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Muslim pilgrims have started to head to Mecca for their annual hajj pilgrimage that starts on Thursday, October 2. They made their way to Mecca’s Grand Mosque where people are encircling the cube-shaped Kaaba or “house of God.” It was believed to have been built 4,000 years ago by Abraham. The hajj this year comes as two deadly viruses, Ebola, hit Africa, and the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus, hit Saudi Arabia, where Islam’s holiest sties are. Pilgrims from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, countries hardest-hit by the Ebola virus, were not granted permission to send pilgrims.
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