RIYADH wholesale nike air max trainers , Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- "I'll pray for peace in my country and for the goodness of my family and myself," said Hassan, a Syrian pilgrim who is preparing for this year's Hajj, the annual pilgrimage for Muslims to Mecca, Saudi Arabia.


Hassan is among the more than one million pilgrims who have come from around the globe to Mecca, Islam's holiest city, for the yearly event which, according to the Saudi Supreme Court wholesale nike trainers china , starts on Sept. 22.


In all, more than two million Muslims worldwide are expected to travel to the reinvented town in a desert valley in Saudi Arabia for one of the most important religious rituals in their whole lives. The Saudi government says they are ready.


According to the Islam doctrines, every Muslim, if physical and economic conditions permit, will go to Mecca at least once in a lifetime to join Hajj.


The dates for the greatest Islamic observance are prescribed to fall between the eighth and the 12th day of December in Islamic lunar calendar, but its exact dates in the Gregorian calendar vary each year as an Islamic year counts 11 days less than the other system.


Besides the dates, pilgrims also follow a set of rigid Hajj schedule, which includes a grand religious ritual in Masjid al-Haram wholesale nike air max , or the grand mosque of Mecca, which is the largest of its kind in the world.


There they walk counterclockwise around the Kaaba, a cuboid building at the center of the mosque. Then they proceed to Mina, about seven km from the grand mosque, to pray and stay overnight in tents, before moving on to Arafat, a barren and plain land some 20 km east of Mecca, and then to Muzdalifah nike shoes wholesale , an area between Arafat and Mina, to celebrate Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice.


Organization of such a congregation of millions at a condensed location for a few days would by all means stand as an ordeal for the Saudi government, as even a tiny glitch during their preparation could lead to a fatal mistake.