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Mon, 11/24/2008 - 21:59
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More than 20,000 Russian Pilgrims to perform Hajj

Moscow, November 24, SPA -- More than 20,000 Russian Muslims are
planning to perform Hajj this year.


In a statement to Novosti news agency, a Russian official said that
14,000 of the Russian pilgrims will travel by air, while 6, 000 will
travel by land.


The Russian official noted that the number of the Russian pilgrims
who will arrive in the Kingdom by air this year is more than two
folds of the number of those who will travel by land.

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