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Yahoo! News Search Results for Hajj or Pilgrimage Nigeria: Hajj 2008 - Taking a Cue From Jigawa (AllAfrica.com) The performance of the Jigawa State contigent at the 2008 pilgrimage to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has proved beyond reasonable doubt that the hajj can actually be a hitch-free event. Crowded hajj also an intense personal experience (Seattle Times) Like most Muslims, I had been preparing my entire life to one day embark on the hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca, that is one of the five Pillars of Islam. Yet when my wife and I set off to Saudi Arabia the first week of December, I could not have imagined what an intensely spiritual journey it would be. Nigeria: Hajj - Last Batch of Pilgrims Returns (AllAfrica.com) Lagos — The last batch of Nigerian pilgrims to Saudi Arabia were billed to arrive the country by 2 am today. Nigeria: Hajj 2008 - Taking a Cue From Jigawa (AllAfrica.com) Jigawa State is once again the envy of many states as far as efficient hajj organisation is concerned. Nigeria: Unending Plight of Pilgrims (AllAfrica.com) The recurring issue of the welfare of Nigerians on pilgrimage to Mecca, Islam's holiest city, in Saudi Arabia, came to the fore again on Saturday, December 20, when Nigerian pilgrims demonstrated to register their displeasure with the authorities' shoddy preparation for the hajj. City gov’t introduces goat raising as alternative source of income By Danny O. Calleja (Philippine News Agency) SORSOGON CITY, Jan. 7 (PNA) -- From pigs, livestock raisers here are shifting to goats following encouragements from the city government that assured the profitability of the later compared to the former given the high cost of commercial hog feeds. For Area Muslims, Hajj Journey Leads To Spiritual Growth (The Suncoast News Pasco) Two area physicians, Dr. Abdur Rahim and Dr. Hayath Javeed, credit the Hajj, the pilgrimage to the holiest place of Islam, with deepening their spiritual lives. Nigeria: Citizens Spend N35 Billion On Pilgrimages (AllAfrica.com) IN fulfilment of religious obligations, Nigerians spent a total N34.63 billion in 2008 on pilgrimages to holy sites in Saudi Arabia and Israel, especially Mecca and Jerusalem. Independent, Tajiks Revel in Their Faith (New York Times) Muslims in Tajikistan are now able to express their faith after years of Soviet rule in which any public expression of religion was banned and harshly punished. Resurgence of Islam in Tajikistan celebrated by many (International Herald Tribune) When Tajikistan was part of the Soviet Union, religion was banned; now, expressions of faith are flowering. |
