Mecca

Me(c)ca Is Actually in Jersey City

Shai Baitel | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Eugene Lemay, Tri-State, Mecca, Eileen Kaminsky, Jersey City, Yigal-Ozeri, Moishe Mana, Hejaz, Arts News
Shai Baitel

Because of the unparalleled cultural phenomenon of the millions of pilgrims Mecca receives every year, the city's name turned into a popular synonym that often times describe places of importance and the with power to attract groups of often like-minded people.

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Amid Controversy, Muslims Revive Old Jerusalem Pilgrimage Route

AP | DIAA HADID | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Video, Jerusalem, Muslim Pilgrimage, Mecca, Al-Aqsa Mosque, Muslims in Jerusalem, Medina, East Jerusalem, Religion News

JERUSALEM -- After decades of shying away from an ancient pilgrimage route, Muslims are visiting Jerusalem to pray at Islam's third-holiest site, the ...

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The Hajj Comes to London, Advancing Cultural Diplomacy

Philip Seib | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: British Museum, Mecca, Islam, Hajj, Cultural Diplomacy, British Museum Hajj, Art, Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam, Hajj British Museum, Global Art, Arts News
Philip Seib

The arts can push politics aside and allow the true spirit of a people to emerge and be viewed by the rest of the world.

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HuffJummah: How Enemies Become Allies

Kecia Ali | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Scripture Study, Scripture Commentary, Islam, Prophet Muhammad, Quran, Mecca, Huffjummah, Religion News
Kecia Ali

In polarizing debates and campaign rhetoric, legitimate differences of opinion become the occasion for demonization of opponents. An undercurrent of fear stokes the accusations hurled back and forth.

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Umrah: A Muslim Pilgrimage To Mecca

Imam Khalid Latif | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Umrah, Islam, Medina, Muslim Pilgrimage, Mecca, Kaaba, Muslim Americans, Religion News
Imam Khalid Latif

There is not a city that I have visited in the entire world that is more tranquil than Medina. And there is not a city that I have visited that hosts a more diverse gathering of people than in Mecca.

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Relief Around The Corner: Reflections From Circling The Kaaba

Daliah Merzaban | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Islam, Relief, Umrah, Mecca, Patience, Kaaba, Hardship, Islamic Spirituality, Religion News
Daliah Merzaban

Walking around the Kaaba, I was at a vantage point to know that the jams I would get caught in were temporary -- they would end, literally, around the corner. This helped me be patient even when the pressure was greatest.

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Hajj: What It Has Become And What It Should Be Again

Stephen Schwartz | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Islam, Prophet's Mosque, Medina, Mecca Royal Clock Tower, Saudi Arabia, Hajj, Eid Al-Adha, Mecca, Islamic Heritage Research Foundation, Islamic Architectual Legacy, Kurban Bairam, Wahhabism, Dr. Irfan Al-Alawi, Muslim Rituals, Cultural Vandalism, Grand Mosque, Muslim Pilgrimage, Restrictive Hajj, Kaabah, Religion News
Stephen Schwartz

Millions of Muslims are satisfied to celebrate at home, while waiting for Mecca, Medina and Hajj to be freed from the grip of the Wahhabis and to regain their past splendor -- a spiritual, not commercial, illumination.

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Huge Muslim Pilgrimage Starts

AP | SINAN SALAHEDDIN | Posted 01.05.2012

Read More: Hajj 2011, Hajj Pilgrimage, Muslims, Islam, Mecca, Hajj, Religion News

MOUNT ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia — Libyans long denied the opportunity to make the hajj usually reserved for Moammar Gadhafi's cronies were among the ...

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2.5 Million Muslim Pilgrims Gather For Hajj

AP | By SINAN SALAHEDDIN | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Islam, Video, Muslim Pilgrimage, Mecca, Hajj Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia, Hajj, Holy Pilgrimage, Hajj Pilgrimage, Hajj 2011, Hajj 2011 Dates, Religion News

MECCA, Saudi Arabia -- Muslims from across the world descended on this holy city ahead of the annual hajj pilgrimage, many of them with prayers for a ...

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The Case of Sheikh Al-Atar and a Call for Unity At Hajj

Amin G. Aaser | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Islam, Muslims, Sunnis, Hajj, Hajj Pilgrimage, Mecca, Religious Tolerance, Saudi Arabia Human Rights, Shias, Religion News
Amin G. Aaser

Hajj is a vital experience for all Muslims, irrespective of gender, nationality, or sect; however, it is evident that this message of unity and tolerance is yet to be internalized.

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After Protracted Debate, Suburban Mosque Gets Green Light

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mecca, Chicago, Illinois, Dupage County Mosque, Suburban Mosque, Mosque, DuPage County, Dupage Mosque, Chicago News

An old house sits near 91st Street in unincorporated DuPage County, just west of Highway 83 and about twenty miles southwest of downtown Chicago. A...

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Tennessee Considers Bill That Makes Following Shariah A Felony

AP | LUCAS L. JOHNSON II | Posted 05.25.2011

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee is considering making it a felony to follow some versions of the Islamic code known as Shariah, the most severe measure...

