Muslims pilgrims relax in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Sunday,

Muslims pilgrims relax in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2007 prior to the hajj. Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry has taken security precautions for this year's hajj pilgrimage and will not allow problems in other countries to be played out in Islam's most holy city. This year's hajj, which officially begins Sunday, takes place amid increasing worries across the Islamic world _ over the bloodshed in Iraq and Afghanistan and recent terror attacks by al-Qaida-linked groups including last week's twin suicide bombings in Algeria that killed at least 37 people.
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