Tunisia suspends pilgrimage to Mecca because of swine flu
-
Muslims perform night prayers during the holy month of Ramadan outside ...Source: Reuters -
Muslims shop outside the Grand Mosque after night prayers during ...Source: Reuters -
Muslims break fast outside the Grand Mosque during Ramadan in MeccaSource: Reuters -
Muslims wearing medical mask walk outside the Grand Mosque after night ...Source: Reuters -
Hundreds of thousands of Muslims pray around the Kaaba inside the ...Source: Reuters -
To match feature SAUDI/PILGRIMAGE-ECONOMYSource: Reuters
Tunisia announced on Tuesday the suspension of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca due to the risks of spreading swine flu and to the impossibility of vaccinating candidates by mid-November. Minister of Religious Affairs Boubaker Akhzouri announced the postponement’s goal was "to preserve human...
-
- Share:
-
-
-
-
-
-
Reach -
Credibility
-
Related Allvoices Contributions
-
By: loramsmith
Attendance is down in the Knox County School system due to Swine Flu.
about 1 month ago
-
1,5 billion Moslem in the world preparing for Eid al-Adha
By: muhammadjusuf
1,5 billion Moslem in the world preparing for Eid al-Adha More than 1,5 billion Moslem in the world ...
about 1 month ago
-
By: pinoytoy
The Hajj, an obligatory pilgrimage for Muslims, began this year on Wednesday with two twists: thinner crowds and heavy rain.
9 days ago
-
Saudis fear Haj swine flu epidemic
By: chenqi
MECCA: A security official wearing a protective mask keeps an eye on cars at a checkpoint between Jeddah and Mecca before the annual Haj pilgrimage. Saudi authorities announced four pilgrims have died of the H1N1 swine flu virus in the days leading up to the pilgrimage due to begin on Wednesday. A Moroccan woman, a Sudanese man and an Indian ...
13 days ago
News Stories
- News Source: pakistantimes | about 1 month agoZiad Bin Ahmed Memish of the health ministry said despite the level six alert on the A(H1N1) virus, "Saudi Arabia has decided to hold the great gatherings in Mecca and Medina," Islam's holiest sites and the destination for annual pilgrimages by...
- News Source: NOW Lebanon | about 1 month agoTunisia announced on Tuesday the suspension of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca due to the risks of spreading swine flu and to the impossibility of vaccinating candidates by mid-November. Minister of Religious Affairs Boubaker Akhzouri announced the...
- News Source: Sify News | about 1 month agoCairo, Oct 6 (DPA) Tunisians will not be allowed to travel to Saudi Arabia for the Muslim pilgrimage or Haj because of fears of the H1N1 virus, known also as swine flu , the government announced Tuesday. No other country has yet said it would prevent...
- News Source: Uinta County News | 2 months agoTunisia has called off the annual pilgrimage to Mecca for the first time because of a lack of swine flu vaccines. The country’s Ministry of Religious Affairs said a batch of H1N1 flu jabs would not arrive before mid-October, too late to ensure...
- News Source: Uinta County News | 2 months agoHundreds of thousands of Muslims perform the early morning Eid al-Fitr prayer at the Masjed Al-Haram grand mosque in the Saudi holy city of Mecca on September 20, 2009. Arab countries have stepped up efforts to combat swine flu ahead of the hajj,...
Blogs
>
- Blog Source: hygimia69.blogspot.comTunisia cancels haj pilgrimage due to swine flu. Tunisia has barred its citizens from making the annual pilgrimage to Mecca for the first time because of a lack of swine flu vaccines, the government said on Tuesday. ...
- Blog Source: xrdarabia.orgRamadan, the holy month of fasting, is also the month in which many Muslims seek to perform Umrah, the lesser, non-obligatory pilgrimage to Mecca. The entry of millions of people into the country during a global epidemic of swine flu ...
- Blog Source: www.hajinformation.comThe Ministry of Health was pleased to announce that there had been few cases of swine flu during Ramadan, and no deaths. "Several million foreigners, joined by as many local pilgrims, had descended on Makkah and Madinah to perform Umrah ...
Images
>
-
Image Source: www.middle-east-onl...EGYPT WARNS OF SWINE FLU ...Image Source: www.middle-east-onl...EGYPT WARNS OF SWINE FLU THREAT TO ... -
Image Source: www.topnews.in -
Image Source: gdb.rferl.org -
Image Source: momento24.com -
Image Source: l.yimg.com -
Image Source: www.pr2live.com
Videos
>
- Video Source: youtube.com
- Video Source: www.truveo.comFirst death from Swine Flu ...Video Source: www.truveo.comFirst death from Swine Flu reported in US
- Video Source: www.truveo.comNews conference: Confirmed ...Video Source: www.truveo.comNews conference: Confirmed swine flu case
- Video Source: youtube.comJordan ensures H1N1 ...Video Source: youtube.comAn official from the Jordanian Ministry of Health reported that the ...
- Video Source: youtube.comSWINE FLU VACCINES MAY HAVE ...Video Source: youtube.com
- Video Source: youtube.com
Post a Comment Comments: 0
Cell phones use report code: Most Popular Reports
Related Allvoices Reports
Site Links
Site Topics
Contributions
- Report Your News
- Add your voice and contribute via your cellphone - check out how to Report News via Your Cellphone
- Blog Widget
- Widget for Blog Owner
