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Hajj and Eid ul Adha
News and Resources
Hajj PowerPoint presentation (to download)
by Mamdouh N. Mohamed, a Professor & Dean of Overseas Branches at the American
Open University.
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Hajj Information
Center
Practical and spiritual information.
Hajj
Health Advice
From the UK Department of Health.
In
the Footsteps of the Prophet
Time magazine Hajj photo essay
The Hajj: Islam's
Journey of Faith
CNN In-depth Special Report 2001 with Riz Khan in Mecca.
What
is the Hajj?
BBC News, March 18, 1999
The
Hajj: Pilgrimage to Mecca
The Beliefnet Guide
From Drury
Lane to Makka
Abdal-Hakim Murad recounts the tale of theatrical scene painter, Hedley
Churchward, who in 1910 became the first confirmed British convert to Islam to
make the Hajj pilgrimage.
Women
and Men pray side by side at the Hajj
CNN Special Report
In
pictures: Hajj reaches climax
BBC News, March 4, 2001
In
2002, a Less-Travelled Road to Mecca
Security fears and recession mean fewer Hajj pilgrims this year
Weekly Trust, Kaduna, Nigeria, February 21, 2002
More
than 1 million pilgrims arrive in Saudi ahead of hajj
CNN, March 2, 2001
Hajj
- Pilgrims begin prayers in Mecca
CNN, March 2, 2001
Hajj
pilgrims take to the road
BBC News, March 3, 2001
Hajj
reaches climax
BBC News, March 4, 2001
Hajj
pilgrimage reaches crescendo
CNN, March 4, 2001
Hajj
perils, ancient and modern
BBC News, March 5 2001
In
pictures: Death at the Hajj
Saudi Arabia says 35 people have been crushed to death
during the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca.
BBC News, March 5 2001
An American in Makkah
The Hajj experience of convert Michael Wolfe.
Saudis
take Hajj deaths to heart
BBC News, March 6 2001
Islamic
scholar Michael Wolfe on the Hajj stampede
CNN, March 5, 2001
Hajj
Web Sites
Reviewed by GO.com
Kano
celebrates Eid ul Adha
BBC picture gallery from Northern Nigeria (2002)
Outbreak
threatens Muslim holiday
French Muslims are concerned that the country's reaction to
foot-and-mouth disease will complicate their efforts to celebrate a
major religious holiday next week. Eid al-Adha, the festival that
marks the end of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca
BBC News, 1 March, 2001
Muslim
festival disrupted
The foot-and-mouth outbreak could not have come at a worse
time for the two million Muslims living in the UK.
Melissa Jackson, BBC News, 5 March, 2001
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