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Swine Flu Kills 5 At Hajj, Saudi Official Says

AP | HADEEL AL-SHALCHI | Posted 11.29.2009 | World

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MINA, Saudi Arabia — Five people died from swine flu during the hajj, Saudi Arabia said Sunday, a relatively small number considering the event ...

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Stoning Of The Devil (PHOTOS): Muslims Cast Stones On 3rd Day Of Hajj

Posted 11.27.2009 | World

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(AP) MINA, Saudi Arabia - Vast crowds of pilgrims cast stones at walls representing the devil on the third day of the annual hajj on Friday as Muslims...

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Floods Kill 77 While Muslims Perform Hajj

AP | HADEEL AL-SHALCHI | Posted 11.27.2009 | World

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MOUNT ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia — Muslim pilgrims holding white umbrellas against the blazing sun clambered up a rocky desert hill for prayers Thursd...

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Rains Soak Pilgrims At Islam's Hajj (PHOTOS)

Posted 11.25.2009 | World

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(AP) JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia -- The heaviest rain to hit Islam's annual hajj pilgrimage in years soaked the faithful and flooded the road to Mecca, snarl...

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Forbidden Rituals At The Hajj

Betwa Sharma | Posted 11.23.2009 | World

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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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Guests of God: 2.5 Million Muslims Worship in Makkah, Saudi Arabia in This Year's Hajj

Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 11.19.2009 | World

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Qanta Ahmed, MD

Never has there been a more important time for Muslims to engage in greater introspection, self-evaluation. We face a Muslim world rife with conflicts, sectarian hatred, misogyny and injustice.

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Can A Christian Learn from Ramadan?

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Religion, Ramadan, Islam, Shabbat, News, Prophet Muhammad, World, Ummah Wahida, Evangelical, God, Sicily, Palermo, Ummah, G-D, Palermo Sicily, Fast, Qatar Ambassador to the United Nations, Muslim, Mosque, Allah, Fasting, Mecca, Spirituality, Ambassador Nassir Abdulaziz AI-Nasser, Ramadan Karim, Christianity, Iftar, Christian, Living, Prayers, Abraham Maslow, Living News
Yvonne R. Davis

As a Christian who worships the Shabbat, I believe Ramadan is a wonderful way for Christians to remember their Muslim brothers and sisters

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To Gain a True Affinity for Arab Jerusalem, Visit It

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 06.10.2009 | World

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Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

Only a few tens of thousands of Arabs were able to visit Jerusalem in the past few decades while millions of Jews and non-Arab Christians are able to do so annually. How then can it "always remain Arab"?

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Why the pope's shoes are raising eyebrows

CNN / Anderson Cooper 360° | CNN / Anderson Cooper 360° | Posted 06.09.2009 | Home

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Pope Benedict XVI visits the King Hussein Bin Talal mosque Saturday in Amman, Jordan. The ...

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Why the pope's shoes are raising eyebrows

CNN / Anderson Cooper 360° | CNN / Anderson Cooper 360° | Posted 06.09.2009 | Home

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Pope Benedict XVI visits the King Hussein Bin Talal mosque Saturday in Amman, Jordan. The ...

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Why the pope's shoes are raising eyebrows

CNN / Anderson Cooper 360° | CNN / Anderson Cooper 360° | Posted 06.09.2009 | Home

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Pope Benedict XVI visits the King Hussein Bin Talal mosque Saturday in Amman, Jordan. The ...

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Why the pope's shoes are raising eyebrows

CNN / Anderson Cooper 360° | CNN / Anderson Cooper 360° | Posted 06.09.2009 | Home

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Pope Benedict XVI visits the King Hussein Bin Talal mosque Saturday in Amman, Jordan. The ...

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Movie Review | 'The Soloist': Struggle and Rescue, a Duet in Sharps and Minors

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 05.25.2009 | Home

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Some of the lost souls in "The Soloist," a big studio movie about a one-man rescue mission, look as thin as the crack pipes clamped between their lips...

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Muslim Pilgrims Complete Annual Journey To Mecca

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 01.10.2009 | World

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MECCA, Saudi Arabia — On foot and on the roofs of overflowing buses, Muslims poured into the holy city of Mecca for a final day of the hajj on W...

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Hajj Pilgrims Skeptical Obama Will Bring Serious Change

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 01.09.2009 | World

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MINA, Saudi Arabia — After pelting a symbol of the devil with stones, the Iraqi pilgrim knelt and prayed that one day soon all sorts of devils w...

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Watch: Muslims Travel Thousands Of Miles, Make Pilgrimage To Mecca

Russia Today | Posted 01.07.2009 | World

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Muslims from around the world are flooding into Mecca in Saudi Arabia, Russia Today reports. Three million Muslims are expected to perform the hajj th...

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Millions Of Muslims Gather For Hajj Pilgrimage

AP | Posted 01.06.2009 | World

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MINA, Saudi Arabia — Nearly 3 million pilgrims chanting prayers converged Saturday in a valley just outside the holy city of Mecca at the beginn...

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3 Million Muslims In Mecca For Pilgrimage

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 01.05.2009 | World

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MECCA, Saudi Arabia -- Draped in white robes to symbolize purity and the equality of mankind under God, nearly 3 million Muslims from all over the wor...

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