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Bleacher Report
April 25, 2018
Fahd Al-Rowky, the vice president of the local municipality in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, told national outlet Sabq (h/t Farah Tawfeek of the Egypt Independent) of his plans. He said the Egyptian is an excellent ambassador for Islam in the United Kingdom and the move would show support toward young peopleÃâà...
ELLE.com
April 24, 2018
On Saturday, Saudi Arabia's Prince Khaled Al-Faisal issued a decree stating that men who work in the holy city of Mecca—even those who work in the private sector—must wear traditional Saudi clothing to their jobs in the region. The traditional men's "thobe" consists of a long white robe and red and whiteÃâà...
Egypt Independent
April 24, 2018
He has also been an incredible messenger of Islam as he got Reds fans chanting, “and if it's good enough for you I'll be Muslim too.” Gulf countries sometimes use land as reward for distinguished footballers. Back in January, Sultan Qaboos bin Said, the ruler of Oman, rewarded the national football teamÃâà...
Birmingham Live
April 22, 2018
As well as the major pilgrimage of the Hajj, there is also the so-called lesser pilgrimage called the Umrah, a trip to Mecca that can be done at any time of year. However, the Umrah is not a substitute for the compulsory Hajj. Muslims must enter a sacred state of cleanliness known as ihram in order toÃâà...
Sky News
April 22, 2018
A spokesman said: "We are supporting the British families of those who have died and those injured following a serious road traffic accident near the town of Al Khalas, Saudi Arabia." The coach was travelling between Mecca and Medina on Saturday afternoon when it was hit by the tanker, which thenÃâà...
Metro
April 22, 2018
Muslim pilgrims from all around the world circle around the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque, in the Saudi city of Mecca (Picture: AFP/Getty). Four British people have died and 12 others are hurt after being involved in a coach crash while on pilgrimage to Mecca. The Foreign Office has confirmed a number ofÃâà...
TODAYonline
March 24, 2018
(Left) Mr Mohammad Abu Bakar Osman, the 64-year-old Singaporean man killed in a bus accident in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, while carrying out his minor pilgrimage (umrah) was buried in the city on ... Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim said on Friday that it was a “sad and tragic incident”.
Omaha World-Herald
March 23, 2018
Sheikh Mohammad al-Issa, a member of the Saudi religious leadership and head of the government-backed Muslim World League, said in a Feb. 27 interview that he had hosted Moqtada al-Sadr, a fiery Iraqi cleric, for a lengthy discussion in Riyadh recently. “I don't believe we have any issues with the ShiaÃâà...
LobeLog
March 22, 2018
In seeking that support, MbS portrays himself as a reformer and modernizer who will lead Saudi Arabia from social and economic backwardness into the twenty-first century. That image brings to mind the greatest modernizer of a Muslim country in that part of the world: Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. But whatÃâà...
AsiaOne
March 22, 2018
A Singaporean man was killed and several others were injured in a bus accident in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, while they were carrying out their minor pilgrimage (umrah). ... Muis said the injured have been sent to hospitals in Mecca and added that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is helping those affected.
The Straits Times
March 21, 2018
SINGAPORE -Pious, loving and cheerful - this is how relatives remember Haji Abu Bakar Osman, who died in a bus accident in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, while carrying out his minor pilgrimage or umrah. The 64-year-old director of Abu Bakar Travel Services - the family-run travel agency behind the trip - wasÃâà...
Yahoo Singapore News
March 20, 2018
President Halimah Yacob and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong have expressed deep sadness over the bus accident in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, that killed one Singaporean pilgrim and injured several others on Tuesday (20 March). The bus was carrying mostly Singaporeans who were performing minorÃâà...
The Straits Times
March 20, 2018
One Singaporean was killed and several other Singaporeans were injured in a bus accident in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, while carrying out their minor ... A spokesman for the Association of Muslim Travel Agents said 17 of the passengers had been discharged, while 10 others were warded in another hospital.
Channel NewsAsia
March 20, 2018
SINGAPORE: One Singaporean was killed and a number of people injured after a bus carrying 31 passengers met with an accident in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, said the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (MUIS) on Tuesday (Mar 20). The accident happened between 1pm and 1.30pm Singapore time.
PRI
March 14, 2018
... post that she created about being sexually harassed at Islam's holiest site in Mecca in Saudi Arabia. Now, this was a sadly familiar story to me because back in 1982, when I was 15 years old, my family had just arrived in Saudi Arabia. On the Muslim pilgrimage, the hajj, and I was sexually assaulted twice.
