pitures/hajj-1.JPG" alt="" width="645" height="412" /></p>
<p>A Muslim pilgrim prays atop Mount Al-Noor during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca November 9, 2010. (REUTERS/Mohammed Salem)</p>
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<p>A general view shows the Saudi holy city of Mecca, as seen from the top of Noor mountain, late on November 13, 2010. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)</p>
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<p>A Saudi worker stitches Islamic calligraphy in gold thread on a silk drape to cover the Kaaba at the Kiswa factory in Mecca&lt; Saudi Arabia on November 8, 2010. The Kaaba cover is called Kiswa and is changed every year at the culmination of the annual Hajj or pilgrimage. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)</p>
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<p>An Indian Hajj pilgrim holds prayer beads prior to his departure for Mecca at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad, India on October 26, 2010. (SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images)</p>
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<p>Saudi Arabian men ride on the newly-opened Holy Sites metro light rail in Mecca on November 2, 2010. The Chinese-built monorail project, will link Mecca with the holy sites of Mina, Arafat and Muzdalifah, and will operate for the first time during the Hajj this month at 35 percent capacity to ferry Saudi nationals who will take part in the upcoming annual Muslim pilgrimage. (AMER HILABI/AFP/Getty Images)<span> </span></p>
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<p>Saudi special forces show their skills during a military parade in preparation for the Hajj in the Saudi city of Mecca on November 10, 2010. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)<span> </span></p>
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<p>Saudi special forces take part in a military parade, preparing for the Hajj in Mecca on November 10, 2010. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)<span> </span></p>
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<p>Saudi workers load carboys of &#8220;zamzam&#8221; water containers at the Zamazemah United Office in Mecca, on November 7, 2010. According to Islamic belief, zamzam is a miraculously-generated source of water from God, which began thousands of years ago when Abraham&#8217;s infant son Ishmael was thirsty and crying for water and discovered a well by kicking the ground. Millions of pilgrims visit the well each year while performing the Hajj or Umrah pilgrimages, in order to drink its water. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)<span> </span></p>
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<p>Thousands of tents housing Muslim pilgrims are crowded together in Mina near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)<span> </span></p>
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<p>Muslim pilgrims walk past construction outside the Grand Mosque during the annual Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Friday, Nov. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)<span> </span></p>
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<p>Muslim pilgrims are seen on their way towards a rocky hill called Mount Arafat, on the Plain of Arafat near Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Monday, Nov. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)<span> </span></p>
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<p>An ambulance is parked among thousands of Muslim pilgrims praying near the Namira Mosque at Mount Arafat, southeast of the Saudi holy city of Mecca, on November 15, 2010. Pilgrims flooded into the Arafat plain from Mecca and Mina before dawn for a key ritual around the site where prophet Mohammed gave his farewell sermon on this day in the Islamic calendar 1,378 years ago. Pilgrims spend the day at Arafat in reflection and reading the Koran. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)<span> </span></p>
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<p>Muslim pilgrims pray outside Namira mosque in Arafat near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Monday, Nov. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)<span> </span></p>
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<p>Pilgrims fill the streets in prayer, near Namira mosque in Arafat, Saudi Arabia on Monday, Nov. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)<span> </span></p>
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<p>A Muslim man visits the Hiraa cave on Noor mountain late on November 13, 2010 during the annual Hajj. According to tradition, Islam&#8217;s Prophet Mohammed received his first message to preach Islam while praying in the cave. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)<span> </span></p>
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<p>A Muslim pilgrim holds his daughter on Mount Arafat on the plains of Arafat, outside the holy city of Mecca on November 15, 2010. (REUTERS/Mohammed Salem)<span> </span></p>
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<p>Pilgrims pray on the side of Mount Arafat, near Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Monday, Nov. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)<span> </span></p>
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<p>Pilgrims climb up Mount Arafat on the Plain of Arafat in Saudi Arabia on Monday, Nov. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)<span> </span></p>
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<p>A Muslim pilgrim reads the Koran at Mount Al-Noor during the annual Hajj on November 11, 2010. (REUTERS/Mohammed Salem)<span> </span></p>
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<p>Muslims on the Hajj pilgrimage take a rest in Mina near Mecca, Saudi Arabia on November 15, 2010. (REUTERS/ Fahad Shadeed)<span> </span></p>
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<p>His head resting on the Jabal al-Rahma pillar, a Muslim pilgrim prays atop Mount Arafat near Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Monday, Nov. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)<span> </span></p>
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<p>Muslims touch and write on the Jabal al-Rahma pillar on Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia on Monday, Nov. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)<span> </span></p>
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<p>Muslim pilgrims pray atop Mount Arafat, southeast of Mecca, on November 15, 2010. Pilgrims flooded into the Arafat plain from Mecca and Mina before dawn for a key ritual around the site where prophet Mohammed gave his farewell sermon on this day in the Islamic calendar 1,378 years ago. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)<span> </span></p>
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<p>At sunset, a Muslim man prays on Mount Arafat, near Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Monday, Nov. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)<span> </span></p>
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<p>Muslim pilgrims stand on top of Noor mountain where the Hiraa cave is located overlooking Mecca late on November 13, 2010. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)<span> </span></p>
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<p>The Grand Mosque and the four-faced clock, atop the Abraj Al-Bait Towers are seen from the top of al-Noor mountain in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Nov. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)<span> </span></p>
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<p>The massive new clock atop the newly-completed Abraj Al-Bait Towers, above tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims walking around the Kaaba, inside the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)</p>
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<p>Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba at the center of the Grand mosque in Mecca during the annual Hajj pilgrimage November 11, 2010. (REUTERS/Mohammed Salem)</p>
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<p>Tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims pray inside the Grand Mosque, during the annual Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Friday, Nov. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)</p>
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<p>Muslim pilgrims perform Friday prayers in front of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, on November 12, 2010. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)</p>
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<p>In shadows and sunlight, thousands of Muslim pilgrims pray inside the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Friday, Nov. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)</p>
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<p>Muslim pilgrims move around the Kaaba, inside the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)</p>
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<p>Muslim pilgrims reach to touch the golden doors of the Kaaba as they perform their walk around the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in Mecca early on the morning of November 9, 2010. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)</p>
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<p>A Muslim pilgrim prays at the top of Noor Mountain, on the outskirts of Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)</p>]]></content:encoded>
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