logging in or signing up Hajj 2010 Nubiagroup Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 1795 Category: Spiritual/ Ins.. License: All Rights Reserved Like it (2) Dislike it (0) Added: November 16, 2010 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 3 Presentation Description PPS by Nubia_group - you can find the link to download this presentation on my blog here : http://nubiagroup-powerpoint-collection.blogspot.com/ Comments Posting comment... By: luckieman (18 month(s) ago) Sallam. This is too good a work that you cann't keep private. Please for Allah sake, make it available to your brothers. It's only Allah (SWT) that can adequately reward you. My mail add is: maluqman@yahoo.com. Jazakumullahi Khairan. Saving..... Post Reply Close By: Nubiagroup (18 month(s) ago) hello thanks a lot dear read the other comments you have the link to download it best regards Nubia Saving..... Edit Comment Close Premium member Presentation Transcript Slide 2: Clic Slide 3: A Saudi worker stitches Islamic calligraphy in gold thread on a silk drape to cover the Kaaba at the Kiswa factory in Mecca< Saudi Arabia on November 8, 2010. The Kaaba cover is called Kiswa and is changed every year at the culmination of the annual Hajj or pilgrimage. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)Slide 4: A Muslim pilgrim prays atop Mount Al-Noor during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca November 9, 2010. (REUTERS/Mohammed Salem)Slide 5: A general view shows the Saudi holy city of Mecca, as seen from the top of Noor mountain, late on November 13, 2010. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)Slide 6: Saudi Arabian men ride on the newly-opened Holy Sites metro light rail in Mecca on November 2, 2010. The Chinese-built monorail project, will link Mecca with the holy sites of Mina, Arafat and Muzdalifah, and will operate for the first time during the Hajj this month at 35 percent capacity to ferry Saudi nationals who will take part in the upcoming annual Muslim pilgrimage. (AMER HILABI/AFP/Getty Images)Slide 7: Saudi special forces show their skills during a military parade in preparation for the Hajj in the Saudi city of Mecca on November 10, 2010. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)Slide 8: Saudi special forces take part in a military parade, preparing for the Hajj in Mecca on November 10, 2010. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)Slide 9: Saudi workers load carboys of "zamzam" water containers at the Zamazemah United Office in Mecca, on November 7, 2010. According to Islamic belief, zamzam is a miraculously-generated source of water from God, which began thousands of years ago when Abraham's infant son Ishmael was thirsty and crying for water and discovered a well by kicking the ground. Millions of pilgrims visit the well each year while performing the Hajj or Umrah pilgrimages, in order to drink its water. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)Slide 10: Thousands of tents housing Muslim pilgrims are crowded together in Mina near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Slide 11: Hajj: At Mina Pilgrim camp at Mina, (Hajj, Pilgrims, Mecca, photo: Omar Chatriwala).Slide 12: Muslim pilgrims walk past construction outside the Grand Mosque during the annual Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Friday, Nov. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Slide 13: Muslim pilgrims are seen on their way towards a rocky hill called Mount Arafat, on the Plain of Arafat near Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Monday, Nov. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Slide 14: An ambulance is parked among thousands of Muslim pilgrims praying near the Namira Mosque at Mount Arafat, southeast of the Saudi holy city of Mecca, on November 15, 2010. Pilgrims flooded into the Arafat plain from Mecca and Mina before dawn for a key ritual around the site where prophet Mohammed gave his farewell sermon on this day in the Islamic calendar 1,378 years ago. Pilgrims spend the day at Arafat in reflection and reading the Koran. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)Slide 15: Muslim pilgrims pray outside Namira mosque in Arafat near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Monday, Nov. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Slide 16: Pilgrims fill the streets in prayer, near Namira mosque in Arafat, Saudi Arabia on Monday, Nov. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Slide 17: A Muslim man visits the Hiraa cave on Noor mountain late on November 13, 2010 during the annual Hajj. According to tradition, Islam's Prophet Mohammed received his first message to preach Islam while praying in the cave. