A total of 8,288 Muslims in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, the largest Muslim region in the country, have made the pilgrimage to Mecca, Islam's holiest site in Saudi Arabia, a religious official said. A pilgrimage ... ...full story at People's Daily
from People's Daily on Mon, Jul 07 2008
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