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  • Kerbelah, I was called Hajji, or the pilgrim, a name which has procured for me a great deal of unmerited respect, because that honoured title is seldom conferred on any but those who have made the great pilgrimage to the tomb of the blessed Prophet of Mecca.

    The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction Various 1909

  • Islamic ties to National Socialism can be traced back as far as Kaiser "Hajji" Wilhelm II (German emperor from 1888-1918) who, for not especially religious reasons, became infatuated with the Muslim world.

    The Berlin-Baghdad Express: The Ottoman Empire and Germany's Bid for World Power, 1898-1918 by Sean McMeekin 2010

  • You can add to that the term "Hajji" to describe an Iraqi, which is as offensive as it is frequently used.

    District 9, Iraq and Afghanistan | ATTACKERMAN 2009

  • The story also strongly suggests to me that the Afghan National Police commander quoted, Col. Ghulam Sakhi, is either on bad terms with the man whom the Americans have parachuted in as been district governor, "Hajji" Abdul Zahir, or Ghulam Sakhi feels he's not getting enough of a payoff from the huge amounts of money Abdul Zahir has been given control of by the Americans (or both.)

    'Just World News' with Helena Cobban Helena 2010

  • Leadership of the volunteers has been provided by a man known only as "Hajji", who has instructed his men to "beat the counter-revolutionaries so hard that they won't be able to stand up".

    The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan 2009

  • Leadership of the volunteers has been provided by a man known only as "Hajji", who has instructed his men to "beat the counter-revolutionaries so hard that they won't be able to stand up".

    The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan 2009

  • Leadership of the volunteers has been provided by a man known only as "Hajji", who has instructed his men to "beat the counter-revolutionaries so hard that they won't be able to stand up".

    The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan 2009

  • Leadership of the volunteers has been provided by a man known only as "Hajji", who has instructed his men to "beat the counter-revolutionaries so hard that they won't be able to stand up".

    The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan 2009

  • Leadership of the volunteers has been provided by a man known only as "Hajji", who has instructed his men to "beat the counter-revolutionaries so hard that they won't be able to stand up".

    The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan 2009

  • Leadership of the volunteers has been provided by a man known only as "Hajji", who has instructed his men to "beat the counter-revolutionaries so hard that they won't be able to stand up".

    The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan 2009

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