9 RunA XIE19980118.0107 is the fifth pillar of islam 9 RunA APW20000316.0112 one of the five pillars of islam 9 RunA APW20000316.0112 peaked wednesday with prayers on mount arafat 9 RunA XIE19970225.0014 must be used as an instrument of strengthening the power of islamic leadership 9 RunA XIE20000317.0020 is one of the five pillars of islam and must be performed by every able moslem 9 RunA APW20000317.0128 is one of the five pillars of islam and is required at least once in the lifetime of every muslim who is financially and physically able to perform it 9 RunA XIE19980327.0028 is one of islam 's main tenets , requiring the able-bodied muslims to make a pilgrimage to mecca , the birthplace of prophet mohammed , in one 's lifetime 9 RunA XIE19970423.0040 one of five essential obligations of islam for its believers 9 RunA APW20000311.0134 begins wednesday when pilgrims start gathering on mount arafat , 12 miles from mecca 9 RunA APW20000314.0196 has frequently been marred by tragedy , the most recent in 1998 when more than 100 pilgrims were trampled to death in a stampede 9 RunA APW19990319.0114 islam 's most sacred ritual 9 RunA APW20000313.0082 an annual pilgrimage to muslim holy sites that begins wednesday , 9 RunA APW20000319.0058 is required at least once of every able-bodied muslim who can afford it , and this year 1.26 million pilgrims came from abroad 9 RunA APW20000319.0058 was free of large-scale tragedies 9 RunA XIE20000314.0170 one of islam 's holiest rituals 9 RunA APW19981123.0088 a rite that is required of every able-bodied muslim who can afford it , ************************************************ 9 RunB NYT19990419.0239 ``After going through this experience, I feel that if I thank God every second of my life, that is not enough,'' said Colleyville resident Abdul Rashid Khan, who recently returned from the hajj with his wife, Zohra Khan. 9 RunB NYT19990419.0239 ``After going through this experience, I feel that if I thank God every second of my life, that is not enough,'' said Colleyville resident Abdul Rashid Khan, who recently returned from the hajj with his wife, Zohra Khan. 9 RunB NYT19990419.0239 ``After going through this experience, I feel that if I thank God every second of my life, that is not enough,'' said Colleyville resident Abdul Rashid Khan, who recently returned from the hajj with his wife, Zohra Khan. 9 RunB NYT19990419.0239 ``After going through this experience, I feel that if I thank God every second of my life, that is not enough,'' said Colleyville resident Abdul Rashid Khan, who recently returned from the hajj with his wife, Zohra Khan. 9 RunB NYT19990426.0267 They also say Madurese are stingy. 9 RunB NYT19990118.0473 The second one is celebrated at the end of the hajj, or the pilgrimage to Mecca. 9 RunB NYT19990525.0195 The actors playing the children, who also include Gregory J. Qaiyum and Purva Bedi, have developed an organic synchronicity that falters only in the play's segues into violence. 9 RunB NYT19990525.0195 The moments of brutality don't shock as they should, partly because Hajj, a sprightly and small man, never projects the necessary menace or combustible anger, as though the actor were slightly afraid of the character. 9 RunB NYT20000302.0398 Baghdad rejected a United Nations plan to give Iraqi pilgrims going to Mecca for the hajj $2,000 each to pay for expenses. 9 RunB NYT20000302.0398 The money, drawn from United Nations-controlled deposits from oil sales, would have been part in cash and part in travelers' checks to be cashed only outside Iraq. 9 RunB NYT20000302.0398 Iraq demands that the $49.4 million to cover 24,700 pilgrims be turned over to the Iraqi central bank. 9 RunB NYT20000519.0340 El Hajj, who received a heart tissue transplant 26 years ago in London, has a theory about the increase in need. 9 RunB NYT20000519.0340 ``We're seeing the aftereffects of war, I believe. 9 RunB NYT20000519.0340 A lot of the people who are coming, they lived through the chemical pollution of the civil wars in Iraq and Lebanon. 9 RunB NYT20000519.0340 It's like in Vietnam when they sprayed the gases, you only see the effects over a period.'' 