2,521,000 million pilgrims participated in Hajj 1430

Prince Khalid Al-Faisal, Governor of Makkah and Chairman of the Hajj Central Committee, declared at a press conference in Mina 2,521,000 million pilgrims participated in this year’s Hajj, including 154,000 domestic and 1,613,000 foreign pilgrims. The governor added that an…

the Hajj and Eid al-Adha 2009 in pictures and words

Today, November 30th, marks the end of 2009′s Hajj and Eid al-Adha, the Muslim “Festival of Sacrifice”, commemorating the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son to God.

Muslims around the world will celebrate by slaughtering animals to…

Swiss minaret ban – a tragic and deplorable development

The Muslim Council of Britain views the results of the referendum on the banning of minarets in Switzerland as a tragic and deplorable development.

The Swiss system of putting such decisions to the people in a referendum is laudable in…

the New MAB President Wishes you All a Warm Eid

Dear MAB members; Assalamu alaikum warahmatu Allah wa barakatuh;

Gratify to Allah the Lord of the Universe and peace be upon our Prophet Mohammed the most honourable of the messengers

In this fruitful occasion, the blessed…

Blackwater’s Secret War in Pakistan

by JEREMY SCAHILL: At a covert forward operating base run by the US Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, members of an elite division of Blackwater are at the center of a secret program…

What is Eid al-Adha?

At the end of the Hajj (annual pilgrimage to Mecca), Muslims throughout the world celebrate the holiday of Eid al-Adha (Festival of Sacrifice).

What does Eid al-Adha commemorate?

During the Hajj, Muslims remember and commemorate the trials and triumphs of…

Zionist propaganda body seeks volunteers to distort Wikipedia input on Middle East

by Khalid Amayreh: A Zionist hasbara (propaganda) body based in North America is trying to recruit “volunteers” whose main job is to distort the input of the internet’s most visited websites in Israel’s favor.

Propaganda efforts are reportedly focused…

Four Due To Face Terrorism Charges

Four men are due to appear in court charged with terrorism offences following counter-terror raids.

Officers from the North West Counter Terrorism Unit detained the men earlier this week in what was described as a “low key operation”.

Israr Malik,…

Man in ‘coma’ for 23 years was awake all along

A man presumed to have been in a deep coma for 23 years has spoken of his “second birth” after doctors realised that he had been fully conscious all along but unable to communicate.

Rom Houben, 46, was paralysed in…

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