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Heard at Mecca: 'Are you single?'
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Matchmakers ply their trade at Islam's holiest site
MECCA - In the midst of overlapping murmurs of prayers in a sea of white-cloaked worshippers, a woman's voice interrupts the collective trance as she asks: "Are you single?"
For hundreds of years, Mecca has been the sacred meeting point of millions of Muslims from across the world. They come to perform the hajj, the annual major pilgrimage, or umrah, a minor pilgrimage that can be performed anytime.
Matchmaking is a prof...
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Info-Prod Research (Middle East)
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One pilgrim among many Journey of peace a powerful experience
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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U.S. Muslims Go On Hajj As Nation Heads To War
U.S. Newswire
; ... designed to be a journalist's window to the American Muslim community. Subscribers to the list, called ISLAM-INFONET, receive news releases and other materials dealing with American Muslim positions on issues of importance to our society. To SUBSCRIBE to ISLAM-INFON ...
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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; From the time I was a young girl growing up in Jerusalem, I dreamed of someday completing a Hajj the religious pilgrimage Muslims are required to make once in their lifetime. But as life went on, it was never certain that I would be able to make the sacred journey to Mecca, the birthplace of Islam.
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Local couple making pilgrimage to Mecca.
Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)
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Dearbornites leave on annual pilgrimage to Mecca: Major Muslim holiday will fall week before Easter, marks completion of major portion Hajj
The Arab American News
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Message of the haj
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New Straits Times
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Ampatuan leads group to Makkah for sacred Muslim rites.(Main News)
Manila Bulletin
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