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British pilgrim passports were used to track activists
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Nothing says "religious freedom" quite like colonial surveillance wrapped in bureaucracy. The British Raj didn't implement the Hajj pilgrim passport system to ensure safe travels to Mecca; they did it to stalk anti-colonial activists. By forcing every pilgrim to carry highly regulated documents, British intelligence effectively weaponized holy travel to monitor who was talking to whom in the Middle East.
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