Topic: Mecca
Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Lebanon announced they would celebrate the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, on Friday. In Saudi Arabia, seen as the beacon of Sunni Islam, the supreme court ruled that Thursday ...
Some 600,000 Muslims crowded into the Grand Mosque in Islam's holiest city of Mecca for prayers on the last Friday of the Ramadan holy month, mosque officials said. In all more than a million worshippers were in the mosque and surrounding areas, ...
JEDDAH (Reuters) - A giant clock on a skyscraper in Islam's holiest city Mecca began ticking on Wednesday at the start of the fasting month of Ramadan, amid hopes by Saudi Arabia it will become the Muslim world's official timekeeper. The Mecca ...
Sierra Leone's government on Wednesday banned all private agents from booking Muslims on the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca in October amid fears over fraud. The government said it was "concerned about the unsatisfactory management of Hajj affairs over the years which ...
Ramadan tradition goes high-tech; users can get prayer time reminders, find direction of MeccaThe most ancient traditions of Islam are going high-tech, with a slew of modern offerings for those observing the holy month of Ramadan, which begins this week. Cell phone ...
Muslims around the world could be setting their watches to a new time soon when the world's largest clock begins ticking atop a soaring skyscraper in Islam's holiest city of Mecca. Saudi Arabia hopes the four faces of the new clock, which ...
Muslims around the world could be setting their watches to a new time soon when the world's largest clock begins ticking atop a soaring skyscraper in Islam's holiest city of Mecca. Saudi Arabia hopes the four faces of the new clock, which ...
Nearly a billion and a half Muslims worldwide this week begin the annual holy month of Ramadan, a time of prayer and fasting that commemorates the divine revelation received by the Prophet Mohammed. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim Hijri ...
Nearly a billion and a half Muslims worldwide this week begin the annual holy month of Ramadan, a time of prayer and fasting that commemorates the divine revelation received by the Prophet Mohammed. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim Hijri ...
We in Pakistan also protested against that act very violently. I feel that this would be a nice platform to resubmit that Statement for my Pakistani brothers and sisters to think from different angle. This may help us to revisit Islam and ...
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