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)Slide 18: A young Muslim pilgrim has his head shaved after performing the "Jamarat" ritual, the symbolic stoning of Satan, in Mina near the holy city of Mecca on Nov. 16, the third day of the hajj, as Muslims worldwide marked the Eid al-Adha festival with animal sacrifices.Slide 19: A Muslim pilgrim walks with his son along the road in the Mina valley about three miles east of the Saudi Arabian holy city of Mecca, on Nov. 14, as some 2.5 million Muslim pilgrims descend on the holy city for the annual Hajj pilgrimage. The passage to Mina marks the official launch of the hajj on the eighth day of the Muslim calendar month of Dhul Hijja. The day is known as Tarwiah (Watering) as pilgrims in the past stopped at Mina to water their animals and stock up for the trip to Mount Arafat.Slide 20: A Muslim pilgrim holds his daughter on Mount Arafat on the plains of Arafat, outside the holy city of Mecca on November 15, 2010. (REUTERS/Mohammed Salem)Slide 21: A Muslim pilgrim looks at Mecca from the top of Noor mountain where the Hiraa cave is located late on Nov. 13, as some 2.5 million Muslim pilgrims descend on the holy city for the annual hajj or pilgrimage. According to tradition, Islam's Prophet Mohammed received his first message to preach Islam while praying in the cave.Slide 22: Pilgrims pray on the side of Mount Arafat, near Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Monday, Nov. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Slide 23: Hajj: Pilgrims at Ararat - A sea of pilgrims, Thousands of pilgrims crowd Mount Arafat and the surrounding area , (Hajj, Pilgrims, Mecca, photo: Omar Chatriwala).Slide 24: Muslim pilgrim prays at the top of Noor Mountain near where the Hiraa cave is located on the outskirts of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Nov. 11. The writing reads "Noor Mountain, Hiraa cave."Slide 25: Pilgrims climb up Mount Arafat on the Plain of Arafat in Saudi Arabia on Monday, Nov. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Slide 26: Many pilgrims climb the Mount Mercy, where the Prophet is said to have delivered his last sermon. The ascent begins at the crack of dawn and is taxing work for pilgrims who have often spent the night praying.Slide 27: Muslim pilgrims visit the Hiraa cave, at the top of Noor Mountain on the outskirts of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010. The writing reads: "Noor Mountain, Hiraa cave." (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Slide 28: Muslim pilgrims visit the Hiraa cave, at the top of Noor Mountain on the outskirts of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010. The writing reads: & Noor Mountain, Hiraa cave.;(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Slide 29: A Muslim pilgrim reads the Koran at Mount Al-Noor during the annual Hajj on November 11, 2010. (REUTERS/Mohammed Salem)Slide 30: Hajj: Pilgrims praying at Ararat Praying at Arafat, (Hajj, Pilgrims, Mecca, photo: Omar Chatriwala).Slide 31: A Muslim pilgrim prays on a rocky hill called the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Nov. 15.Slide 32: At least two million Muslims have descended on Mecca, in Saudi Arabia, to perform the annual Hajj pilgrimage - a religious duty that every sane adult Muslim is expected to do once in their lives if they can afford it and are physically able.Slide 33: The pilgrims retrace the steps of the Prophet Abraham and his wife Hagar. Wearing simple white clothes called "ihram", the pilgrims perform acts of worship - here praying together outside the Namira mosque on the plains of Arafat.Slide 34: Hajj also aims to promote the bonds of brotherhood between Muslims, showing that everyone is equal in the eyes of Allah.Slide 35: Policing one of the largest gatherings of people in the world is a challenge for Saudi authorities. This year they have installed a new light-rail system to ferry pilgrims between shrines in an attempt to manage the crowds.Slide 36: Muslims on the Hajj pilgrimage take a rest in Mina near Mecca, Saudi Arabia on November 15, 2010. (REUTERS/ Fahad Shadeed)Slide 37: His head resting on the Jabal al-Rahma pillar, a Muslim pilgrim prays atop Mount Arafat near Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Monday, Nov. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Slide 38: Muslims touch and write on the Jabal al-Rahma pillar on Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia on Monday, Nov. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Slide 39: Muslim pilgrims leave an autograph at Mount Arafat, southeast of the Saudi holy city of Mecca, on Nov. 15.Slide 40: Muslim pilgrims pray atop Mount Arafat, southeast of Mecca, on November 15, 2010. Pilgrims flooded into the Arafat plain from Mecca and Mina before dawn for a key ritual around the site where prophet Mohammed gave his farewell sermon on this day in the Islamic calendar 1,378 years ago. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)Slide 41: At sunset, a Muslim man prays on Mount Arafat, near Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Monday, Nov. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Slide 42: Muslim pilgrims stand on top of Noor mountain where the Hiraa cave is located overlooking Mecca late on November 13, 2010. