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Scouting in Saudi Arabia launched an electronic system to search for stranded
Society launched Saudi Arabia Boy Scout search service for unaccompanied children in the holy electronically through its www.scouts.org.sa. The information technology specialist at Camp Scouting in Arafat Khalid Ibrahim Aallissan that in the case...
Tags: allnews, Boy Scouting, Boy Scout, Scouting, Saudi Arabian Boy Scouts Association, Technology Internet, Saudi Arabia, Arab, electronic, information technology, the Hajj
Refacing Mecca
by Biodun Iginla and Nasra Ismail, BBC News and the Economist. Research: Moira Tamayo. Dec 13th 2008From Economist.com Plans to revamp Islam’s holiest city are worrying Muslims around the world FIVE times a day, Muslims around the world...
Tags: Muslims, saudi arabia, nasra ismail, biodun iginla, the hajj
Annual hajj pilgrimage comes to a close
Mecca :: Saudi Arabia | 11 months ago
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The event passed without a repeat of the deadly stampedes that marred past pilgrimage, mainly thanks to construction and security projects the Saudi authorities put in place in Mecca and nearby holy sites. In 2006, 363 people were killed in a crush at...
Tags: the hajj, Before Mecca
Muslim hajj pilgrimage culminates on Mt. Arafat
Mina :: Mexico | 11 months ago
Credibility Chants of "at thy service, my God, at thy service," reverberated through the valley as the pilgrims stood to pray for God's forgiveness in the most spiritual moment of the entire pilgrimage. But while most spent the day praying and reading Islam's holy...
Tags: saudi, arabi, the hajj, eve, Saudi Arabia, Mount Arafat, Mina, hajj pilgrimage, 100, Mecca Mukarrama
Tough economy forces many US Muslims delay hajj
Mecca :: Saudi Arabia | 11 months ago
Credibility 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 enough to pay for a trip to Mecca."It's just for some reason a lot tougher this year," said...
Record numbers expected for Hajj
Mecca :: Saudi Arabia | 12 months ago
Credibility Saudi Arabia is preparing for a record turnout at the annual Hajj pilgrimage. More than 100,000 security guards have been deployed to cope with the three million people expected in the city of Mecca, when the Islamic pilgrimage gets under way on Saturday....
Tags: saudi, muslims, arabi, 100, the hajj, Mecca, Saudi Arabia, eve, annual hajj
Saudi Arabia Prepares for Annual Hajj
Cairo :: Egypt | 12 months ago
Credibility The annual Islamic pilgrimage known as the Hajj officially gets under way Saturday in Saudi Arabia. Saudi officials are working to avoid any repeat of the tragedies that have befallen the Hajj in years past. During the Hajj the muezzin calls worshippers...
Tags: the hajj, Saudi Arabia, Egyptian, Hamas, Palestinian National Authority, Palestinian Authority, Gaza Strip, Samaria Attack, Mecca
From Mumbai to Mecca, the Hajj is set to begin
Mecca :: Saudi Arabia | about 1 year ago
Credibility From the first week of December, over one million Indian Muslims will make the Hajj to Mecca, in what is the world's largest annual pilgrimage As the month of December draws nearer, Muslims, from all across the globe will descend on the holy city of...
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