In 2007, Dzhanar-Aliyev Magomed-Ali, a 63-year old Chechen, cycled all the way from his home in the Caucasus Mountains to Makkah and back. The pensioner crossed 13 states on his bike, apparently after his mother appeared to him in a dream and told him that he must perform the hajj, and perform it on a bicycle. He traveled through Azerbaijan, Iran and war-torn Iraq, where he claimed a group of American soldiers smashed his bicycle and called him a “Russian pig.” He had to head back to Iran, and bypassed Iraq by riding through Armenia, Georgia, Turkey, Syria and Jordan before finally making it to Saudi Arabia.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
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In 2007, Dzhanar-Aliyev Magomed-Ali, a 63-year old Chechen, cycled all the way from his home in the Caucasus Mountains to Makkah and back. The pensioner crossed 13 states on his bike, apparently after his mother appeared to him in a dream and told him that he must perform the hajj, and perform it on a bicycle. He traveled through Azerbaijan, Iran and war-torn Iraq, where he claimed a group of American soldiers smashed his bicycle and called him a “Russian pig.” He had to head back to Iran, and bypassed Iraq by riding through Armenia, Georgia, Turkey, Syria and Jordan before finally making it to Saudi Arabia.
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