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Each year, between the eighth and thirteenth days of the twelfth
month (Dhu al-Hijjah), more than 800,000 Muslims from all
parts of the world arrive in the Hijaz, the area where the holy cit-
ies of Mecca and Medina are located, for the pilgrimage (hajj). A
lesser pilgrimage (umra) can be made at any time of the year and
marks the respect the Prophet Muhammad paid to the city of
Mecca. —Eds.