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The Doha skyline in Qatar. The nation made the fifth highest number of individual donations to the UNHCR's Zakat fund for refugees. Getty Images
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The UAE was the country which made the most individual donations to the UNHCR's Zakat fund for refugees in 2020. Leslie Pableo / The National
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Mulism pilgrims gather around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca on August 8, 2019, prior to the start of the annual Hajj pilgrimage in the holy city. Muslims from across the world gather in Mecca in Saudi Arabia for the annual six-day pilgrimage, one of the five pillars of Islam, an act all Muslims must perform at least once in their lifetime if they have the means to travel to Saudi Arabia. / AFP / FETHI BELAID
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The third highest amount of individual Zakat donations to the UNHCR came from the US in 2020. Getty Images
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Kuwait was the country with the fourth highest number of individual donations to the UNHCR's Zakat fund in 2020. Giles Barnard/Construction Photography/Avalon/Getty Images
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The Doha skyline in Qatar. The nation made the fifth highest number of individual donations to the UNHCR's Zakat fund for refugees. Getty Images
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The UAE was the country which made the most individual donations to the UNHCR's Zakat fund for refugees in 2020. Leslie Pableo / The National
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Mulism pilgrims gather around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca on August 8, 2019, prior to the start of the annual Hajj pilgrimage in the holy city. Muslims from across the world gather in Mecca in Saudi Arabia for the annual six-day pilgrimage, one of the five pillars of Islam, an act all Muslims must perform at least once in their lifetime if they have the means to travel to Saudi Arabia. / AFP / FETHI BELAID
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The third highest amount of individual Zakat donations to the UNHCR came from the US in 2020. Getty Images
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Kuwait was the country with the fourth highest number of individual donations to the UNHCR's Zakat fund in 2020. Giles Barnard/Construction Photography/Avalon/Getty Images
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The Doha skyline in Qatar. The nation made the fifth highest number of individual donations to the UNHCR's Zakat fund for refugees. Getty Images
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