Almost 1.5 million Muslims begin hajj

Almost 1.5 million Muslims begin hajj

From Asia, Africa and points in between, nearly 1.5 million Muslims began the annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia to Islam's holiest sites Saturday, undeterred by last year's deadly stampede. The numbers are down because of the absence of tens of thousands of Iranians over tensions between their Shiite nation and the Sunni-dominated Gulf kingdom.

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