CBC.ca
March 11, 2018
Starting in Lower Manhattan and working backwards, a Muslim academic from Winnipeg is about to release a new book to spread understanding about an ... Dickson co-wrote Unveiling Sufism: From Manhattan to Mecca along with another academic, Meena Sharify-Funk, an associate professor at WilfridÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
March 11, 2018
It goes on to offer rewards for attackers, from 10 points for verbally abusing a Muslim and 50 points for throwing acid in the face of a Muslim, to 1,000 points for bombing a mosque and 2,500 points to "nuke Mecca". There are more than 2.5 million Muslims in Britain, where Islam is the second-largest religion.
The Sydney Morning Herald
March 10, 2018
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is spruiking his image as a modern Muslim reformer. ... Ruhollah Khomeini and then the siege at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Islam's holiest site, where for two weeks Saudi insurgents led by Juhayman al-Otaibi called for the overthrow of the royal family.
Rudaw
March 9, 2018
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Kurdish pilgrims wishing to visit Saudi Arabia for Umrah must use state-owned Iraqi Airways, increasing the cost of the trip by ... to and from the Kurdistan Region in February by exempting Muslims who want to perform the non-mandatory Umrah pilgrim to Mecca in Saudi Arabia.
Qantara.de
March 9, 2018
The pilgrimage to Mecca is one of the five pillars of Islam. The Koran teaches that each and every ... Out in the cold: the debate surrounding India′s hajj policy throws the tense relationship between the ruling BJP and the country′s Muslim minority into stark relief. The government clearly did not clearÃâà...
euronews
March 9, 2018
Women at Jeddah's Effat University took their first driving lessons on Wednesday, March 7, ahead of the lifting of the ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia. ... license or have a guardian in the car and would be allowed to drive anywhere in the kingdom, including the Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina.
New York Times
March 9, 2018
CAIRO — The concert seemed like it would be another adventurous step for ultraconservative Saudi Arabia: a pop star famous for lively love songs performing in a kingdom where, until recently, public concerts were prohibited. But that was before the tickets went on sale, and buyers saw the terms andÃâà...
CNN
March 8, 2018
Hundreds of thousands of Muslim women descend on Mecca in Saudi Arabia each year to take part in the Hajj, but in recent weeks some female .... Talking about sexual assault is difficult enough and talking about it in connection with the Hajj, which is a pillar of Islam, is even harder because it is sacred.
The Independent
March 6, 2018
Saudi Arabia has traditionally welcomed pilgrims making the Hajj to the holy city of Mecca, but mainstream tourism is a recent, controversial development that has been criticised by some ... Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman has vowed that Saudi Arabia will adopt a form of “moderate, open Islam”.
The Denver Channel
February 26, 2018
Muslim women are speaking out about sexual abuse they experienced during the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Using the hashtag #MosqueMeToo, many women have started sharing their stories of assault while on the hajj. The pilgrimage to Mecca is the fifth pillar of Islam, and all Muslims mustÃâà...
Newsy
February 26, 2018
The #MosqueMeToo movement seems to have started when one Pakistani woman wrote on Facebook about being sexually harassed at Islam's holy site in Mecca. Many Muslim women shared her post and responded with their own stories. And feminist author Mona Eltahawy says she started the hashtagÃâà...
The Wire
February 15, 2018
As the birthplace of Prophet Muhammad and the site of his first revelation of the Quran, Mecca is regarded as the holiest city in Islam and a pilgrimage to it, known as the Hajj, is obligatory for all able Muslims. Women usually make up just under half of the total number of pilgrims who flock to Mecca eachÃâà...
Middle East Eye
February 13, 2018
Women usually make up just under half of the total number of pilgrims who flock to Mecca each year to perform the Hajj, or to do Umrah, a smaller pilgrimage, according to Saudi authorities. While many Muslim women say they get a sense of serenity in Mecca, hundreds of others have spoken up over theÃâà...
MEED
February 10, 2018
Mecca governor Khaled al-Faisal has announced that SR14.6bn ($3.9bn) of new infrastructure projects will be developed across the provinces of Taif, Moya and Misan. According to a local news report, the largest portion of the budget, SR11bn, is to be allocated to projects in Taif. The projects in TaifÃâà...
NPR
December 31, 1999
Hard-line clerics banned Saudi cinemas in the early 1980s, after the government took an ultra-conservative turn following a 1979 siege of the Grand Mosque in Mecca by Saudi religious extremists. Allowing movie theaters to operate again is part of a drive by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman toÃâà...
New York Times
December 31, 1999
Because when the Saudi ruling family — feeling the need to demonstrate greater piety after the 1979 takeover by Islamist zealots of the Grand Mosque in Mecca — took Sunni Islam down a much more puritanical path, right when Iran's ayatollahs did the same with Shiite Islam, they changed the face andÃâà...
