Mon 19 August 2019: The mistake saw pilgrims being given bags marked ‘anthrax’ ahead of the ‘stoning of the devil’ portion of their Hajj pilgrimage Saudi officials are investigating a translation error that led to Hajj pilgrims being given gift bags marked “anthrax”, according to local media reports. هل يعقل ياوزارة الحج ان تأتو بأكياس […]
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Sat 17 August 2019: At a time when more than two million Muslims performed Hajj in Mecca, the holiest place in Islam, an image was taken by KhalifaSat of the Grand Mosque (Haram) is circulating the internet. The unique image captured a photograph of the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca on the afternoon of the first […]
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Fri 16 August 2019: The Malaysian government has announced that it will summon Indian Muslim preacher Zakir Naik over controversial statements he made about ethnic minorities in the country, as Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and his cabinet consider their options amid contentious debate on his possible deportation. Home Affairs Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said in a […]
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Fri 16 August 2019: An explosion at a mosque in southwest Pakistan killed at least four people and injured over a dozen others, police and local media reported. Latest in a series of similar attacks, the explosion took place after Friday prayers in the main hall of a Mosque in suburban Kuchlak town of Quetta, […]
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Tue 13 August 2019: The brother of Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, the leader of the Iranian-funded and inspired Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), has accused Iran of converting Zakzaky and said the IMN should be proscribed for causing terror, according to an interview with Nigeria’s Punch Newspapers. “Iran invited him to their country to join them […]
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Mon 12 August 2019: More than 327 million ready meals and bottles of water have been distributed among the pilgrims over eight days since they started arriving in Makkah, Madinah and the holy sites for the Haj. Since the first day of Dhul Hijja (Aug. 2) until Dhul Hijja 8 (Aug. 9) the day of […]
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Sun 11 August 2019: Owner of the goat Mohammad Nizamuddin said, “We spend Rs 800 on it [goat] daily, much more than we spend on us. It weighs 95 kg.” Ahead of Bakr-Id (Eid al-Adha), a goat named Salman has gone on sale in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. Salman is going on sale and the price […]
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Sun 11 August 2019: Saudi Arabia’s Hajj and Umrah Ministry has launched a Twitter service to help answer pilgrims’ frequently asked questions. The service started with hundreds of tweets – accompanied by the Arabic hashtag #Your_Hajj_in_your_Own_Language – that were translated into 13 languages including Chinese, French, Russian, Thai and Urdu. The account covers all Hajj […]
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King Salman at the Mina Palace on Saturday Aug. 10, 2019. (SPA) Sun 11 August 2019: MINA: King Salman arrived in Mina on Saturday to oversee facilities for Hajj pilgrims and ensure that they are comfortable. Almost 2.5 million Muslims from all over the world are participating in Hajj, one of the largest annual global gatherings. On Saturday, […]
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Sun 11 August 2019: More than 2.3 million pilgrims clad in white cloth will descend from the tent city of Mina and make their way toward Mount Arafat for the most important day of the Hajj pilgrimage on Saturday. Source: alarabiya During the day of Arafat, all pilgrims will stand in vigil from noon […]
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