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)Slide 43: Muslim pilgrims pray near where the Hiraa cave is located, at the top of Noor Mountain on the outskirts of Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Slide 44: The Grand Mosque and the four-faced clock, atop the Abraj Al-Bait Towers are seen from the top of al-Noor mountain in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Nov. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Slide 45: The massive new clock atop the newly-completed Abraj Al-Bait Towers, above tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims walking around the Kaaba, inside the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Slide 46: Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba at the center of the Grand mosque in Mecca during the annual Hajj pilgrimage November 11, 2010. (REUTERS/Mohammed Salem)Slide 47: Tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims pray inside the Grand Mosque, during the annual Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Friday, Nov. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Slide 51: Hajj: Pilgrims on the roof of the Grand Mosque, Mecca Pilgrims on the roof of the Grand mosque, (Hajj, Pilgrims, Mecca, photo: Omar Chatriwala).Slide 52: Muslim pilgrims head to perform the "Jamarat" ritual, the symbolic stoning of Satan, in Mina near the holy city of Mecca on Nov. 16, the third day of the hajj, as Muslims worldwide marked the Eid al-Adha festival with animal sacrifices.Slide 53: Muslim pilgrims cast stones at a pillar, symbolizing the stoning of Satan, in a ritual called "Jamarat," the last rite of the annual hajj, in Mina near the Saudi holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Nov. 16. The last stage of the annual Hajj pilgrimage, the symbolic stoning of the devil,Slide 54: A Muslim pilgrim throws pebbles at pillars during the "Jamarat" ritual, the stoning of Satan, in Mina near the holy city of Mecca, on Nov. 16. Stoning the devil and circling the Mecca Grand Mosque's kaaba shrine, more than two million Muslim pilgrims launched into the final rituals of the hajj ahead of their massive exodus from Islam's holiest city.Slide 55: Tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims pray inside the Grand Mosque, during the annual Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Friday, Nov. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Slide 56: Muslim pilgrims perform Friday prayers in front of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, on November 12, 2010. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)Slide 57: In shadows and sunlight, thousands of Muslim pilgrims pray inside the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Friday, Nov. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Slide 58: Muslim pilgrims move around the Kaaba, inside the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Slide 59: Muslim pilgrims reach to touch the golden doors of the Kaaba as they perform their walk around the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in Mecca early on the morning of November 9, 2010. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)Slide 60: Tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims pray inside the Grand Mosque, during the annual Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Friday, Nov. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Slide 61: Tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims pray inside the Grand Mosque, during the annual Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Friday, Nov. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Slide 62: Tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims moving around the Ka'bah, the black cube seen at center, inside the Grand Mosque, during the annual hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Nov. 13. The annual Islamic pilgrimage draws 2.5 million visitors each year, making it the largest yearly gathering of people in the world.Slide 63: Hajj: Pilgrims on The Haram Sharif in Mecca The Haram Sharif, (Hajj, Pilgrims, Mecca, photo: Omar Chatriwala).Slide 64: Hajj: Pilgrims at the ZamZam well in Mecca The Well of Zamzam, (Hajj, Pilgrims, Mecca, CC Photo: Wikipedia).Slide 65: Hajj: Kaaba in Mecca - – people performing Tawaf (circumambulating) the Kaaba. This picture taken from the gate of Abdul Aziz seems to divide the Kaaba and the minarets into mirror images of one another. (Hajj, Pilgrims, Mecca, CC Photo: Wikipedia/Muhammad Mahdi Karim).Slide 66: Hajj: Pilgrims at The Grand Mosque, Mecca Pilgrim at Masjid Al Haram (Hajj, Mecca, CC Photo Wikipedia).Slide 67: Hajj: Pilgrims at Kaaba, Mecca The scene at the Kaaba in Mecca (Hajj, Pilgrims, Mecca, photo: Omar Chatriwala).Slide 68: Hajj: Public Security Control in Mecca Hajj Public Security control room, (Hajj, Pilgrims, Mecca, photo: Omar Chatriwala). You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
