Al-Ahram Weekly Online   20 - 26 December 2007
Issue No. 876
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Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

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On Tuesday, millions of Muslim pilgrims from all over the world gathered round Mount Arafat to celebrate Eid Al-Adha (the Feast of Sacrifice) -- the peak of the Hajj. At Arafat, west of Saudi Arabia, the faithful pray for forgiveness in wuquf 'arafa, symbolic of standing before God on the Day of Judgement

(photo: AFP)

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