9 RunB NYT19990328.0135 The timing of the Id al-Adha is linked to the climax of the Muslim hajj, the annual pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca, birthplace of the prophet Mohammed. 9 RunB NYT20000720.0048 Bumper cars and carousels also get the slide rule treatment here, one of many sprightly info-clicks housed under the Annenberg/CPB umbrella site, www.Learner.org. 9 RunB NYT20000720.0048 Your expedition is: a band of evil Disney dwarfs? 9 RunB NYT20000720.0048 Heading back to campus on the last afternoon of spring break? 9 RunB NYT20000720.0048 Or just midway through your annual family theme park hajj? 9 RunB NYT20000720.0048 If you answered hajj, it's time for a teaching moment! 9 RunB NYT20000720.0048 The members of your expedition are tired, sore, grumpy, itchy, sunburned, stinky and broke. 9 RunB NYT20000720.0048 This handy site, Amusement Park Physics, reminds us that amusement park thrills are about more than the mere conversion of credit card limit to credit card debt. 9 RunB NYT20000603.0132 Earlier this year, the CDC reported three cases in New York City of meningococcal disease among Muslims returning from the hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca. 9 RunB NYT20000720.0048 A roller coaster, for example, is all about the conversion of potential energy to kinetic energy. 9 RunB NYT20000720.0048 A roller coaster, for example, is all about the conversion of potential energy to kinetic energy. 9 RunB NYT20000720.0048 Bumper cars and carousels also get the slide rule treatment here, one of many sprightly info-clicks housed under the Annenberg/CPB umbrella site, www.Learner.org. 9 RunB APW19980620.0661 Gunmen shot dead Ayatollah Hajj Sheikh Mirza Ali Gharavi Tabrizi together with his son, son-in-law and chauffeur as they were driving back to Najaf from Karbala, the agency said. 9 RunB APW19980821.1244 Sidahmed Hajj Hamad, administrative director at the factory, estimated the damage at dlrs 100 million. 9 RunB APW19980822.0087 Damage was estimated at dlrs 100 million, said Sidahmed Hajj Hamed, administrative director at the factory. 9 RunB APW19980826.0145 A stampede at the hajj last April left more than 150 people dead, many of them elderly pilgrims from abroad. 9 RunB APW19980826.0145 A stampede at the hajj last April left more than 150 people dead, many of them elderly pilgrims from abroad. ************************************************ 9 RunC XIE19990928.0159 pilgrimage 9 RunC APW20000205.0071 hajj pilgrimage 9 RunC APW19990326.0306 annual hajj pilgrimage ************************************************ 9 RunD APW20000317.0128 one of the five pillars of Islam and is required at least once in the lifetime of every Muslim who is financially and physically able to perform it 9 RunD XIE19980407.0086 one of the five pillars of Islam and every Muslim should try to make the pilgrimage at least once in a lifetime 9 RunD XIE20000317.0020 one of the five pillars of Islam and must be performed by every able Moslem 9 RunD APW19981123.0088 rite that is required of every able - bodied Muslim who can afford it , has been the scene of stampedes , fires and political protests that have killed hundreds in recent years 9 RunD APW20000313.0082 annual pilgrimage to Muslim holy sites that begins Wednesday , tests Saudi Arabia 's organizational competence and its ability to avert the kinds of tragedies that have marred the hajj in the past 9 RunD XIE19990302.0186 pilgrimage 9 RunD XIE19991121.0036 rituals 9 RunD XIE19980118.0107 fifth pillar of Islam 9 RunD XIE19990318.0009 pillar of Islam 9 RunD NYT19990525.0195 actor making his professional debut here , and the excellent Jenny Sterlin 9 RunD NYT19990525.0195 sprightly and small man 9 RunD NYT20000519.0340 health care coordinator at the Arab Community Center for Economics and Social Service 9 RunD APW20000316.0112 one of the most sacred duties of the Muslim faith ************************************************ 9 RunE APW20000317.0128 The hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam and is required at least once in the lifetime of every Muslim who is financially and 9 RunE XIE19980407.0086 The hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam and every Muslim should try to make the pilgrimage at least once in a lifetime 9 RunE XIE20000317.0020 The Hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam and must be performed by every able Moslem 9 RunE APW19981123.0088 The hajj , a rite that is required of every able - bodied Muslim who can afford it , has been the scene of stampedes , fires and 9 RunE XIE19991121.0036 desire to take care of Iraqi pilgrims and to provide all facilities to them to perform rituals of Hajj , " the unnamed official was quoted by the Saudi Press Agency as saying ************************************************ 9 RunF APW20000317.0128 The hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam and is required at least once in the lifetime of every Muslim who is financially and physically able to perform it 9 RunF XIE19980407.0086 The hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam and every Muslim should try to make the pilgrimage at least once in a lifetime 9 RunF XIE20000317.0020 " The Hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam and must be performed by every able Moslem 9 RunF APW19981123.0088 The hajj , a rite that is required of every able - bodied Muslim who can afford it , has been the scene of stampedes , fires and political protests that have killed hundreds in recent years 9 RunF APW20000313.0082 The hajj , an annual pilgrimage to Muslim holy sites that begins Wednesday , tests Saudi Arabia 's organizational competence and its ability to avert the kinds of tragedies that have marred the hajj in the past 9 RunF XIE19990302.0186 The pilgrimage , known as hajj , is required to be made at least once in a lifetime by every able - bodied Muslim who can afford it 9 RunF XIE19991121.0036 Riyadh 's reception of the Iraqi delegation was part of " its desire to take care of Iraqi pilgrims and to provide all facilities to them to perform rituals of Hajj , " the unnamed official was quoted by the Saudi Press Agency as saying 9 RunF XIE19980118.0107 Hajj is the fifth pillar of Islam 9 RunF XIE19990318.0009 Iraq flew a civilian plane to Saudi Arabia in 1997 , carrying 104 elderly and sick pilgrims to Mecca for the Hajj , a pillar of Islam 9 RunF NYT19990525.0195 Edward A. Hajj , an actor making his professional debut here , and the excellent Jenny Sterlin are the mother and father , George and Ella Khan , and they give off a reflexive air of both comfort and annoyance with each other that sets the evening 's tone 9 RunF NYT19990525.0195 The moments of brutality do n't shock as they should , partly because Hajj , a sprightly and small man , never projects the necessary menace or combustible anger , as though the actor were slightly afraid of the character 9 RunF NYT20000519.0340 But Joanna El Hajj , a health care coordinator at the Arab Community Center for Economics and Social Service , said she only needed to pick up her telephone to know that the numbers were growing 9 RunF APW20000316.0112 Hajj - - one of the most sacred duties of the Muslim faith - - is required at least once of every able - bodied Muslim who can afford it ************************************************ RunG What is the hajj? the annual Muslim pilgrimage CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Egypt's top cleric has ruled that belly dancers and actresses should not perform hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage, unless they quit show business, a newspaper reported today. a pillar of Islam Iraq flew a civilian plane to Saudi Arabia in 1997, carrying 104 elderly and sick pilgrims to Mecca for the Hajj, a pillar of Islam. a ritual required at least once of every able-bodied Muslim who can afford it Overcrowding during the hajj, a ritual required at least once of every able-bodied Muslim who can afford it, has resulted in stampedes and fires that have killed hundreds in recent years. one of the five pillars This year, 2.1 million people are taking part in the hajj, one of the five pillars of Islam. ************************************************ 9 RunH APW20000314.0196 pilgrimage ************************************************