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The dust has finally settled over the Maharaja Gaj Singh Foundation Sports Ground as the final chukker of the Maharaja of Jodhpur Golden Jubilee Cup echoed across the Blue City on Saturday, drawing the Jodhpur Polo Season to a triumphant close. [1]

JAKARTA -- A high-profile Indonesian husband and wife have been sentenced to prison for swindling more than 60,000 Muslims out of about $65 million with a scam centered on pilgrimages to Mecca. [2]

BANGKOK, 8 September 2013 Deputy Prime Minister Pracha Promnok saw off Hajj pilgrims in Narathiwat as they began their journey to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. [3]

Muslim pilgrims gather at Mecca’s Grand Mosque on November 18, 2009. Some 2.5 million Muslims from more than 160 countries converge annually on the Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina in western Saudi Arabia for the hajj pilgrimage — to be comple... [4]

NARATHIWAT, 10 May 2013 Thai Airways International (THAI) is set to provide direct flights from the southern province of Narathiwat to Saudi Arabia for the first time in an effort to facilitate Thai Hajj pilgrims. [5]

JAKARTA -- Indonesian designer Anniesa Hasibuan has made headlines at New York Fashion Week with collections of Muslim attire that landed the 31-year-old on the Forbes Indonesia magazine list of inspiring women in 2017. [6]

HONG KONG -- Macau is often seen as the docile sibling of unruly Hong Kong, where anti-government protests have become frequent. [7]

JAKARTA — The front-runner in Wednesday’s Indonesian presidential election has flown to Mecca on a whirlwind pilgrimage in a last-ditch bid to win voters among the world’s largest Muslim population and put to rest damaging suggestions that he is real... [8]

Sources
[1] MM firstpost.com · 2026-01-18 · 75% match

Exclusive | How Jodhpur Polo became the 'Mecca' of Indian polo

The dust has finally settled over the Maharaja Gaj Singh Foundation Sports Ground as the final chukker of the Maharaja of Jodhpur Golden Jubilee Cup echoed across the Blue City on Saturday, drawing the Jodhpur Polo Season to a triumphant close.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-05-31 · 85% match

Mecca tour scam lands high-profile Indonesian couple in prison

JAKARTA -- A high-profile Indonesian husband and wife have been sentenced to prison for swindling more than 60,000 Muslims out of about $65 million with a scam centered on pilgrimages to Mecca.

[3] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2013-09-09 · 85% match

Hajj pilgrims begin journey to Mecca

BANGKOK, 8 September 2013 Deputy Prime Minister Pracha Promnok saw off Hajj pilgrims in Narathiwat as they began their journey to Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

[4] MM burma.irrawaddy.com · 2011-11-09 · 85% match

Muslim pilgrims gather at Mecca’s Grand

Muslim pilgrims gather at Mecca’s Grand Mosque on November 18, 2009. Some 2.5 million Muslims from more than 160 countries converge annually on the Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina in western Saudi Arabia for the hajj pilgrimage — to be comple

[5] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2013-05-11 · 85% match

THAI launches direct flights from Deep South to Mecca for pilgrims

NARATHIWAT, 10 May 2013 Thai Airways International (THAI) is set to provide direct flights from the southern province of Narathiwat to Saudi Arabia for the first time in an effort to facilitate Thai Hajj pilgrims.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-09-01 · 85% match

Indonesian scandal rocks booming Mecca pilgrimage industry

JAKARTA -- Indonesian designer Anniesa Hasibuan has made headlines at New York Fashion Week with collections of Muslim attire that landed the 31-year-old on the Forbes Indonesia magazine list of inspiring women in 2017.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2014-09-11 · 85% match

Gambling mecca gets political

HONG KONG -- Macau is often seen as the docile sibling of unruly Hong Kong, where anti-government protests have become frequent.

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-07-08 · 75% match

Indonesian Presidential Hopeful Prays Mecca Trip Will Win Votes

JAKARTA — The front-runner in Wednesday’s Indonesian presidential election has flown to Mecca on a whirlwind pilgrimage in a last-ditch bid to win voters among the world’s largest Muslim population and put to rest damaging suggestions that he is real

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-08-12 · 75% match

Japan instant rice maker hopes to feed Muslims going to Mecca

TOKYO -- Muslims visiting the holy city of Mecca during the Hajj pilgrimage this month will form a test audience for a new line of instant meals from a Japanese company expanding in the halal food market.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-12-17 · 75% match

Putin, Abe make stop at judo's mecca

TOKYO -- The leaders of Japan and Russia capped their two-day summit Friday by visiting the Kodokan Judo Institute, birthplace of the Japanese sport.

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