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World Service,24 Mar 1994,27 mins

Saudi Arabia and Iran Fall Out Over The Hajj

Focus on Faith

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The politicisation of the Hajj. The annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca has caused a difference of opinion between Saudi Arabia and Iran with pilgrim quotas at the centre of the argument. Also on the programme, why ancient Christians in Turkey are in decline.

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