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Riyadh grants visas to Syrians on Mecca pilgrimage
Beirut :: Lebanon | 7 months ago
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Saudi Arabia will grant visas to Syrians wishing to perform the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, set to begin next week, the Saudi ambassador to Lebanon said on Wednesday. Riyadh, a bastion of Sunni Islam, has been one of the staunchest supporters of the
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Hajj pilgrimage to start Oct. 25: Saudi Arabia
Mecca :: Saudi Arabia | 7 months ago
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The kingdom's High Court, comprised of religious scholars who serve as judges, announced Tuesday that Eid al-Adha celebrations coinciding with the pilgrimage will start on Oct. 26. Hajj is among the five pillars of Islam and is required of all able-
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Flu strain, not SARS, behind scare
Sars :: Russia | 8 months ago
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The newly discovered virus killed a 60-year-old Saudi national in June and has left a 49-year-old man from Qatar who had traveled to Saudi Arabia in a critical condition in a London hospital. The boy arrived in Hong Kong from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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Saudi takes steps to thwart epidemic at hajj
Sars :: Russia | 8 months ago
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The kingdom has taken "preventive measures towards pilgrims... and has made practical and scientific arrangements to deal with any epidemic that might be discovered," Health Minister Abdullah al-Rabeeah was quoted as saying in Al-Hayat daily.
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Nigerian women denied their pilgrimage to Mecca
Kano :: Nigeria | 8 months ago
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EDT Hundreds of Nigerian women, among more than a thousand denied entry to Saudi Arabia, flew back from Jeddah late Thursday after Nigeria suspended pilgrimage flights to the kingdom. The angry would-be pilgrims, who were turned back because they
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Nigeria: Saudi Arabia Gets Ultimatum On Detained Female Pilgrims
Sokoto :: Nigeria | 8 months ago
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Deported female pilgrims The detention of about 1,000 Nigerian female pilgrims in Saudi Arabia and the subsequent deportation of 171 of them might trigger a diplomatic spat between the Middle-eastern country and Nigeria. The Federal Government, which
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Saudi Arabia adopts measures to limit virus spread during Haj in October
Mecca :: Saudi Arabia | 8 months ago
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Wednesday. The World Health Organisation put out a global alert on Sunday saying a new, previously unknown, virus had infected a 49-year-old Qatari man who had recently travelled to Saudi Arabia, where another man with an almost identical virus had
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Saudis detain Nigerian Hajj women
Katsina :: Nigeria | 8 months ago
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Nigerian Hajj women held in Saudi Arabia Nigerian women often go to Mecca with an official from their Hajj committee instead of a male relative Nigeria is protesting about the detention of about 1,000 Nigerian women at airports in Saudi Arabia. The
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Islam under attack: Why should Saudi rulers ban Syrians from Hajj pilgrimage?
Islam under attack: Why should Saudi rulers ban Syrians from Hajj pilgrimage? -DR. ABDUL RUFF ____________________ Dr. Abdul Ruff,
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Eid Pictures
Mecca :: Saudi Arabia | over 1 year ago
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Wed 9 Nov 2011 There is a very nice photograph montage on Boston.com about the recent hajj and preparations for Eid al-Adha. Here are two of the photographs: Yemenis shop at a market in Sanaa on November 3, 2011, in preparation for the Eid al-Adha
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