Побивание дьявола камнями А я и не знал, что в ритуал хаджа входит массовое побивание камнями дьявола в виде огромного каменного столба.
линкMuslim Pilgrims Perform Hajj Ritual
By Hamza Hendawi
Associated Press Writer
Friday, February 22, 2002; 6:09 PM
MINA, Saudi Arabia –– Their faith reinforced by a day of prayers and meditation, Muslim pilgrims began the ritual of stoning the devil, rejecting his temptations Friday with cries of "Allahu Akbar," or "God is Great."
In perhaps the most animated part of the annual Muslim pilgrimage, the pilgrims marched – some with the resolve of soldiers going into battle – to a 50-foot pillar of stones with tiny bags of pebbles in their hands.
Once there, the estimated 2 million pilgrims one at a time took seven of the pebbles they had collected hours earlier and pelted the stone structure, which they approached in waves of thousands.
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