Showing posts with label Mecca. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mecca. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 19, 2024

More Than 550 Hajj Pilgrims Die in Mecca as Temperatures Exceed 50C

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THE GUARDIAN: At least 320 of the dead are from Egypt and Saudi officials report treating more than 2,000 people for heat stress At least ...
Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Saudi Arabia: Man Arrested after Mecca Pilgrimage for Queen

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THE GUARDIAN: Yemeni national posted video clip of himself at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Islam’s holiest site Saudi authorities have arres...
Friday, July 17, 2020

Saudi’s Missing Pilgrims Cause Firms to Go Bust

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Firms and farms globally are suffering as Saudi Arabia imposes Hajj limitations As Saudi Arabia restricts the annual Hajj pilgrimage to on...
Friday, September 01, 2017

Why Is Mecca Having an $80bn Makeover? | The Economist

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Saudi Arabia is investing billions of dollars remodeling Mecca, home of Islam’s holiest site—the Kaaba. Its plans include building the worl...
Thursday, September 15, 2016

A Prayer for Mecca: The City That Many Hajj Pilgrims Don't See (September 9, 2016)

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As the hajj begins once again, Saudi artist Ahmed Mater has revealed unprecedented changes to the holy city – from flashy new hotels to the...
Saturday, September 10, 2016

Iran-Saudi Arabia Feud Impacts Hajj Ritual | DW News

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One and a half million people have gathered in Mecca for the annual Hajj pilgrimage. But this year Iranian pilgrims are not attending. Iran...
Friday, September 09, 2016

Muslims Gather around the Kaaba Shrine during the Hajj in Mecca

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Muslims from across the world have gathered in Mecca in Saudi Arabia for the annual hajj pilgrimage, and visited the Kaaba, Islam's hol...
Monday, September 05, 2016

Iran Urges Muslims to Challenge Saudi Arabia’s Oversight of Holy Sites

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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: The call by Iran’s supreme leader comes days before the start of the annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca DUBAI—Iran’...
Friday, September 02, 2016

Saudi's Lavish Buildings Threaten To Overwhelm Mecca Site

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Triumph or Folly? Mecca's Royal Clock Tower: how Islam's most religious site is becoming a building site for opulent structures
Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Hungary Taunts Merkel over Terror and Says 'Our Problem Is Not in Mecca, But in Brussels'

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EXPRESS: THE BITTER divisions ripping the European Union apart intensified today as Hungary launched an eviscerating attack on Brussels ove...
Thursday, September 24, 2015

Stampede Near Mecca During Hajj Leaves at Least 453 Dead

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THE NEW YORK TIMES: BEIRUT, Lebanon — At least 453 people were killed, and 719 were injured, in a stampede near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Thu...
Friday, September 11, 2015

At Least 65 Killed as Crane Crashes into Mecca's Grand Mosque

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THE TELEGRAPH: Incident comes as hundreds of thousands of Muslims begin to gather in Saudi Arabia's holy city for the annual hajj pilgr...
Wednesday, March 25, 2015

A Sinner in Mecca (Trailer)

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For a gay filmmaker, filming in Saudi Arabia presents two serious challenges: filming is forbidden in the country and homosexuality is puni...
Thursday, July 10, 2014

ISIS Puts Bull’s Eye on Mecca, Medina

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WND: 'Allah wills it' declaration puts fear in other Sunni jihadists WASHINGTON – Now that the Islamic State has issued a declara...
Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Hajj Authorities Vigilant Over Virus Scare

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Health authorities are on alert for anyone suffering from MERS which has already claimed 52 lives in the Kingdom.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Mecca Construction Transforms Holy City

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As thousands of pilgrims pour into city for Hajj amid construction, some think that renovation could jeopardise legacy.
Friday, March 15, 2013

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The Photos Saudi Arabia Doesn't Want Seen – and Proof Islam's Most Holy Relics Are Being Demolished in Mecca THE INDEPENDENT: Arc...
Monday, February 11, 2013

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Five Members of British Family Die in Car Crash on Pilgrimage to Mecca But One-year-old Baby Survives MAIL ONLINE: Baby survived but grandp...
Thursday, October 25, 2012

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Hajj Pilgrims Gather on Mount Arafat Millions of pilgrims gather at Mount Arafat for the annual Hajj, including groups from Syria, who cal...

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