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Chinese Muslims begin annual pilgrimage to Mecca with direct flights

Muslims from China's only Hui ethnic autonomous region began their Mecca pilgrimage on Monday, utilizing the first direct charter flights from Yinchuan, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, to Mecca. At 7:45 p ... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Tue, Nov 20 2007

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