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Everything in Mecca gets 5 stars — and online reviews of other holy sites are wildly inflated, too

  • Written by Tom van Laer, Associate Professor of Narratology, University of Sydney
Everything in Mecca gets 5 stars — and online reviews of other holy sites are wildly inflated, tooLike any other travelers, Muslim pilgrims review their hajj trips on sites like TripAdvisor — usually with extreme enthusiasm.AP Photo/Khalil Hamra

For the millions of Muslims preparing to gather in Saudi Arabia on Aug. 9 for the hajj, an obligatory pilgrimage to the Grand Mosque in Mecca, planning is a major part of the process.

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