american soil the weapon that was designed for war and it took you about five minutes to buy it first america's guns arming mexico's cartels on al jazeera congressman are you interested in stopping crime. india home to more than a billion people. a land of great diversity and beauty. yet one which has been scarred by a legacy of violence between hindus and muslims. the second most populated country in the world india is home to more than twelve percent of the world's muslim population. some of india's hundred fifty four million muslims live here in an area at the heart of the country's capital delhi. and

a few of them will be making the annual hajj pilgrimage to mecca in saudi arabia. cool somebody go shopping for things to take on the house pilgrimage which she and her husband hafez will soon undertake. they live in or do bizarre a vibrant market area and delhi and home to more than one million muslims. pool

so is on her way to the home of her son and daughter in law who also live in the area. a mother has clearly a mile both physically on it and i don't know what. our lab i'm up next how glad i. am never to get out because of the. family units and is an anomaly and. about another island now it is certainly my leg and i don't know what you will get by i am of the latter love alligator that line our drug of all of us. and not done about it not to our left hand i'm not a problem of got. to go so. i'm not that i'm not really up in it it must. have been a sigh and i know that when i look at. the full. neck of the ass i am in fact we've

all got. to. get them out there not that i like a lot of manhattan as i love living in you but i think that you. are not island there that's my life and jakovic the one in the family. was a loving the our. son also applied to go in the house with his wife but they didn't get selected for visa approval. in india whether you get to go on the depends quite literally on the luck of the draw. was. our man living in the little bro nama headlining. amor. remembering how to give it out all right i am getting the handle right

he going out to. the old couple were fortunate they were delighted when they heard their names had been picked in the lucky draw. since being selected they had been counting down the number of days before they leave for america. that i love. you to love you. both good luck to. all. who would love to. use go on let it go so we have love you guys out those going to tell me otherwise about. modern while of what you want to. and we will.

but none of them going well for the we'll see how in the end of all of the. tough isn't cool some have a large family. their children are all now married with families of their own. runs a small fish and vegetable stall in the market. they have worked hard for the last thirty years to ensure that each of their children received an education. now that their parental responsibilities have been discharged they feel that this is the right time to perform what they see as their utmost duty to god.

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a special committee known as the has men's and which was set up in two thousand and two it comes under the ministry of foreign affairs while there are private agencies who also handle pilgrimages those who go through the committee receive a subsidy from the government however they are subjected to a draw of lots which determines who goes and who doesn't. the has menzel in delhi handles the largest number of pilgrims compared to the ones in mumbai hyderabad and chennai. it is here that the bulk of muslims from northern india converts for the has.

outside has menzel sensor stalls run a brisk business selling all kinds of hush related essentials to pilgrims. here so often the us although. not everyone. here from. outside. them. believes there you'll be a. good one or one of their. own. there will. be someone out. there. and what i do.

not far from the has manson and close to the order bazaar neighborhood warehouses and close to live is the largest and best known mosque in india the jumma must sit . it was built by shards of the same mugu emperor who built the taj mahal some four hundred years ago it is the largest mosque in asia and its courtyard can hold up to twenty five thousand worshippers.

in recent times the mosque has been a target for bomb attacks. cameras are not allowed inside the mosque and security guards screen all who enter. the muslim community living around the mosque and in the area of order bazaar is known for its strict orthodoxy.

fifty eight year old. is typical of this community he runs a small shop selling garments. each time he talks about god he is moved to tears. love legal know the guts of the mother get. rid. of that near. me on him in all this i don't know what it was always so good you know a lot but if. they were like. before you tell me tell me your love i love will want to come over here don't believe me dad told me to almost all modern almost tempted me. to go by the.

bubble son has lived in the hope of being selected to go on the high. in his view destiny has finally chosen him to. make the time to manage the. team. build up that being the mother of. a lot of the love of. money when he was. a lad. good news out there and we've all got. a lot of men at the compound that i'm going to. move. this. along

i've got to get. on the strength of his garment shop has not only raised a family of eight children. he's also managed to save enough money for the house trip for himself and his wife. and hospice are also preparing for the trip. their son and daughter in law were not selected so the elderly couple will be going on their own. their son cannot help but worry for his parents. to me we. have a child but. from what we. look

at or some. such a look. every time we. get. one soldier. many of houses his neighbors come to wish him a good trip. the sense of communal connection is strong in the order to preserve our area the muslim population is close knit with bonds often made tighter by marriage ties. although there are over one hundred fifty million muslims in india islam remains a minority religion here. with close i'm about to depart her daughter in law is overcome with emotion.

the. pilgrims have died in the crush of the crowds during past has pilgrimages some pilgrims even believe it is a blessing of sorts to pass away while performing the has. for those loved ones staying back home this does not make it any easier and sending off the pilgrims is an occasion of mixed emotion. a few streets away bubble son is also getting ready to leave.

because i love it and want to get the mahdi unequivocally for the sake of god. as you know that i don't think believe. will save me but a lot of other believe that some of. us go. for months of seven on the phone with you. i think. most close together from. all the mahdi you know me him was out in the meanwhile this film unknown but a lot of the didn't die that knew him was in my hands out of it all. i wanted to be meaning it. may. be that of me getting. the money that you

know you. can get out of that man or yeah. my old man could tell me because his only friend. but i. got it going to bed until the end of it but then the i'm in big don't think i will go look now i got. really. good. mark of the night. i mean my. god i. love the look of you look at that those little girls with. all the. people not.

all new. mom. relatives and neighbors are not about to let him and his wife leave alone true to indian tradition garlands are heaped on the travelers. there is an outpouring of joy from all the well wishers around the lucky couple traveling for the hands. my mom says the ball. will fulfill all be more politically but. you gotta. love get the

feeling. of the older guy didn't name the hamada he tried to get it becomes it comes i doubt autumn it is not my. fault. maybe after that. didn't get me mad he let it go on. no. i will get me to go. and. the sendoff party typically runs into the hundreds as everyone who knows the pilgrims come to say farewell. much. and his wife will be traveling for more than two hours from their home to the house terminal airport.

but. the several special house flights have been arranged by the indian government for this period to cater to some fourteen hundred pilgrims. sufism also arrived at the airport terminal their son has one last chance for a final goodbye.

for. the pilgrimage is a defining moment in his life and his faith he has worked hard over many years to save up for this trip to mecca. married men go broke the you. know your. name but if. there's. a target someone they're going to. come out on while. there's a god here that you. love. to live in the. family you don't want. to tell. believe. that if. i go.

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