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The Hajj (Arabic: حَجّ) is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to the sacred city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, [7] the holiest city for Muslims.Hajj is a mandatory religious duty for Muslims that must be carried out at least once in their lifetime by all adult Muslims who are physically and financially capable of undertaking the journey, and can support their family during their absence.
The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah (MHU) (Arabic: وزارة الحج والعمرة) is a government ministry in Saudi Arabia which is responsible for supervising the facilitation of essential services to the pilgrims arriving in the country for Hajj and Umrah purposes, [1] [2] including overseeing their secure transportation and movement to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 January 2025. Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca "Haj" redirects here. For other uses, see Hajj (disambiguation) and Haj (disambiguation). Hajj حَجّ Pilgrims at the Al-Masjid Al-Haram Mosque in Mecca on Hajj in 2010 Status Active Genre Religious pilgrimage Begins 8th day of Dhu al-Hijja Ends 12th or 13th ...
Masses of Muslim pilgrims in the Saudi city of Mecca on Thursday circled the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site, a day before heading to the nearby desert area of Mina to officially open the Hajj, the ...
Saudi officials say close to 1.5 million foreign pilgrims have arrived in the country so far, the vast majority by air. More are expected, and hundreds of thousands of Saudis and others living in ...
The parish has been intimately tied in with Chicago's Polish immigrants, particularly those who arrived in the Solidarity and post-Solidarity waves of Polish migration to Chicago in the 1980s. On June 26, 2003, Pope John Paul II granted the designation of minor basilica , the third church in Illinois to achieve this status.
On a recent blustery morning, Pedersen sat at the organ, remembering the first time he played it. “I was awestruck to sit in front of such a thing," he says. “I thought, ‘Oh, what a blessing
16 Shots uses extensive interviews, combined with news reports and scenes of Chicago, to depict the murder of Laquan McDonald and subsequent events. On October 20, 2014, McDonald, a 17-year-old African-American youth, was murdered by Chicago Police officer Jason Van Dyke. The police department initially ruled that the shooting was justifiable ...