Used as the pilgrimage obligation that helps explain why control of Mecca and Medina gives Saudi Arabia authority over the Islamic world.
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Hajj
Used as the pilgrimage obligation that helps explain why control of Mecca and Medina gives Saudi Arabia authority over the Islamic world.
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"...a requirement that, as a, a Muslim, you must take a Hajj, a pilgrimage, to Mecca and Medina once in your lifetime. Okay? And,..."
"...builds trust and community. This is Mecca, and this is the Hajj, where Muslims come from all around the world, and they circle around..."
"...days. And last thing is, you must make something called the Hajj, which is a pilgrimage to the holy site in Mecca and perform..."
"This is the Hajj in Mecca. And I was actually in Saudi Arabia, and I tried to go there, and then I was told,..."
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