1.   Biltaji says ongoing conflicts between nations scare away many religious pilgrims in both Israel and Jordan.

2.   Abu Shanab said the media attention given to the siege and the fighting around Manger Square would frighten tourists and religious pilgrims.

3.   Iraq sent helicopters to the Saudi border to pick up religious pilgrims Tuesday in defiance of American warnings.

4.   Last year some Libyan religious pilgrims took a camel train through Egypt for the hajj to protest the sanctions.

5.   Religious pilgrims have journeyed through the Holy Land since the beginning of history.

6.   Seeking to spare the sensibilities of religious pilgrims, the city government has shut down sex shops and banned prurient advertising near the Vatican.

7.   Some may be religious pilgrims coming for the Jubilee, a Holy Year of the Roman Catholic Church.

8.   The forecourts of these compounds, once populated with religious pilgrims, eventually became gathering places and fairgrounds for people of fashion.

9.   The Vatican, which is hosting a Holy Year for religious pilgrims, is not amused.

10.   The Vatican, which is host to a Holy Year for religious pilgrims at the same time, is not amused.