Tears flowed and prayers filled the air as the annual Muslim Haj by close to two million believers from around the world reached its zenith on a vast plain in western Saudi Arabia Friday. “I am now a newborn baby and I don’t have any sin,” Nigerian pilgrim Taofik Odunewu[…]
Wiping the tears and sweat from their faces, multitudes of pilgrims bared their souls on Mount Arafat for the blessed Day of Wuqoof. The day marks the pinnacle of the Haj pilgrimage, as millions of Muslims stand on Arafat to repent for their sins and supplicate for forgiveness from the[…]
Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh on Friday said that un-Islamic forces are hatching conspiracies against Islam and Muslim countries. “Khawarij (those who withdrew from the mainstream Islam) are still among the sects of Muslims,” the Grand Mufti stated during annual Hajj sermon. He said those who spread anarchy in[…]
Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al Asheikh will deliver sermon on Friday prior to the standing (wuqoof) at Arafat, the most important ritual of Haj. He is delivering the Arafat sermon for the 34th year in a row. Asheikh, who lost his vision at the age of 17, sees[…]
Saudi authorities are planning to introduce a barcode system for Mina tents to help stranded pilgrims identify their tents with the assistance of Google maps. “A technology has been already developed for this purpose,” said Mohammed Al-Ruwaished, head of the information technology committee at the Youth Welfare Presidency’s scout camp.[…]
The Ministry of Haj has warned pilgrims against the dangers of being exposed to sun especially during midday and in a crowd, saying that it could lead to heatstroke. It also urged pilgrims to use umbrellas and masks as part of precautionary measures, the Saudi Press Agency reported. According to the[…]
The time of the much anticipated haj period brings with it an overwhelming emotion that many simply cannot put into words. While on Mina at the “tent city’ at the start of the five day pilgrimage on Thursday, millions of hujaaj sit in prayers in a state of ihram during[…]
Heavy clashes erupted on Friday between Kurdish militiamen and Islamic State fighters who have besieged a key Syrian town near the Turkish border, an AFP correspondent reported. IS militants in Syria have advanced to within just a few kilometres of the eastern and southeastern edges of Kobane, known as Ain[…]
Things in the small fishing village of Hangberg in Hout Bay, are not as bad as is being portrayed. These were the sentiments of many residents living on the hilltop community, who feel Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille and Western Cape Premier Helen Zille is painting Hangberg in a[…]
Authorities in Hong Kong have offered to hold talks with pro-democracy protesters who are continuing to occupy central areas of the southern Chinese city, pressing for political reforms. Minutes before a midnight deadline set by the protesters for Hong Kong’s chief executive Leung Chun-ying to resign passed, Leung said he[…]
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