Synopsis
This fifth programme looks at the Hajj, the pilgrimage all Muslims should try to make at least once in their lifetime.
- Programme: Belief File
- Episode: Islam: The Hajj
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 1996
- Religious Education | Islam | Practices | Hajj
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Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
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