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More than two million Muslims from around the world began the hajj pilgrimage at Islam’s holiest sites Wednesday, a religious duty and an epic multi-stage journey.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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\n\tOn the esplanade of Mecca’s Grand Mosque, the excitement was palpable as crowds from all four corners of the world gathered for a pilgrimage that all able Muslims are required to perform at least once in their lives, AFP wrote.<\/p>\n

\n\tWearing the simple garb of the pilgrim, the faithful waited at dawn with their suitcases for buses to take them to Mina five kilometers (three miles) to the east.<\/p>\n

\n\tThere, hundreds of thousands will gather before setting off today at dawn to climb Mount Arafat, the pinnacle of the Hajj.<\/p>\n

\n\tFirst, however, they must perform a ritual walk known as the tawaf<\/em> seven times around the Kaaba, a black masonry cube wrapped in a heavy silk cloth embroidered in gold with Quranic verses at the center of Mecca’s Grand Mosque.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe shrine is the point toward which Muslims around the world pray.<\/p>\n

\n\tSaudi authorities have mobilized vast resources including more than 100,000 security personnel to avoid a repeat of the stampede in 2015 in which thousands of pilgrims were killed.<\/p>\n

\n\tThis year’s pilgrimage comes amid a diplomatic crisis between a Saudi-led bloc of Arab countries and Qatar accused of supporting extremist groups. Doha denied the allegation, dismissing the blockade as illegal.<\/p>\n

\n\tA blockade imposed on Qatar since June 5 has seen sea and air links shut down, preventing many Qataris from making the Hajj.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlthough Saudi Arabia relaxed entry restrictions across its land border with the emirate two weeks before the Hajj, Qatar said only a few dozen of its nationals were able to join the pilgrimage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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