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Cairo Sunshine All Around -- Reflecting on the Rebirth of My Birthplace

Raffi Cavoukian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt Protests, Social Media, Social, Egypt, Creativity, Internet, Raffi, Cairo, Pyramids, Censorship, Mecca, Tahrir Square, World Peace, Berlin Wall, Music, Global Warming, World News
Raffi Cavoukian

Egypt's revolution is humanity's. And as a revolution enhanced by social media before the state silenced them, the Cairo scenario begs a question.

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Mecca Development Veers To Kitsch, Says 'New York Times'

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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JIDDA, Saudi Arabia -- It is an architectural absurdity. Just south of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the Muslim world's holiest site, a kitsch rendition ...

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Berkeley School SUED By U.S. After Denying Teacher Unpaid Leave For Muslim Pilgrimage

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The federal government sued a suburban Chicago school district Monday for denying a Muslim middle school teacher unpaid leave to ma...

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Qatar World Cup 2022: Muslims 'Can Go To Mecca' To Avoid Partying Soccer Fans

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islam, Football, World Cup Games, World Cup 2022, World Cup, United Arab Emirates, Uae, Ijaz Ahmad, Saudi Arabia, Football Match, Mecca, Soccer Games, Soccer Match, Sports, Soccer, Qatar, World News

Muslims angered at the prospect of rowdy revelers descending onto Qatar for the 2022 World Cup games have been told to make a pilgrimage to Mecca duri...

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The Gray Lady Wears Islamophobia on Her Sleeve

Parvez Sharma | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mecca, Wikileaks, Muslims, Islamophobia, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, New York City, The Gray Lady, Media News
Parvez Sharma

I often defend The New York Times to Muslim friends elsewhere who don't trust it. Now, I am not so sure. I wonder if I am the only one to notice a recent lapse of judgment.

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Hajj, Muslim Pilgrimage, Observed In Saudi Arabia (PHOTOS)

AP/The Huffington Post | RAHIM FAIEZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Afghan president on Tuesday urged insurgents to abandon violence and accept offers of reconciliation from the gove...

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The Beauty We Fear Part 4: From Mark Twain to Malcom X (Slideshow)

G. Roger Denson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Al-Masjid Al-Haram, East-West Relations, Islam, Malcom X, Dome of the Rock, Morrocco, World News Quiz, Mecca, Paul Bowles, Mosque of Kairouan, Marrakech, Literary History, Mosques, Naguib Mahfouz, Architecture, Travel, Khaled Hosseini, Spider's House, Christian-Islamic Relations, Orientalism, Edith Wharton, History, Shah Faisal Mosque, Arts News, Middle East, Interfaith, Saudia Arabia, Mark Twain, Kaaba, Slidepollajax, Travel News
G. Roger Denson

Even when Americans began to travel to Muslim lands, from the start they displayed a more diverse response to Islam and its mosques, which over the course of a century graduated from the crude to the reverent.

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Saudis Want 'Mecca Time' To Replace GMT

aolnews.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Greenwich Mean Time, Mecca, Mecca Time Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia, GMT, Mecca Time, World News

For centuries, an astronomy observatory in Greenwich, London -- the namesake of Greenwich Mean Time -- has been the reference point for lines of longi...

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'Are you kidding me?' Boyles issues his Tancredo-hater list

CO. Independent | CO Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

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In his most recent Cherry Creek Chronicle column supporting Tom Tancredo, Peter Boyles not only takes a pitchfork to Dan Maes, who has called h...

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Denver Beer Fest will include beer ice cream, beer burlesque and yes, beer for breakfast

Westword | Westword | Posted 05.25.2011

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In September 2009, Denver's convention and visitors bureau decided to piggyback on the success of the Great American Beer Festival and this ...

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Feigning Patriotism in Order to Spew Un-American Rhetoric

Byron Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ground Zero Mosque, First Amendment, Mecca, Cordoba House, Mosque, Politics News
Byron Williams

I refer to those who oppose building the mosque at Ground Zero as holding an un-American position because the First Amendment stands in their way, yet they still seek the path of the emotional short cut.

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Saudis Build 'World's Largest Clock,' Want 'Mecca Time' To Replace GMT

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islam, Mecca, Giant Clock in Mecca, Abraj Al-Bait Towers, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Grand Mosque, Muslims, World's Largest Clock, Ramadan, World News

Saudi Arabia is hoping that the debut of what is said to be the world's largest clock in Islam's holiest city of Mecca will help establish the city as...

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Working With China to Build Public Transportation in LA

Joel Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cordoba, Tea Party, Central Valley, Vancouver, Subway, China, Los Angeles, Infrastructure, Seattle, Wall Street, Metro, Public Transportation, Argentina, Portland Oregon, Starbucks, Buenos Aires, Eugene Oregon, Congress, Washington DC, Mel Gibson, 30/10 Plan, Barack Obama, Public-Private Partnerships, Mecca, Medina, Los Angeles News
Joel Epstein

A recent Transport Politic article notes that not only is China willing and able to contribute its national funds to foreign projects, but also that it intends to structure its investments as an alternative to the World Bank.

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