Pilgrimage to the Holy Land by Hundred Thousands Islamites.
Pilgrimage to the Holy Land by Hundred Thousands Islamites.
Posted February. 20, 2002 09:26,
Hundred Thousands Islamites are crowded in the Big Mosque at Mecca, the Holy Land of Saudi Arabia on the 18th at the evening prayer time.
2 million Islamites from all over the world came to Mecca in order to offer pilgrimage to the Holy Land (Haj), which is one of the five duties of Islam.
The Haj ceremony will be held for 5 days from 20th.
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