Hajj sermon: No place for terrorism in Islam, says Grand Mufti
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 […]
MPs, deputy ministers to ‘slam dunk’ at basketball final
KUALA LUMPUR: The finals of the HSB-KLBA Basketball Championship on Wednesday will be a historic ‘slam dunk’ of sorts. For the first time, four members of parliament (MP), including two deputy ministers, will square off at the championship held at the Malaysian Basketball Association (Maba) Stadium in Jalan Hang Jebat […]
Slaughterhouses geared up for animal sacrifice
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 […]
Islam is the solution, Grand Mufti says in Haj sermon
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 […]
Symposium puts alternative medicine under the microscope
According to Joe Schwarz, Director of the McGill Office for Science and Society, the lack of doctors in Quebec is driving people towards alternative medicine – and he doesn’t mince his words when asked to share his thoughts on this development. “The problem with some of the alternative medicines is […]
Jerusalem tram offers view of other side of tracks
he Jerusalem Light Railway has provided the ancient city with new travel possibilities since it opened in August, but it is also proving controversial. The borders in Jerusalem are invisible, and to an outsider barely perceptible. If you did not know they were there, you might – on a fleeting […]
Trafficking in Britain: ‘For five months I asked when I would get a job, but all I did was clean their home’
Source: Guardian Author: Jamie Doward Gedimanas Rekesius was sitting in a park sipping a coffee when he answered the question that made him a modern-day slave. “Are you working?,” the middle-aged man asked, as he joined Rekesius on a bench outside the Medical Academy hospital in Kaunas, Lithuania’s second largest […]
Islam 2.0 – Hajj Pilgrimage Enters Digital Age
Source: Qantara Performing a religious ritual like hajj and using a smartphone is no contrast. Modern Muslim pilgrims can stay connected via platforms like Facebook and Twitter. Ali Almakhlafi reports When pilgrims walk around the Kaaba in Mecca these days, an increasing number of them will have their friends with […]
Pakistan Indicts 7 in Bhutto Assassination
LAHORE, Pakistan — A Pakistani antiterrorism court indicted five militants and two police officers Saturday in the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, prosecutors said. Ms. Bhutto was killed after an election rally in 2007 in an attack by at least one gunman and a suicide bomber, both of […]
Arabnews Editorial: Essence of Haj
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 […]
China mine accident: Dozens of miners pulled out alive
Emergency teams in central China have rescued the remaining 45 miners who were trapped underground following a cave-in. Read More…
China envoy Zhang Yan in India map outburst
China’s ambassador to India has become involved in a heated exchange over a map that showed parts of India within China’s border, media reports say. Read More…
Climate Change – Rapid Spike in CO2 Emissions Shocks Researchers
Source: Spiegel International International attempts at climate regulation have failed on a number of levels. With CO2 emissions rising much more than predicted between 2009 and 2010, the goal of capping global warming at a maximum of 2 degrees Celsius now seems elusive. But political interest in changing course has waned. […]
PAKSAT-1R: Pakistan’s first indigenously made satellite inaugurated
Published: November 5, 2011 Source/Courtesy: Xpress Tribune LAHORE: Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani formally inaugurated the commercial operation of Pakistan’s first indigenously made communication satellite Paksat-1R near Kala Shah Kaku in Lahore on Saturday. Addressing the inauguration ceremony‚ Gilani said that the application of space technology would contribute significantly […]
Hajj – a personal experience
By the grace of Allah I have been able to perform Hajj 3 times and Umra an additional 2 times. It was always a great experience, so great in fact that it is difficult to describe. But let me try … The last time I went for Hajj was 6 […]
HAJ DIARY: Day One
By SIRAJ WAHAB | ARAB NEWS Published: Nov 5, 2011 01:08 Updated: Nov 5, 2011 01:08 MINA, Nov. 4, 2011 Haj 2011 has begun on a bright note with hundreds of thousands of pilgrims, including men, women and children, converging on this tent city with prayers and talbiyah on their […]