Hajj
Nov 16 2010, Talal

The Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Sheikh, delivered the Hajj sermon in Nmira Mosque at Mount Arafat, on account of the Hajj pilgrimage.

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Omar, Riyadh
MOUNT ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia — Nearly 3 million Muslims gathered for the annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia are making their way up a rocky desert hill, chanting...
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Incognito, Atlanta
Apparently Saudi Arabia is fed up with some of the annual hajj-makers, primarily Nigerians, so it has instituted a 5 year ban on all pilgrimages. In other words, if...
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Abdulrahman, Riyadh
Muslim pilgrims holding white umbrellas against the blazing sun clambered up a rocky desert hill for prayers Thursday during the annual hajj, following a day of...
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Marco Villa, Connecticut
For Muslims this week is one of the holiest, it is the week of the Hajj. Millions will descend to the most holiest site in Islam and perform the Hajj - one of the Five...
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Marco Villa, Connecticut
The annual pilgrimage to Mecca recently took place. Muslims are required - as part of the Five Pillars - to do the Hajj, as it is known, once in their life if health...
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Jas, Liverpool
As millions of Muslims begin arriving in Mecca for this year’s pilgrimage, Saudi officials face a unique challenge: how to prevent this sacred rite from becoming an...
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Marco Villa, Connecticut
The annual pilgrimage to Mecca - or Hajj - has been canceled by Tunisian authorities for fear that traveling Muslims will be infected by the Swine flu and then bring it...
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Marco Villa, Connecticut
The worry over Swine flu has lead Tunisian officials to prevent some citizens from making the Omra this years and raised the question as to whether the Hajj should be...
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Don, Abu Dhabi
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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Marco Villa, Connecticut
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...
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Ramesh Balam, Pune
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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Syrian Muslims shop for ornaments that are usually used to decorate neighborhoods and buildings to welcome relatives and friends coming back from their hajj pilgrimage at one of Old Damascus markets, Tuesday, Dec.16, 2008. Nearly 3 million pilgrims...