{"id":138,"date":"2008-12-09T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-09T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/cityofbrass\/2008\/12\/aerial-view-of-the-tent-city-o.html"},"modified":"2008-12-09T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-09T07:00:00","slug":"aerial-view-of-the-tent-city-o","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/2008\/12\/aerial-view-of-the-tent-city-o.html","title":{"rendered":"Aerial view of the tent city of Mina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While engaged in the rituals at Arafat and Mina, the pilgrims live in a vast tent city constructed exclusively for their use. Here&#8217;s an aerial view of that tent city from Google maps:<\/p>\n<p> <iframe marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?t=k&amp;q=21.3925,39.937778&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;om=1&amp;s=AARTsJoLOecnwoGXZ-BS2R2fVIhH4lRJ5A&amp;ll=21.415438,39.893761&amp;spn=0.027967,0.036478&amp;z=14&amp;output=embed\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"425\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"350\"><\/iframe><br \/><small><a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?t=k&amp;q=21.3925,39.937778&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;om=1&amp;ll=21.415438,39.893761&amp;spn=0.027967,0.036478&amp;z=14&amp;source=embed\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-align: left;\">View Larger Map<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/shiapundit.blogspot.com\/2007\/12\/yaum-al-arafat-and-eid-ul-adha.html\">Shi&#8217;a Pundit<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While engaged in the rituals at Arafat and Mina, the pilgrims live in a vast tent city constructed exclusively for their use. 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