Photo Gallery: Last Days of Hajj 2001

They gathered in their thousands on Mount Arafat

For many, it was a slow procession to the holy site

Pilgrims call to Allah from the roof of a van on their way to the Namera mosque

A pilgrim from India prays for forgiveness at the site of the Prophet Muhammad's (pbuh) last sermon

Others prayed for victory over the Israeli occuppiers of Palestine

Some paused along the route to read from the holy Qur'an

Reprinted from the BBC Online