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  1. Hajj pilgrims pray at desert mountain after heavy rains kill 77 in Saudi ArabiaRead the original story w/Photo

    4 min ago | The Chronicle-Journal

    ... their rituals in the desert plateau of Mount Arafat, about 12 miles (20 kilometres) east of Mecca. The site is where Islam's Prophet Muhammad delivered his farewell sermon. The huge crowds of faithful climbed up the Mountain of Mercy, a rocky hill ...

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  2. Two million Muslims prepare to stone devil at hajjRead the original story

    11 min ago | Montreal Gazette

    ... Mecca and that Prophet Mohammad established as a pilgrim route 14 centuries ago after removing pagan idols from Mecca. Islam is now embraced by a quarter of the world's population. Wednesday's rainfall, the heaviest the desert country has seen in ...

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  3. Saudi floods kill 77 peopleRead the original story

    11 min ago | The Age

    ... sun as they conducted their rituals in the desert plateau of Mount Arafat, about 20km east of Mecca. The site is where Islam's Prophet Muhammad delivered his farewell sermon. The huge crowds of faithful climbed up the Mountain of Mercy, a rocky hill ...

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  4. Swine flu and floods threaten pilgrimsRead the original story

    1 hr ago | The New Zealand Herald

    Muslim pilgrims circled Islam's holiest site yesterday in their traditional white robes, with a few additions - umbrellas and facemasks - as the opening of the annual Hajj was complicated by torrential rains and fears of swine flu.

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  5. Imam of Rifqa Bary's Ohio mosque led Hajj trip with Nidal Hasan's jihadist imamRead the original story w/Photo

    1 hr ago | Free Republic

    ... imam, led a Hajj trip together in 2002. Yet we are told that Rifqa Bary won't be in any danger, as a convert from Islam to Christianity, if she is returned to her father, who attends this mosque and who she says threatened to kill her. The willful ...

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  6. Thousands of American Muslims Travel to Saudi for HajjRead the original story w/Photo

    1 hr ago | Voice of America

    One of a Muslim's duties, according to the five pillars of Islam, is to make a pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca at least once during his or her lifetime.

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  7. Major Nidal Hasan had an enablerRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | Macleans

    ... the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, he was reprimanded for trying to persuade patients to convert to Islam and fellow pupils objected to his constant "anti-American propaganda," but, as the Associated Press reported, "a fear of ...

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  8. Islam stresses to respect each other: Mufti-e-AzamRead the original story w/Photo

    2 hrs ago | The Nation

    The Mufti-e-Azam Saudi Arab Sheikh Abdul Aziz in his sermon said on Thursday that Islam stresses respecting and helping each other and being kind to one another as Islam is a religion of compassion and respect, report said.

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  9. Rains soak pilgrims at hajjRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | Telegraph Herald

    ... walk on flooded streets during heavy rains in Mina near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday. The heaviest rainstorms to hit Islam's annual hajj in years soaked pilgrims and flooded the road into Mecca and Jiddah, snarling traffic as millions of Muslims ...

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  10. Experts: Catholic church covered up child abuseRead the original story w/Photo

    2 hrs ago | MSNBC News

    ... make Hajj pilgrimage Nov. 24: Health and security precautions are in place in Mecca as millions of Muslims descend on Islam's holiest city for the annual Hajj pilgrimage. Msnbc.com's Dara Brown reports. updated Nov. 26, 2009 DUBLIN - The Roman ...

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  11. Hajj pilgrims not among those killed in rainRead the original story w/Photo

    2 hrs ago | CNN Money

    ... was not immediately known whether any of them were participants in the annual event. The Hajj -- the fifth pillar of Islam -- requires devotees to journey to Mecca at least once in their lives. The Hajj began Wednesday, and pilgrims were ...

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  12. Iran pilgrims stage hajj protestRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | The Age

    ... i Muslim Saudi Arabia would mistreat the 65,000 mainly Shiite Iranian pilgrims. The hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam, and must be undertaken by every able-bodied Muslim who can afford it.

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  13. Eid brings no cheers for 5 lakh in 2 distsRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | The Daily Star

    ... Kabodak to merely water pockets at places, said Tapan Kumar Saha, chairman of Joynagar union parishad (UP) and Anwarul Islam, chairman of Deara UP in Kalaroa upazila. A correspondent reports from Benapole: About two lakh people living in 120 ...

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  14. Obama Makes Special Hajj Message to MuslimsRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | Pravda

    ... y falls on the same evening as the Muslim Eid-ul-Adha . This can be seen as an occasion to reflect on the place of Islam in American collective consciousness and on Muslims as Americans. 07:57 11/26/2009 / Society 05:42 11/26/2009 / Society / Showbiz

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  15. Eid MubarakRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | The Daily Star

    ... holy pilgrimage of Hajj. The religious sanctity of the occasion thus acquires even greater substance and meaning; and Islam calls upon all Muslims to share in the joy which comes of sacrifice. A mere consuming of food is far from the thoughts of a ...

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  16. Online VoicesRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | The Daily Star

    ... only in Dhaka but in all other cities and towns. I would urge the authorities not to scrap this system again. Shafiqul Islam How long did the Bangladesh government advertise regarding the traffic rule change on local TV, radio and also through other ...

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  17. U.S. Dollar Declines to Its 14-year Low against YenRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | Pravda

    ... y falls on the same evening as the Muslim Eid-ul-Adha . This can be seen as an occasion to reflect on the place of Islam in American collective consciousness and on Muslims as Americans. 07:57 11/26/2009 / Society 05:42 11/26/2009 / Society / Showbiz

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  18. The message of Eid-ul-AzhaRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | The Daily Star

    ... for immoderate gluttony. It is a solemn, sacred festival which enables a person to enjoy, in the right spirit of Islam, through Azha, sacrifice and surrender, resignation and renunciation, selflessness and total submission to the Will of God. ...

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  19. Jayare2009Read the original story

    3 hrs ago | MLive.com

    ... problem in these situations. The response of these so-called Muslim leaders demonstrates one of the core problems with Islam. Being Muslim is more important then the truth. The fact this nut-job engaged in a shot out with the FBI gives credence to ...

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  20. Muslim pilgrims get respite from rainRead the original story w/Photo

    4 hrs ago | MSNBC

    ... make Hajj pilgrimage Nov. 24: Health and security precautions are in place in Mecca as millions of Muslims descend on Islam's holiest city for the annual Hajj pilgrimage. Msnbc.com's Dara Brown reports. msnbc.com Mideast/North Africa videoA A A A ...

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