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Here are five things to know about Hajj: An aerial view shows Mecca's Grand Mosque with the Kaaba, Islam's holiest site in the centre on June 17, 2024, during the annual hajj pilgrimage.
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Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
For many, the pilgrimage to Hinglaj Devi is comparable in significance to the hajj in Islam, a once-in-a-lifetime obligation of faith.
—Zia Ur-Rehman Asim Hafeez, New York Times, 30 May 2025
After a group of Iranians attacked Saudi security forces during the 1987 hajj pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia severed ties with Iran.
—Jamsheed K. Choksy, Foreign Affairs, 20 July 2023
And hundreds were killed outside Mecca in a stampede during the annual hajj pilgrimage in 2015.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2025
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Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
For many, the pilgrimage to Hinglaj Devi is comparable in significance to the hajj in Islam, a once-in-a-lifetime obligation of faith.
—Zia Ur-Rehman Asim Hafeez, New York Times, 30 May 2025
After a group of Iranians attacked Saudi security forces during the 1987 hajj pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia severed ties with Iran.
—Jamsheed K. Choksy, Foreign Affairs, 20 July 2023
And hundreds were killed outside Mecca in a stampede during the annual hajj pilgrimage in 2015.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2025
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“Hajj.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hajj. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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