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Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims performed the ritual stoning of the devil at Muzdalifa, outside the Saudi holy city of Mecca, Friday, in one of the high points of the annual Hajj. Edward Yeranian | Cairo 27 November 2009 Muslim pilgrim thro
A vast sea of white-cloaked pilgrims gathered inside and outside the Namera mosque on Mount Arafat to hear the afternoon call to prayer on the second day of the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca. Edward Yeranian | Cairo, Egypt 26 November 2009 Musli
About 2.5 million Muslims are converging on Mecca this week to take part in the annual Hajj. This year many pilgrims are adding extra step to their preparations for the ritual - getting the H1N1 vaccine. Elizabeth Arrott | Cairo 23 November 2009 The
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 17 December 2007 Millions of Muslims from around the world have arrived in the Muslim holy city of Mecca to begin the annual Hajj pilgrimage. The four-day ritual is taking place under tight security, and officials in Saudi
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 07 February 2007 Leaders of the two main Palestinian factions, Fatah and Hamas, are meeting in the Muslim holy city of Mecca to try to form a unity government and end the intra-Palestinian violence that has rocked Gaza. Th
Each clan had its own separate gods and totems to water and wind, fire and night. They were kept in the caravan town of Mecca, in a shrine of wood, stone and cloth. It was called, the Kaaba, the Arabic word for Cube. Pre-Islamic-Arabs worshiped a num