By SIRAJ WAHAB | ARAB NEWS Mina, Nov. 7, 2011 Day 4 went without any hassle. It was pretty quiet during the day. Small groups of pilgrims headed to the Jamarat complex, either on foot or via the Makkah Metro, to complete the stoning ritual. It was extremely peaceful. At […]
Source: Dawn Author: Dr. Irfan Zafar Dr Iqbal Syed Hussain is the author of eight books and hundreds of articles that regularly appear in the European, Middle Eastern and Pakistani media. His works include Islam and Western Civilisations, Terrorism in Action, The Qur’an and Modernism, Islam and the Clash of […]
By ARAB NEWS MAKKAH: The silken kiswa cloth that covers the entire Holy Kaaba was replaced on Saturday in line with a centuries old annual custom. The draping of the Kaaba on the ninth day of the Hijri month of Dul Al-Hijjah was carried out in the presence of representatives of the General Presidency of […]
By SIRAJ WAHAB | ARAB NEWS MINA: Saudi Arabia, its leadership and people came in for special praise for the excellent service and impeccable organization of the largest gathering of Muslims every year. At Arafat, the pilgrims instinctively raised their hands and prayed for the well-being of Custodian of the […]
By Muath Freij AMMAN – During the bygone days of the 1950s, Eid Al Adha in Amman was very different from how it is today, according to residents who remember that era. Yasin Akkash, whose father Saadi was a sheep trader in the capital, said the process of selling and […]
By SIRAJ WAHAB | ARAB NEWS Arafat, Nov. 5, 2011 The highlight of this year’s Haj is, without a doubt, the railway that is shuttling tens of thousands of Saudis, Indians, Pakistanis, Egyptians, Indonesians, Malaysians and Europeans. The high-tech trains picked up pilgrims with valid tickets at various stations at […]
Hundreds of thousands gather in a valley near Saudi city of Mina for the stoning of the devil, the last and dangerous rite of Haj Mina: Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims massed in a valley near the Saudi holy city of Mina on Sunday for the stoning of the […]
Source / Courtesy: Express Tribune Muslim Hajj pilgrims perform the noon prayers at the Nimra mosque near Mount Arafat. PHOTO: AFP By Agencies Published: November 6, 2011 MOUNT ARAFAT / SAUDI ARABIA: Addressing millions of Hajj pilgrims, the grand mufti of Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Abdul Aziz said those shedding blood and spreading anarchy in […]
By BADEA ABU AL-NAJA | ARAB NEWS MINA: Slaughterhouses in Mina and nearby areas are geared up to receive the huge number of pilgrims who will begin sacrificing animals, a major rite in Haj, beginning on Sunday. The municipality has equipped with the latest technology the five slaughtering units in […]
By ARAB NEWS ARAFAT: More than 2.5 million pilgrims from around the globe prayed for peace and security on the sprawling plains of Arafat on Saturday amid a forceful condemnation by Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh of those who provoke hostilities between the Ummah and its leaders. The […]
Today is the Day of Arafat. More than 2.5 million pilgrims, including 1.8 million who have come from abroad, will gather on the plains of Arafat today for the most important ritual of the Haj — praying, chanting and reciting the Qur’anic verses and supplicating before their Creator. Makkah has […]
Suggested reading: Bringing the Muslims to the Same Day Eid in UK: Letting Royal Observatory in Greenwich Decide Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times […]
Socialism … is gaining ground in the most powerful and advanced countries, the object of which is to admit the poorer sections to a gradually increasing share in power and […]