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By AMJAD PARKAR | ARAB NEWS Published: Nov 16, 2010 00:13 Updated: Nov 16, 2010 00:23 ARAFAT: The Makkah Metro, formally known as the Mashair Railway, handled an estimated 66,000 pilgrims on its first full day of operations, according to railway sources. They added that trains had been transporting Hajis …
Read More »Holy Kaaba gets new kiswa
By BADEA ABU AL-NAJA | ARAB NEWS Published: Nov 16, 2010 00:12 Updated: Nov 16, 2010 00:31 MAKKAH: The Holy Kaaba in Makkah was given a new kiswa, or covering, on Monday morning, a tradition that takes place on Dul Hijjah 9 every year. Officials from the Presidency of the …
Read More »Mina reverberates with ‘Labbaik’
By ARAB NEWS TEAM Published: Nov 14, 2010 23:56 Updated: Nov 15, 2010 00:15 MINA: The valley of Mina, which otherwise remains deserted throughout the year, came alive Sunday as hundreds of thousands of pilgrims poured into the city chanting “Labbaik Allahumma Labbaik” (O God, here I am answering Your …
Read More »Civil Defense puts out tent fire in Arafat
By ARAB NEWS Published: Nov 12, 2010 01:45 Updated: Nov 12, 2010 01:45 MAKKAH: A fire gutted a few tents in Arafat on Thursday, officials said. Firefighters from the Civil Defense put out the fire and there was no loss of life or injuries. “Immediately after the report of the …
Read More »Returning Hajis find Makkah a city transformed
By SIRAJ WAHAB | ARAB NEWS Published: Nov 12, 2010 01:45 Updated: Nov 12, 2010 01:47 MAKKAH: The first thing that strikes you upon entering the holy city from Jeddah is the number of mighty yellow-and red-colored cranes on the skyline from all the ongoing construction projects in Makkah. Where …
Read More »Suspected US missiles kill 6: Pakistan officials
By ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: Nov 11, 2010 18:57 Updated: Nov 11, 2010 18:57 PESHAWAR, Pakistan: American missiles killed six suspected militants as they returned home to Pakistan after attacking a security post across the border in Afghanistan, local intelligence officials said. The strike took place in North Waziristan just around …
Read More »US pilgrims upset over travel delays
By BARBARA FERGUSON | ARAB NEWS Published: Nov 10, 2010 00:31 Updated: Nov 10, 2010 01:02 UPS package containing passports seized by Customs and Border Protection WASHINGTON: American Muslims in the US state of Virginia who were due to leave for Haj missed their flight to Saudi Arabia because customs …
Read More »Kaaba key keeper passes away at 82
By BADEA ABU AL-NAJA | ARAB NEWS Published: Nov 8, 2010 00:38 Updated: Nov 8, 2010 00:38 MAKKAH: Sheikh Abdulaziz Al-Sheibi, the keeper of the Holy Kaaba’s key, passed away Sunday morning. He was 82. His body was buried in the Maalla cemetery after funeral prayers at the Grand Mosque …
Read More »Flights to Indonesia resume after volcano chaos
By AGENCIES Published: Nov 8, 2010 19:20 Updated: Nov 8, 2010 21:12 YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia: International flights to Jakarta returned to normal Monday after ash clouds from Indonesia’s most active volcano caused a weekend of travel chaos ahead of a visit by US President Barack Obama. The toll from a series …
Read More »Expats running fake Haj service office detained
By MUHAMMAD AL-SULAMI | ARAB NEWS Published: Nov 8, 2010 23:22 Updated: Nov 8, 2010 23:22 JEDDAH: Security officers in Tabuk have arrested a gang of foreigners who were operating a fake Haj service office in the city to swindle money from people intending to perform Haj this year. The …
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