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Lady Evelyn Cobbold, a Scottish aristocrat who converted to Islam and performed the Hajj in 1933, becoming the first British Muslim woman to do so.

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Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba as they pray at the Grand Mosque, during the annual haj pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia July 12, 2022. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem/File Photo

Saudi Arabia To Host Pre-Pandemic Numbers For 2023 Haj Pilgrimage Season

Saudi Arabia will remove COVID-19 restrictions for the 2023 haj season and host pre-pandemic numbers of pilgrims, the kingdom's ministry of haj and umrah said. In 2019, the last year before the…

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A parked motorcycle under Islamic and travel murals in a street of the village of Bairat on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images).

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