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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia recently announced plans to expand the Haram Mosque in Mecca - Islam’s holiest city - to accommodate the ever increasing number of pilgrims during the Hajj; a duty, if possible, of all Muslims.
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The Sudanese president has arrived in Saudi Arabia for a Muslim pilgrimage that will take him to Islam’s holy city of Mecca.
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AP, Mecca
Thousands of buses and cars streamed out of the holy city of Mecca on Thursday as nearly 3 million pilgrims ended their hajj pilgrimage _ a journey of faith that for...
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AP, Mecca
On foot and on the roofs of overflowing buses, Muslims poured into the holy city of Mecca for a final day of the hajj on Wednesday, many of them saying they felt reborn...
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Nearly 3 million pilgrims chanting prayers converged Saturday in a valley just outside the holy city of Mecca at the beginning of the 5-day hajj pilgrimage, a lifelong...
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AP, Mina
Nearly 3 million Muslim pilgrims from about 100 countries have converged in a valley just outside the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia as they began the 5-day hajj...
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AP, Gaza City
Mohammed Habboush and his wife Ikram wanted so badly to make the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca from their Gaza home that they sold her gold jewelry to pay for the trip.
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AP, Detroit
Zeinab Chami planned to save money from her part-time job and get a little more from her family. But the 24-year-old graduate student ultimately couldn’t round up...
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AP, London
Olympic organizers issued detailed design rules for the 2012 London games Wednesday, including a mandate that at least some toilets in the Olympic park do not face the...
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Allah as a Moon Goddess was worshipped as presiding deity at holy Kaaba in Mecca before the advent of Islam and Christianity. Check the link :...
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Even crazy Benito Mussolini reacted like a normal human being when a group of Arab ambassadors informed him of their desire to build a mosque in Rome. “There will be...
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AP, Mecca
Sixty people who had to leave their homes after a train derailment pumped toxic fumes into the air earlier this week were allowed to return on Friday.Hazardous material...
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AP, Mecca
Residents who were evacuated after a freight train derailed and leaked toxic fumes into the air could return to their homes as early as Wednesday, authorities said....
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AP, Mecca
A freight train derailed in the Southern California desert and two tanker cars full of chemicals caught fire, sending up a cloud of fumes and forcing home evacuations,...
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AP, Mecca
A Union Pacific train has derailed in the Southern California desert town of Mecca, setting two tanker cars ablaze.The accident happened around 9:30 p.m. Monday.Fire...
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AP, Mecca
A Union Pacific train has derailed in the Southern California desert town of Mecca, setting two tanker cars ablaze.The accident happened around 9:30 p.m. Monday.Fire...
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Thousands of buses and cars streamed out of the holy city of Mecca on Thursday as nearly 3 million pilgrims ended their hajj pilgrimage _ a journey of faith that for...
made popular Dec 11 2008
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On foot and on the roofs of overflowing buses, Muslims poured into the holy city of Mecca for a final day of the hajj on Wednesday, many of them saying they felt reborn...
made popular Dec 10 2008
AP, Mina
After pelting a symbol of the devil with stones, the Iraqi pilgrim knelt and prayed that one day soon all sorts of devils will be removed from his homeland _ among...
made popular Dec 9 2008
AP, Mina
The young Iranian threw stones at symbols of the devil Monday and had his beloved black locks shorn _ one of 3 million Muslims on the hajj pilgrimage performing rituals...
made popular Dec 8 2008
Nearly 3 million pilgrims chanting prayers converged Saturday in a valley just outside the holy city of Mecca at the beginning of the 5-day hajj pilgrimage, a lifelong...
made popular Dec 7 2008
AP, Mina
Nearly 3 million Muslim pilgrims from about 100 countries have converged in a valley just outside the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia as they began the 5-day hajj...
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AP, Detroit
Zeinab Chami planned to save money from her part-time job and get a little more from her family. But the 24-year-old graduate student ultimately couldn’t round up...
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Much before Islam or christianity came into existance, each year tribes from all around the Arabian peninsula would converge on Makkah, as part of an annual pilgrimage....
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Hajj, the holy pilgrimage, in the past, was regarded as a challenge to women. The physically strenuous journey across the desert was considered to be very tough for...
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At the Hajj, thousands of men and women walk together and pray together. Over a million people attend Hajj, making it the largest temporary gathering on the globe. In a...
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