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Pilgrims pack Mount Arafat for climax of biggest Covid-era hajj

Mount Arafat (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) - Huge crowds of robed Muslim pilgrims prayed on Saudi Arabia's Mount Arafat on Friday, the climax of the biggest hajj pilgrimage since the pandemic forced drastic cuts in numbers for two years.

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'Sacred duty': Inflation eats into Turkey's Muslim feast

Istanbul (AFP) - With inflation in Turkey galloping, the sheep Gul Er buys every year for the Muslim festival of sacrifice in Istanbul looks agonisingly out of reach.

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Muslim pilgrims pray at Mount Arafat as hajj reaches apex

Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims from around the world raised their hands to heaven and offered prayers of repentance on the sacred hill of Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia on Friday.

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Muslim pilgrims pray at Mount Arafat as hajj reaches apex

Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims from around the world were raising their hands to heaven and offering prayers of repentance on the sacred hill of Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia

The Independent UK

Pilgrims scale Mount Arafat for climax of biggest Covid-era hajj

Mount Arafat (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) - Huge crowds of Muslim pilgrims started praying on Saudi Arabia's Mount Arafat early Friday, the high point of the biggest hajj pilgrimage since the pandemic forced drastic cuts in numbers for two years in a row.

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Israel asks Saudis to let Mecca pilgrims fly in from Tel Aviv

Israel asks Saudi Arabia to admit direct flights from Tel Aviv ahead of US President Joe Biden’s visit to the kingdom.

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Wales appoints Hanan Issa as its first Muslim national poet

The Welsh-Iraqi writer said she plans to make use of her experience ‘sitting with one foot on either shore of different heritages’

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Frustration as Saudi Hajj lottery limits foreign pilgrims returning to Mecca

A million fully vaccinated Muslims from around the world have gathered in the holy city of Mecca for the five-day Hajj. It's a big increase in number since the pandemic upended the annual Saudi event in 2020. While foreign pilgrims have returned, a government-organised lottery system has put a squeeze…

Radio France Internationale

Muslim MP calls out top Tory Mark Spencer to his face over Islamophobia probe

Nusrat Ghani, a former Transport minister spoke out in January, claiming she spoke to a whip who informed her that her “Muslimness was raised as an issue” and that her “Muslim woman minister status was making colleagues feel uncomfortable”

Daily Mirror

Israel asks Saudis to let Mecca pilgrims fly direct from Tel Aviv

Israel's regional cooperation minister said on Thursday that he had asked Saudi Arabia to admit direct flights from Tel Aviv for Muslim pilgrims, pointing to a possible new accommodation by Riyadh ahead of next week's visit by U.S. President Joe Biden.

Reuters

'Worth 100 men': women don colourful robes at guardian-free hajj

Mecca (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) - With her husband back at home in Tunisia and draped in a national flag, Laila al-Qarni urges all Muslim women to attend Saudi Arabia's hajj without a male guardian, after the requirement was shelved last year.

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1 Million Muslims Begin Hajj Pilgrimage

It is a scene that stirs hope - and relief - for Muslims around the world. One million pilgrims from across the globe amassed on Thursday in the holy city of Makkah in Saudi Arabia to perform the initial rites of the Hajj, marking the largest Islamic pilgrimage since the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

A hajj closer to normal: 1 million Muslims begin pilgrimage

One million pilgrims from across the globe are gathering in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia to perform the initial rites of the hajj

The Independent UK

Great-grandson of Muslim ‘pioneer’ uncovers missing piece of Bristol’s history

He wants the portrait of his great-grandfather to be hung in the Bristol Museum

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Muslim mum furious after kids 'fed pork sausages' at school making family sick

Mussrat Bibi says the lunchtime meal served to her children ended up making the full family sick

Newslaundry

Inside the Alt News office after Mohammed Zubair’s arrest

It had seemed a regular Monday evening for Kalim Ahmed, 22, a writer at Alt News, when he reached home after shutting his office in Kolkata on June 27. But then a message from the factchecking platform’s director Nirjhari Sinha popped on his screen, informing him of the arrest of…

The Hindu

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, R.C.P. Singh quit as Ministers as Rajya Sabha term ends

While it is being said that Mr. Naqvi may yet return to the Rajya Sabha as Chairperson and Vice-President of India, government sources said such reports were mere speculation.

The Hindu

Assamese Muslims recognised as a distinct indigenous community

The move distinguishes them from the Bengali-speaking Muslims who migrated from present-day Bangladesh

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Muslim mum's anger after kids 'fed pork sausages' at school making family sick

Mussrat Bibi has now pulled her kids out of the school at Hollyfield Primary School, Birmingham and criticised teachers who 'clearly know' her children can’t eat haram food

Dynamite News

SC declines urgent listing of plea seeking Nupur Sharma's arrest

The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined the urgent listing of a plea seeking directions to the authorities to act and arrest former BJP Spokesperson Nupur Sharma for her alleged remarks against Prophet Mohammad and hurting sentiments of the Muslim community. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Saudi Arabia Expecting 1 Million in Largest Hajj Since Pandemic

One million Muslim pilgrims were converging on Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Makkah on Wednesday for the largest Hajj since the coronavirus pandemic severely curtailed access to one of Islam’s five pillars. Saudi Arabia’s decision to allow some 850,000 Muslims from abroad to make the annual pilgrimage, which begins on…

Wales Online

Muslim mum pulls boys from school which fed them 'pork sausages'

Mussrat Bibi says not only did it go against their religious beliefs but it left her children sick

The Independent UK

Saudi Arabia expecting 1 million in largest hajj since virus

Muslim pilgrims are converging on Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca for the largest hajj since the coronavirus pandemic severely curtailed access to one of Islam’s five pillars

The Independent UK

What is Hajj and why do Muslims go to Makkah?

Muslims from around the world descend upon Makkah for the annual Hajj pilgrimage- here’s all you need to know

The Hindu

When there was space to make a little allowance for the sentiments of others

The cinemas of Old Delhi provide a unique lens through which to recall the tradition of shared living that helped Indian cities find equilibrium after the violence of Partition

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