Sami went to Saudi Arabia for the traditional Muslim pilgrimage of hajj.

It also culminates the Hajj, an annual pilgrimage to Mecca, which has this year attracted more than 2 million people.

Due to the rift between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority, Gazans were prevented from going on the Hajj pilgrimage this year.

Every year millions of Muslims converge to Mecca to perform Hajj (pilgrimage), one of the five pillars of Islam. Is this year's Hajj season being threatened by the A H1N1 or Swine Flu virus?

In Saudi Arabia, the state owned China Railway Construction Corporation built the Al Mashaaer Al Mugadassah light rail project to ease traffic pressure during the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.

Rumi s family proceeded to Baghdad, performing the Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, then to Damascus, then to Karaman where they settled for seven years before leaving for Konya, Anatolia in 1228.

Christian pilgrimage Each year millions of Christians travel on pilgrimage.

Saudi Arabia s Pilgrimage to Pakistan

And make us submissive unto You and of our offspring a nation submissive unto You , and show us our Manasik ( all the ceremonies of pilgrimage Hajj and ' Umrah , etc . ) , and accept our repentance . Truly , You are the One Who accepts repentance , the Most Merciful .

In 1976 he performed his first hajj.

Hajj pilgrims heading to Mecca from Osh, southern Kyrgyzstan.

Yasin Al Hajj Saleh is a teacher of hope.

by the odd and even ( 8th and 9th Dhil hajj )

by the odd and even ( 8th and 9th Dhil hajj )

No, your teacher is a liar. The hajj has been removed.

Creation On December 3, 1564, Ivan IV departed Moscow on pilgrimage.

People have begun to go on Hajj to Mecca in recent years.

and ten nights ( of pilgrimage or the last ten days of Ramadan ) ,

and ten nights ( of pilgrimage or the last ten days of Ramadan ) ,

Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.

The Saudis even invited Taliban officials including Mullah Omar to perform the Hajj .

ISAF has monitored the hajj and has provided security support in that context.

Association of Ecumenical pilgrimage of St. Henry has been organized around the event.

The boy counts them out, The shahadah, prayer, zakat, fasting in Ramadan, and hajj.

Islamic organizations provide help to Liberian Muslims wanting to go on Hajj to Mecca.

And spend ( in charity ) of that with which We have provided you , before death comes to one of you and he says My Lord ! If only You would give me respite for a little while ( i.e. return to the worldly life ) , then I should give Sadaqah ( i.e. Zakat ) of my wealth , and be among the righteous i.e. perform Hajj ( pilgrimage to Makkah ) .

If you're involved, say, in a travel industry in any way, look at pilgrimage.

Just like the rest, Hajj Othman, seven years old at the time, fled to Gaza.

Blessed are those whose strength is in you who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.

Window on Eurasia reports that Saudi Arabia has cut Russia s hajj quota, creating problems for Dmitry Medvedev.

Scheduled service had been discontinued since 2008, and the airline operated only a few hajj flights every year.

Fourteen of his 19 cabinet members are reported to belong to a group promoting pilgrimage tours to the site.

There are also some who remained in the country after they travelled there for the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca.

Palestinian blogger Rana Baker told the story of Hajj Othman who was expelled from his home village during the Nakba

For every nation We have ordained religious ceremonies e.g. slaughtering of the beast of cattle during the three days of stay at Mina ( Makkah ) during the Hajj ( pilgrimage ) which they must follow so let them ( pagans ) not dispute with you on the matter ( i.e. to eat of the cattle which you slaughter , and not to eat of cattle which Allah kills by its natural death ) , but invite them to your Lord . Verily !

For every nation We have ordained religious ceremonies e.g. slaughtering of the beast of cattle during the three days of stay at Mina ( Makkah ) during the Hajj ( pilgrimage ) which they must follow so let them ( pagans ) not dispute with you on the matter ( i.e. to eat of the cattle which you slaughter , and not to eat of cattle which Allah kills by its natural death ) , but invite them to your Lord . Verily !

Writing in Arabic, Sudanese blogger Ayman Hajj discusses his country's politics and why many Sudanese people are losing faith in unity.

Let them then attend to their persons and complete the rites of pilgrimage , fulfil their vows and circuit round the ancient House .

Jacob said to Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred thirty years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.

Saudi pressure on Somaliland has ranged from banning livestock imports between 1996 2006, to threatening to reject the Somaliland passports of Hajj pilgrims.

Eid Al Adha or the Festival of Sacrifice culminates the Hajj season, which this year attracted 2 million pilgrims from around the world.

And by the witnessing day ( i.e. Friday ) , and by the witnessed day i.e. the day of ' Arafat ( Hajj ) the ninth of Dhul Hijjah

On 30 August, investigators from the Commission and Internal Security Forces officers conducted a search of the private residence of General Al Hajj.

More people are not supporting Koizumi s annual pilgrimage to Yasukuni, with seven former prime ministers jointly demanding that he refrain from the visits.

The Haj is obligatory, in that every Muslim is required to perform the pilgrimage at least once in his her life, if feasible.