
MINA, Saudi Arabia: More than 2mn Muslims performing the Haj pilgrimage entered the final stage of the rituals yesterday, visiting the Grand Mosque in Makkah and stoning walls representing the devil one more time. For a third day pilgrims threw stones at the Jamarat Bridge in the valley of Mina outside the holy city of Makkah, which has been the scene of numerous stampedes in past years, including one which killed 362 in 2006. The Haj also has been marred in previous y
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