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Over one million Muslims packed the giant tented city of Mina near Makkah on Friday for the Haj pilgrimage held in sweltering heat and against the grim backdrop of the Gaza crisis. Robed worshippers arrived on buses or on foot, many shaded by umbrellas, at the vast encampment in Mina after performing the “tawaf” — the circumambulation of the Kaaba, the large …

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