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The ceremonies of the Yaum Arafat

By TF | Published: July 17, 2009

The pilgrims crowded up to the foot of the mountain: the loud “Labbayk” of the Badawin and Wahhabis fell to a solemn silence, and the waving of white robes ceased—a sign that the preacher had begun the Khutbat al-Wakfah, or Sermon of the Standing (upon Arafat). From my tent I could distinguish the form of [...]

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