Hajj 2010 Nubiagroup Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 1795 Category: Spiritual/ Ins.. License: All Rights Reserved Like it (2) Dislike it (0) Added: November 16, 2010 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 3 Presentation Description PPS by Nubia_group - you can find the link to download this presentation on my blog here : http://nubiagroup-powerpoint-collection.blogspot.com/ Comments Posting comment... By: luckieman (18 month(s) ago) Sallam. This is too good a work that you cann't keep private. Please for Allah sake, make it available to your brothers. It's only Allah (SWT) that can adequately reward you. My mail add is: maluqman@yahoo.com. Jazakumullahi Khairan. Saving..... Post Reply Close By: Nubiagroup (18 month(s) ago) hello thanks a lot dear read the other comments you have the link to download it best regards Nubia Saving..... Edit Comment Close Premium member Presentation Transcript Slide 2: Clic Slide 3: A Saudi worker stitches Islamic calligraphy in gold thread on a silk drape to cover the Kaaba at the Kiswa factory in Mecca< Saudi Arabia on November 8, 2010. The Kaaba cover is called Kiswa and is changed every year at the culmination of the annual Hajj or pilgrimage. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)Slide 4: A Muslim pilgrim prays atop Mount Al-Noor during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca November 9, 2010. (REUTERS/Mohammed Salem)Slide 5: A general view shows the Saudi holy city of Mecca, as seen from the top of Noor mountain, late on November 13, 2010. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)Slide 6: Saudi Arabian men ride on the newly-opened Holy Sites metro light rail in Mecca on November 2, 2010. The Chinese-built monorail project, will link Mecca with the holy sites of Mina, Arafat and Muzdalifah, and will operate for the first time during the Hajj this month at 35 percent capacity to ferry Saudi nationals who will take part in the upcoming annual Muslim pilgrimage. (AMER HILABI/AFP/Getty Images)Slide 7: Saudi special forces show their skills during a military parade in preparation for the Hajj in the Saudi city of Mecca on November 10, 2010. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)Slide 8: Saudi special forces take part in a military parade, preparing for the Hajj in Mecca on November 10, 2010. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)Slide 9: Saudi workers load carboys of "zamzam" water containers at the Zamazemah United Office in Mecca, on November 7, 2010. According to Islamic belief, zamzam is a miraculously-generated source of water from God, which began thousands of years ago when Abraham's infant son Ishmael was thirsty and crying for water and discovered a well by kicking the ground. Millions of pilgrims visit the well each year while performing the Hajj or Umrah pilgrimages, in order to drink its water. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)Slide 10: Thousands of tents housing Muslim pilgrims are crowded together in Mina near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Slide 11: Hajj: At Mina Pilgrim camp at Mina, (Hajj, Pilgrims, Mecca, photo: Omar Chatriwala).Slide 12: Muslim pilgrims walk past construction outside the Grand Mosque during the annual Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Friday, Nov. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Slide 13: Muslim pilgrims are seen on their way towards a rocky hill called Mount Arafat, on the Plain of Arafat near Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Monday, Nov. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Slide 14: An ambulance is parked among thousands of Muslim pilgrims praying near the Namira Mosque at Mount Arafat, southeast of the Saudi holy city of Mecca, on November 15, 2010. Pilgrims flooded into the Arafat plain from Mecca and Mina before dawn for a key ritual around the site where prophet Mohammed gave his farewell sermon on this day in the Islamic calendar 1,378 years ago. Pilgrims spend the day at Arafat in reflection and reading the Koran. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)Slide 15: Muslim pilgrims pray outside Namira mosque in Arafat near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Monday, Nov. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Slide 16: Pilgrims fill the streets in prayer, near Namira mosque in Arafat, Saudi Arabia on Monday, Nov. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Slide 17: A Muslim man visits the Hiraa cave on Noor mountain late on November 13, 2010 during the annual Hajj. According to tradition, Islam's Prophet Mohammed received his first message to preach Islam while praying in the cave. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)Slide 18: A young Muslim pilgrim has his head shaved after performing the "Jamarat" ritual, the symbolic stoning of Satan, in Mina near the holy city of Mecca on Nov. 16, the third day of the hajj, as Muslims worldwide marked the Eid al-Adha festival with animal sacrifices.Slide 19: A Muslim pilgrim walks with his son along the road in the Mina valley about three miles east of the Saudi Arabian holy city of Mecca, on Nov. 14, as some 2.5 million Muslim pilgrims descend on the holy city for the annual Hajj pilgrimage. The passage to Mina marks the official launch of the hajj on the eighth day of the Muslim calendar month of Dhul Hijja. The day is known as Tarwiah (Watering) as pilgrims in the past stopped at Mina to water their animals and stock up for the trip to Mount Arafat.Slide 20: A Muslim pilgrim holds his daughter on Mount Arafat on the plains of Arafat, outside the holy city of Mecca on November 15, 2010. (REUTERS/Mohammed Salem)Slide 21: A Muslim pilgrim looks at Mecca from the top of Noor mountain where the Hiraa cave is located late on Nov. 13, as some 2.5 million Muslim pilgrims descend on the holy city for the annual hajj or pilgrimage. According to tradition, Islam's Prophet Mohammed received his first message to preach Islam while praying in the cave.Slide 22: Pilgrims pray on the side of Mount Arafat, near Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Monday, Nov. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Slide 23: Hajj: Pilgrims at Ararat - A sea of pilgrims, Thousands of pilgrims crowd Mount Arafat and the surrounding area , (Hajj, Pilgrims, Mecca, photo: Omar Chatriwala).Slide 24: Muslim pilgrim prays at the top of Noor Mountain near where the Hiraa cave is located on the outskirts of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Nov. 11. The writing reads "Noor Mountain, Hiraa cave."Slide 25: Pilgrims climb up Mount Arafat on the Plain of Arafat in Saudi Arabia on Monday, Nov. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Slide 26: Many pilgrims climb the Mount Mercy, where the Prophet is said to have delivered his last sermon. The ascent begins at the crack of dawn and is taxing work for pilgrims who have often spent the night praying.Slide 27: Muslim pilgrims visit the Hiraa cave, at the top of Noor Mountain on the outskirts of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010. The writing reads: "Noor Mountain, Hiraa cave." (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Slide 28: Muslim pilgrims visit the Hiraa cave, at the top of Noor Mountain on the outskirts of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010. The writing reads: & Noor Mountain, Hiraa cave.;(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Slide 29: A Muslim pilgrim reads the Koran at Mount Al-Noor during the annual Hajj on November 11, 2010. (REUTERS/Mohammed Salem)Slide 30: Hajj: Pilgrims praying at Ararat Praying at Arafat, (Hajj, Pilgrims, Mecca, photo: Omar Chatriwala).Slide 31: A Muslim pilgrim prays on a rocky hill called the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Nov. 15.Slide 32: At least two million Muslims have descended on Mecca, in Saudi Arabia, to perform the annual Hajj pilgrimage - a religious duty that every sane adult Muslim is expected to do once in their lives if they can afford it and are physically able.Slide 33: The pilgrims retrace the steps of the Prophet Abraham and his wife Hagar. Wearing simple white clothes called "ihram", the pilgrims perform acts of worship - here praying together outside the Namira mosque on the plains of Arafat.Slide 34: Hajj also aims to promote the bonds of brotherhood between Muslims, showing that everyone is equal in the eyes of Allah.Slide 35: Policing one of the largest gatherings of people in the world is a challenge for Saudi authorities. This year they have installed a new light-rail system to ferry pilgrims between shrines in an attempt to manage the crowds.Slide 36: Muslims on the Hajj pilgrimage take a rest in Mina near Mecca, Saudi Arabia on November 15, 2010. (REUTERS/ Fahad Shadeed)Slide 37: His head resting on the Jabal al-Rahma pillar, a Muslim pilgrim prays atop Mount Arafat near Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Monday, Nov. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Slide 38: Muslims touch and write on the Jabal al-Rahma pillar on Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia on Monday, Nov. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Slide 39: Muslim pilgrims leave an autograph at Mount Arafat, southeast of the Saudi holy city of Mecca, on Nov. 15.Slide 40: Muslim pilgrims pray atop Mount Arafat, southeast of Mecca, on November 15, 2010. Pilgrims flooded into the Arafat plain from Mecca and Mina before dawn for a key ritual around the site where prophet Mohammed gave his farewell sermon on this day in the Islamic calendar 1,378 years ago. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)Slide 41: At sunset, a Muslim man prays on Mount Arafat, near Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Monday, Nov. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Slide 42: Muslim pilgrims stand on top of Noor mountain where the Hiraa cave is located overlooking Mecca late on November 13, 2010. