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Amid Controversy, Muslims Revive Old Jerusalem Pilgrimage Route

AP | DIAA HADID | Posted 04.30.2012

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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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Umrah: A Muslim Pilgrimage To Mecca

Imam Khalid Latif | Posted 05.09.2012

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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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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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Working With China to Build Public Transportation in LA

Joel Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Ohio GOP To Rep. Betty Sutton: Vote Her Out Of The House 'Put Her Back In The Kitchen'

Posted 05.25.2011

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GOP operatives in Medina County, Ohio recently sent around the Spring 2010 edition (.pdf link) of their newsletter which encouraged their constituents...

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Traveling in Morocco can Be Intriguing; Beggars Are Another Thing

Michael Russnow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Russnow

After nine days in Morocco, it's been interesting seeing a different part of the world, especially after three weeks meeting with producers in familia...

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Dowd: Non-Muslim Pilgrim in Mecca

nytimes.com | MAUREEN DOWD | Posted 05.25.2011

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I was told that non-Muslims could not visit mosques -- not even the one on the hotel grounds....

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Glenn Beck Accuses Tea Party Candidate Of Being A 9/11 Truther (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Texas gubernatorial candidate and Tea Party activist Debra Medina has been creating quite a stir in Texas politics lately. Recent polls showed that sh...

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West Jerusalem Tram: Palestinians Use Courts To Fight Light Rail Linking Settlements To City

AP | KARIN LAUB | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM — Jerusalem's first light rail starts test runs this spring, with its sleek silver cars gliding across the city and promising to relie...

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Forbidden Rituals At The Hajj

Betwa Sharma | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jannatul Baqee, Pakistan, Medina, Hussein, Iraq, Hajj, Karbala, Mosque, Shiite, Koran, Iran, Polytheism, Prophet Mohammed, Mecca, Saudia Arabia, Sunni, Turbah, Bid?Ah, Kabaa, World News
Betwa Sharma

Since Shiites have no restriction on single women going for the Hajj, A Hajj first timer, Saju, is less than pleased to know that Saudi Arabia requires all women pilgrims below the age of 45 to be accompanied by a male relative.

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Medina Hotel Suicide Bombing Kills 20 Including Somali Official

AP | TOM MALITI | Posted 05.25.2011

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NAIROBI, Kenya — Somalia's national security minister and at least 24 other people were killed in a suicide attack Thursday in western Somalia, ...

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