2 mln Muslims arrive in Mecca for pilgrimage
![Muslim Pilgrims pray at the Grand Mosque in Mecca Dec. 5, 2008. Over two million Muslim pilgrims arrive in the holy city of Mecca this week for the Haj pilgrimage, one of the world's biggest displays of mass religious devotion and duty for able-bodied Muslims. The climax of the pilgrimage is on Sunday when worshippers spend the day gathered en masse on and around Mount Arafat, about 15 km (10 miles) east of Mecca. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20081206/00016c8b5de90aa44dfa04.jpg "Muslim Pilgrims pray at the Grand Mosque in Mecca Dec. 5, 2008. Over two million Muslim pilgrims arrive in the holy city of Mecca this week for the Haj pilgrimage, one of the world's biggest displays of mass religious devotion and duty for able-bodied Muslims. The climax of the pilgrimage is on Sunday when worshippers spend the day gathered en masse on and around Mount Arafat, about 15 km (10 miles) east of Mecca. [Xinhua]") |
| Muslim pilgrims pray at the Grand Mosque in Mecca Dec. 5, 2008. Over two million Muslim pilgrims arrive in the holy city of Mecca this week for the Haj pilgrimage, one of the world's biggest displays of mass religious devotion and duty for able-bodied Muslims. The climax of the pilgrimage is on Sunday when worshippers spend the day gathered en masse on and around Mount Arafat, about 15 km (10 miles) east of Mecca. [Xinhua] |
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