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Pilgrims flooded into the Arafat plain from Mecca and Mina before dawn for a key ritual around Mount Arafat, the site where Mohammed gave his farewell sermon in this day on the Islamic calendar 1,377 years ago. During the hajj pilgrims spend the day at Arafat in reflection and reading the Koran.
Iranians pray for death of USA and Israel
Iranians chanted death to America and Israel on Thursday as some 2.5 million Muslims, drying out after a day of torrential rains, continue their hajj pilgrimage and mass at the site of the prophet Mohammed's last sermon. Ignoring Saudi warnings against political activity, the Iranians called for Muslim unity against the "enemies" of the faith in their camp at Mount Arafat outside of Mecca. During the hajj, pilgrims spend the day at Arafat in reflection and reading the Koran. Thousands jammed directly onto the 70-metre (230-foot) high hill to meditate, while the bulk of the pilgrims remained on the surrounding plain.

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