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From caravans to markets, the hajj pilgrimage has always included a commercial component

  • Written by Noorzehra Zaidi, Assistant Professor of HIstory, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
imageA view of the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque during the hajj pilgrimage in the Muslim holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia on July 6, 2022.AP Photo/Amr Nabil

In early June 2022, Saudi Arabia announced a hajj “lottery” for Western pilgrims that made it mandatory for people from Europe, the Americas and Australia to apply for visas through a...

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