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It’s seen as a niche market, but religious tourism benefits from a huge client base keen to visit the world’s sacred sites.

However, the new Hijri year started on July 8 in Asian countries. Muslims believe Dhu al-Qadah serves as an essential period which assists believers in keeping up their devoutness and self-discipline.

This is happening not only in the Sharia states of the Far North where the pressure of Islam is hard felt, but also in the non-Sharia Middle Belt states where Sharia has not been formally implemented.