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From caravans to markets, the hajj pilgrimage has always included a commercial component

By Noorzehra Zaidi, Assistant Professor of HIstory, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

The start of the hajj is reigniting debates around its commercialization, but pilgrimages are also a time for seeking business opportunities, writes a scholar of Islam.

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