19 Aug 2018
MAKKAH: Malcolm X was an American Muslim minister and human rights activist. To his admirers he was a courageous advocate for the rights of blacks, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans. But his detractors accused him of preaching racism and violence.
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19 Aug 2018
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s Hajj Ministry has put health at the top of its menu with plans to supply more than 2.3 million hygienic meals to pilgrims. The ready-made, sterilized meals come in a range of flavors and will be provided to 15 percent of the pilgrims as part of the ministry’s health and safety program for pilgrims. Hajj Minister Mohammed Salih Bentin told Arab News that
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19 Aug 2018
A pilgrim from Azerbaijan happened on a purse while he was doing tawaf (circumambulation) around the Kaaba. He immediately took it, opened it and started making calls on the mobile number he found in the purse.
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19 Aug 2018
Providing health care to pilgrims coming from all over the world is a prime challenge. Yet Kingdom has been successfully providing health care accessibility around the clock to pilgrims over the years. Many pilgrims, especially elder ones, who come from different climatic conditions, often fall sick once they land here.
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18 Aug 2018
Tents in Mina and Arafat have been made ready for the pilgrims from Qatar who were prevented by their government from coming to Haj.
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