1.   Their method of prayer stretches back to fourth-century Europe, when pilgrims traveled to sites where martyrs died for their faith and miracles reportedly occurred.

2.   Those pilgrims now must travel by land from the holy cities of Mecca and Medina to the Iraqi border, hundreds of miles to the north.

3.   Pilgrims now travel by land.

4.   Pilgrims travel with a police escort and return to their respective parts of the island on the same day.

5.   But the roads that the pilgrims must travel are narrow and congested, with no extra lane even for ambulances or emergency vehicles.

6.   But the roads that the pilgrims must travel still are narrow and congested, with no extra lane even for ambulances or emergency vehicles.

7.   Last year Gadhafi dispatched a much publicized camel caravan to Mecca in which pilgrims actually traveled part way in vehicles.

8.   Last year, Gadhafi dispatched a much publicized camel caravan to Mecca in which pilgrims actually traveled part way in vehicles.

9.   Once in Iraq, the pilgrims will travel in the buses of a government-appointed tour company according to a fixed program.

10.   Russian officials have lifted a ban on foreign flights from breakaway Chechnya to enable Muslim pilgrims to travel to Saudi Arabia, a news agency reported Monday.