allAfrica: African news and information for a global audience ... Abuja ? Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, Tuesday departed for Saudi Arabia to facilitate ...
http://allafrica.com/stories/200812240396.html

Mecca ? Ma?an ? Hajj pilgrims from the West Bank have arrived in Mecca safe and sound, Palestinian minister of Endowments Jamal Bawatna told Ma?an?s in Mecca on Friday ...
http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=61976

Before arriving in Saudi Arabia for Hajj or Umrah, establish a communication routine for family and friends with whom you wish to keep in contact.
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1012.html

Saudi Arabia Table of Contents. The hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca, occurs annually between the eighth and thirteenth days of the last month of the Muslim year, Dhu al Hijjah.
http://countrystudies.us/saudi-arabia/30.htm

Saudi Arabian Airlines (Arabic: ?????? ?????? ??????? ????????) is ... and international charter flights are operated, mostly during Ramadan and the Hajj ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabian_Airlines

After five days of exhaustion and hardships, Muslim pilgrims were saddened to see the annual hajj come to a close Friday, ending what for many is a spiritual high point of their ...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22364708/

Mecca IPA: /?m?k?/, also spelled Makkah IPA:  (in full: Makkah Al-Mukarramah IPA:  [(Arabic) mæk?æ(t) ælm?kar?amæ]; Arabic: ???? ??????? ?) is Islam 's ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecca,_Saudi_Arabia

Saudi Arabia Hajj Security Notice Consular Affairs Bulletins Middle East / N. Africa - Saudi Arabia On or about December 6, 2008 the annual Hajj ritual will begin in the city of Makkah ...
http://saudiarabia.osac.gov/

Saudi Arabia has deployed some 100,000 security personnel to keep order during the hajj. Thousands of them patrolled the route to Mina on foot and in vehicles.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D94TG93O0&show_article=1

Saudi Arabia has denied it foiled an Al-Qaeda attack on this year's hajj, rejecting a US report that it had advance intelligence of a plot against Mecca pilgrims, a newspaper ...
http://english.alarabonline.org/display.asp?fname=2008\12\12-22\zalsoz\922.htm&dismode=x&ts=22/12/2008%2002:11:29%20ã

Religion in Saudi Arabia: The Hajj and Saudi Politics. ... The hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca, occurs annually between the eighth and thirteenth days of the last month of the Muslim ...
http://atheism.about.com/library/FAQs/islam/countries/bl_SaudiIslamPilgrimage.htm

Updated frequently by Los Angeles Times Middle East correspondents in Baghdad, Jerusalem, Cairo and Beirut, Babylon & Beyond is a collection of news, insights, photos and videos ...
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2007/12/hajj-hardships.html

... globe, pilgrims of all nationalities, ages, and colors come together each year for the largest religious gathering in the world, the annual pilgrimage (Hajj) to Mecca, Saudi Arabia
http://islam.about.com/od/hajj/Hajj_Eid_alAdha.htm

Warden Message: Saudi Arabia Hajj Security Notice Consular Affairs Bulletins Report Middle East / N. Africa - Saudi Arabia December 02 2008 . U.S. Embassy Riyadh released the ...
http://saudiarabia.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=94078

Saudi Arabia US Relations Information Service ... Reprinted from SUSRIS] Hundreds of ...
http://www.saudi-us-relations.org/articles/2006/ioi/061226-hajj-long.html

Millions of Muslims from around the world gathered in Mecca Sunday for the start of the annual Islamic hajj pilgrimage, as the Saudi Interior Ministry announced tough security ...
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2007-12-16-hajj-saudiarabia_N.htm

Saudi Arabia US Relations Information Service ... Editor's Note: The annual Hajj, the annual pilgrimage of Muslims performing one of the basic duties of their faith ...
http://www.saudi-us-relations.org/articles/2007/interviews/071216-long-hajj.html

Arafat, Saudi Arabia, (Arab News): After spending the day at the spiritual highpoint of meditation and prayers in Arafat, millions of pilgrims moved after sunset to Muzdalifah to ...
http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/news/news.php?article=15275

Saudi Arabia Information - the Saudi Arabia Information Site provides comprehensive, up to date information for those conducting business in the Kingdom Saudi Arabia., Al Hajj (The ...
http://www.saudinf.com/main/b635.htm

Millions of Muslims from around the world gathered in Mecca Sunday for the start of the annual Islamic hajj pilgrimage, as the Saudi Interior Ministry announced tough security ...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22295711/

Six key figures facilitating the world's largest organised pilgrimage: Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, Prince Khalid al-Faisal bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, Fouad bin Abdulsalau al ...
http://www.meed.com/people/meed_list/2008/12/saudi_arabia_hajj.html

December 6, 2008 (KHARTOUM) ? Sudanese President Omer Al-Bashir today flew to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to perform rituals of Hajj. Since several years the embattled head of state ...
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article29508

Madinah, (ANTARA News) - Some 325 Indonesian Hajj pilgrims died in Saudi Arabia up to Saturday. "The number is slightly lower than last year`s 327 Hajj pilgrims who died in the ...
http://www.antara.co.id/en/arc/2008/12/21/some-325-indonesian-hajj-pilgrims-die-in-saudi-arabia

Some travel agencies and hotels are complaining of an increase in hajj costs this year.
http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1226471487934&pagename=Zone-English-News/NWELayout

MECCA, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Millions of pilgrims have gathered in Saudi Arabia for the annual ritual of the Hajj , the pilgrimage every Muslim is supposed to make at least ...
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/06/Hajj_pilgrimage_under_way_in_Saudi_Arabia/UPI-70461228623110/

Official U.S. government health recommendations for traveling. Provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/contentHajj2008.aspx

1,027,822 pilgrims leave Saudi Arabia after performing Hajj (12/24/2008) Training course on combating terrorism concludes (12/24/2008) Euro-Med offers GCC observer status
http://www.saudiembassy.net/

Hajj Requirements: Visas for 1427 Hajj . The Consular Section of the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington ...
http://www.saudiembassy.net/Travel/Hajj.asp

Official website of the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Hajj, directly responsible for all Pilgrim affairs in the Kingdom. Offers a resource on the Hajj.
http://www.hajinformation.com/