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Did you know: Haj has been called off at least 40 times
Dubai - Reasons included attacks, political clashes, plague, floods, high costs and freezing weather.
Years: 930-940AD/316-326H (Hijri year):>> A sect called Qarmatians considered Haj to be a pagan ritual. They led an attack and slaughtered up to 30,000 helpless pilgrims. They filled the holy Zamzam well with the corpses. They also damaged the Kaaba and looted the sacred black stone - believed to be a stone from paradise - from the structure.-Agencies file photo
(Years: 1256-1260AD/654-658H)>> Only those in Hijaz, Saudi Arabia, managed to perform Haj during these years. -KT file photo
(Year: 967AD/357H)>> Haj was suspended because of a plague that killed thousands of people and animals. - Agency archives
(Year: 1,000AD/390H)>> Pilgrims in Egypt could not perform Haj because of the high costs associated with travel. It happened again in 1028AD/419H.-KT file
(Years: 885AD and 1001AD/272H and 392H)>> Haj was suspended in Iraq and the Levant, respectively, due to political disputes and internal wars. --KT file photo
Year: 1001AD/403H>> Haj was suspended for pilgrims in Iraq and Khurasan because of unsafe roads and political clashes. -Reuters file photo
(Year: 1026 AD/417H)>> Haj was suspended for pilgrims in Iraq because of the freezing weather and floods. -AFP archives
(Year: 1925AD/1344H)>> No pilgrim from Egypt managed to perform Haj because of an attack on a caravan that was transporting Kiswah (cover of the Kaabah) from Egypt to Saudi Arabia. -Reuters file photo
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