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Muslims leave China's Yinchuan to Mecca for pilgrimage (1/3)

2012-10-08 08:54    Xinhua     Web Editor:Wang YuXia
Muslims in Ningxia going for Mecca pilgrimage go through border check before boarding the charter flight at Hedong Airport in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Oct. 7, 2012. The first group of 332 Muslims in Ningxia going for pilgrimage in Mecca of Saudi Arabia left Yinchuan on a charter flight on Sunday. About 13,800 Muslims in China, including 2,642 from Ningxia, will go to Mecca for pilgrimage this year. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)
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