41.   Saudi Arabia allowed the plane to land when it learned the Iraqi Airways jet was carring Muslim pilgrims to the hajj in Mecca.

42.   Sudan will permit Nigerian planes carrying Muslim pilgrims to pass through its airspace, ending a dispute that had stranded scores of Nigerians in Saudi Arabia for several days.

43.   The castle was destroyed a few weeks ago to allow for construction of a trade center and hotel to accommodate Muslim pilgrims.

44.   The clashes broke out following a dispute over people taking pictures of some Muslim pilgrims, it said.

45.   The gold-domed shrines of this holy city in southern Iraq are drawing Muslim pilgrims again despite the hardships of travel because of U.N. sanctions.

46.   The only exception to the U.N. sanctions allows Ariana to fly Muslim pilgrims to Islamic holy cities in Saudi Arabia.

47.   The only exception was for flights to Saudi Arabia to take Muslim pilgrims to the holy sites for the annual pilgrimage called Hajj.

48.   The plane eventually arrived in Medina, a city filled with Muslim pilgrims preparing to go home after the annual hajj pilgrimage.

49.   The only exceptions to the sanctions were flights to Saudi Arabia to take Muslim pilgrims to the holy sites for the annual pilgrimage called Hajj.

50.   The Taliban need the aircraft to send Muslim pilgrims to Saudi Arabia to perform the Hajj pilgrimage.