Round 11: Tossup 17
The UK-based women’s organization, Global One, has crafted a “Green Guide” to this activity that discourages plastic waste. Following a 2012 Supreme Court order, India phased out a subsidy for this activity in 2018 that was heavily criticized for its promotion of an Air India monopoly. Phishing websites aim to deter people partaking in this activity from using MoHU-approved platforms like “Tasreeh” and “Nusuk.” Free visas issued between the months of Shawwal and Dhual-Qa’dah are meant for this activity, whose participants don white ihram garments. A tally counter, prayer beads, and prayer mats are fixtures of amenity kits provided by special flights reserved for this activity by Emirates and Qatar Airways. For 10 points, Saudi Arabia’s Makkah Road Initiative helps facilitate what pilgrimage to the Kaaba? ■END■
ANSWER: hajj [accept umrah; accept answers involving a visit to Mecca until “Makkah” is read; accept answers involving the obtaining of a permit for the hajj or purchasing a hajj package; prompt on pilgrimage; prompt on visiting Saudi Arabia until read]
<KT, Religion> | Packet M - Columbia A, Ohio State A, Maryland A, Toronto C, Clemson A, Notre Dame A
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