Sunday, December 14, 2008

Hajj Pilgrimage Seen 2.4 Million Turn-out

Muslim pilgrims pray outside the Prophet Mohammed Mosque in the Saudi holy city of Medina, on 13 December 2008.

Statistics put the total number of pilgrims who attended this year’s annual hajj pilgrimage last week at more than 2.4 million, almost 1.73 million from abroad and 679,000 from within the kingdom, according to the official SPA news agency.

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