White House : President Obama on TG day to world's Muslims

Below is the White House transcript of President Obama's message to Muslims for Hajj on our Thanksgiving holiday: To see VIDEO go here. "Michele and  I would like to send our best wishes to all those...

Hajj pilgrimage

"The Hajj is one of the pillars of Islam, which every adult Muslim must undertake at least once in their life if they can afford it and are physically able. Some rituals take place in Mecca's Great Mosque."

Saudi Security Tight as Three Million Pilgrims Join Hajj (Updated)

The annual Hajj is underway, in which Muslims make the pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca. This year, it runs from December 7-11.Update: The crowd is bigger than expected, with up to three million people...

Vice President leaves Jakarta for Mecca

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Vice President Jusuf Kalla left for Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to perform `umrah` (minor hajj ritual) and to witness the Kabah washing procession in Mecca. The vice president left for Saudi Arabia from Soekarno-Hatta international airport in Cengkareng,...

Some 312 Indonesians die in Saudi during hajj pilgrimage

Mecca (ANTARA News) - A total of 312 Indonesians have died in Saudi Arabia up to Monday (Dec. 31) during this year`s hajj pilgrimage, according to data from the Indonesian hajj information center. Currently, 33 Indonesian hajj pilgrims were being hospitalized in Saudi Arabia,...

Saudi plans monorail for Muslim holy places: report

Riyadh (ANTARA News) - Saudi Arabia is planning a five billion dollar monorail network to transport millions of pilgrims around the Muslim holy sites during the annual hajj pilgrimage, a Saudi daily reported on Monday. The oil-rich desert kingdom is to carry out a feasibility...

Atlanta Air carriying hajj pilgrims has engine trouble

Medan, N Sumatra (ANTARA News) - The Air Atlanta plane leased by Garuda Indonesia to fly hundreds of Hajj pilgrims from Medan, capital of North Sumatra province, ran into engine trouble here Tuesday. Information from reliable sources said here the Boeing 747-300, which was...

Preparation for hajj pilgrimage completed, VP says

"Organizing hajj pilgrimage is actually an ordinary activity which has taken place for the past ten years, the vice president said, adding that however, the Indonesian government`s portion in organizing hajj...

Muslim pilgrims urged to complain [when traveling]

"American Muslims making a religious pilgrimage to Mecca are being encouraged to file civil rights complaints if they feel discriminated against by airlines. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR),...

From The Nile To The Euphrates

Land promised by God? It's about 1000 miles across.  

Eretz Yisrael Hashleimah

Land promised by God? It's about 1000 miles across.  

Anybody Interesting?

Anybody interesting, like the C.I.A.?, or the Secret Service?, or Giuliani?

The Injection Of The Chemical Ingredients Into The Steel

"An experiment could be done to test if high explosives or a *long-burning fire* could reproduce the observed corrosive destruction of the steel. A real investigation, as opposed to a whitewash investigation, would do this. Actually, if you think about it, a long-burning fire...

Eleven Questions For The Eleventh

This question caught my attention: How did molten metal get under 7?

Unanswered Questions

"We then clarified the role of the *spin*: Give the public enough plausible-sounding information to keep our limited attention span moving past the point of contention until we no longer care."

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