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)Slide 43: Muslim pilgrims pray near where the Hiraa cave is located, at the top of Noor Mountain on the outskirts of Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Slide 44: The Grand Mosque and the four-faced clock, atop the Abraj Al-Bait Towers are seen from the top of al-Noor mountain in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Nov. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Slide 45: The massive new clock atop the newly-completed Abraj Al-Bait Towers, above tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims walking around the Kaaba, inside the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Slide 46: Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba at the center of the Grand mosque in Mecca during the annual Hajj pilgrimage November 11, 2010. (REUTERS/Mohammed Salem)Slide 47: Tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims pray inside the Grand Mosque, during the annual Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Friday, Nov. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Slide 51: Hajj: Pilgrims on the roof of the Grand Mosque, Mecca Pilgrims on the roof of the Grand mosque, (Hajj, Pilgrims, Mecca, photo: Omar Chatriwala).Slide 52: Muslim pilgrims head to perform the "Jamarat" ritual, the symbolic stoning of Satan, in Mina near the holy city of Mecca on Nov. 16, the third day of the hajj, as Muslims worldwide marked the Eid al-Adha festival with animal sacrifices.Slide 53: Muslim pilgrims cast stones at a pillar, symbolizing the stoning of Satan, in a ritual called "Jamarat," the last rite of the annual hajj, in Mina near the Saudi holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Nov. 16. The last stage of the annual Hajj pilgrimage, the symbolic stoning of the devil,Slide 54: A Muslim pilgrim throws pebbles at pillars during the "Jamarat" ritual, the stoning of Satan, in Mina near the holy city of Mecca, on Nov. 16. Stoning the devil and circling the Mecca Grand Mosque's kaaba shrine, more than two million Muslim pilgrims launched into the final rituals of the hajj ahead of their massive exodus from Islam's holiest city.Slide 55: Tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims pray inside the Grand Mosque, during the annual Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Friday, Nov. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Slide 56: Muslim pilgrims perform Friday prayers in front of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, on November 12, 2010. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)Slide 57: In shadows and sunlight, thousands of Muslim pilgrims pray inside the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Friday, Nov. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Slide 58: Muslim pilgrims move around the Kaaba, inside the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Slide 59: Muslim pilgrims reach to touch the golden doors of the Kaaba as they perform their walk around the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in Mecca early on the morning of November 9, 2010. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)Slide 60: Tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims pray inside the Grand Mosque, during the annual Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Friday, Nov. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Slide 61: Tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims pray inside the Grand Mosque, during the annual Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Friday, Nov. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Slide 62: Tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims moving around the Ka'bah, the black cube seen at center, inside the Grand Mosque, during the annual hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Nov. 13. The annual Islamic pilgrimage draws 2.5 million visitors each year, making it the largest yearly gathering of people in the world.Slide 63: Hajj: Pilgrims on The Haram Sharif in Mecca The Haram Sharif, (Hajj, Pilgrims, Mecca, photo: Omar Chatriwala).Slide 64: Hajj: Pilgrims at the ZamZam well in Mecca The Well of Zamzam, (Hajj, Pilgrims, Mecca, CC Photo: Wikipedia).Slide 65: Hajj: Kaaba in Mecca - – people performing Tawaf (circumambulating) the Kaaba. This picture taken from the gate of Abdul Aziz seems to divide the Kaaba and the minarets into mirror images of one another. (Hajj, Pilgrims, Mecca, CC Photo: Wikipedia/Muhammad Mahdi Karim).Slide 66: Hajj: Pilgrims at The Grand Mosque, Mecca Pilgrim at Masjid Al Haram (Hajj, Mecca, CC Photo Wikipedia).Slide 67: Hajj: Pilgrims at Kaaba, Mecca The scene at the Kaaba in Mecca (Hajj, Pilgrims, Mecca, photo: Omar Chatriwala).Slide 68: Hajj: Public Security Control in Mecca Hajj Public Security control room, (Hajj, Pilgrims, Mecca, photo: Omar Chatriwala).