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Hajj: What It Has Become And What It Should Be Again

Stephen Schwartz | Posted 11.09.2011

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Stephen Schwartz

Millions of Muslims are satisfied to celebrate at home, while waiting for Mecca, Medina and Hajj to be freed from the grip of the Wahhabis and to regain their past splendor -- a spiritual, not commercial, illumination.

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Hajj, Muslim Pilgrimage, Observed In Saudi Arabia (PHOTOS)

AP/The Huffington Post | RAHIM FAIEZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Afghan president on Tuesday urged insurgents to abandon violence and accept offers of reconciliation from the gove...

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Saudis Build 'World's Largest Clock,' Want 'Mecca Time' To Replace GMT

Posted 05.25.2011

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Saudi Arabia is hoping that the debut of what is said to be the world's largest clock in Islam's holiest city of Mecca will help establish the city as...

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