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3 Feb 2016, 7:41 am
This evolution in the Qu'ran corresponded with the Mohammed's move from Mecca, where he had lived in accordance with treaties he had made with Jewish tribes, to Medina, where he spent much of the last ten years of his life at war with both fellow Arabs and Jews, and in robbing caravans for their riches.Another unique principle espoused in the Qu'ran is that of "deception", or taqqiyah. [read post]
24 Jan 2016, 7:06 am
More recently, in this past September, a stampede during the annual hajj in Mecca killed over 2,200 pilgrims, including more than 450 Iranians. [read post]
14 Jan 2016, 1:59 pm
But (not surprisingly, for regular readers of our posts) our most memorable afternoon was spent in that mecca of popular culture, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. [read post]
11 Jan 2016, 1:47 pm
Despite traveling to Mecca, and possibly Saudi Arabia in 2011 and Egypt in 2012, Archer's brother, Shane, believes the shooting was more closely related to "police mistreatment of black men" than religion. [read post]
29 Dec 2015, 9:40 am
Pamela Geller Was Born in Mecca we are Denied Haj to Mecca our 5 pillars. [read post]
22 Dec 2015, 9:44 am
The following is a guest post by George Sadek, a senior legal research analyst at the Law Library of Congress. [read post]
10 Dec 2015, 6:39 am
There is, in fact, one more crush, in 1896, and it was larger than the 1990 Mecca stampede: the Khodynka Tragedy, which killed 1389:Nicholas II was crowned Tsar of Russia on 26 May 1896. [read post]
3 Dec 2015, 10:25 am
From CNN:Authorities later found thousands more rounds of ammunition at the couple's residence, 12 pipe bombs and hundreds of tools that "could be used to construct IEDs or pipe bombs," the [San Bernardino Police Chief] said....Syed Rizwan Farook... was apparently radicalized and in touch with people being investigated by the FBI for international terrorism, law enforcement officials said Thursday....Farook traveled to Saudi Arabia for several weeks in 2013 on the Hajj, the annual… [read post]
28 Nov 2015, 11:00 am
Mecca fue arrestado en el año 2013 y fue acusado de posesión con intención de distribuir marihuana. [read post]
13 Nov 2015, 9:09 am
Long a cultural melting pot and mecca for hippies, surfers, tourists, bohemians, tree-huggers, and environmentalists of all stripes, the City of Santa Cruz – nestled between the deep blue Pacific and the deep green Santa Cruz Mountains – unsurprisingly has a long and proud history of local legal protection for its “urban forest. [read post]
11 Nov 2015, 2:41 am
Antonin Scalia also tested the limits of Luis’s rule, describing a scenario in which a defendant is “a devout Muslim” who “makes an annual trip to Mecca every year. [read post]
5 Nov 2015, 6:30 am
Branson is a country music mecca, the home of Kanakuk Ministries, the College of the Ozarks, Silver Dollar City and, our favorite place to stay in Branson ... the Old Southern Inn owned by our Uncle Joe and Aunt Carol. [read post]
1 Nov 2015, 1:50 pm
” The 1985 Campaign for Houston sponsored advertisements in which local allergist Steven Hotze warned that the city would “become a homosexual mecca if we permit laws that encourage more homosexuals to settle here, increasing the threat to your health…. [read post]
31 Oct 2015, 1:20 pm
The Muslim hajj – the mass pilgrimage to Mecca – is tied to the lunar calendar, raising the possibility that it may fall during the summer, when risks of hyperthermia would be greatest. [read post]
27 Oct 2015, 2:30 pm
Editor’s Note: The drone program remains controversial, and critics regularly blast it for creating more terrorists than it kills. [read post]
21 Oct 2015, 2:00 pm
The six-page letter that was written after Malcolm X’s famous journey to Mecca... [read post]
20 Oct 2015, 4:10 am
AP reported yesterday that its research shows the death toll from the Sept. 24 crush of mobs outside Mecca during this year's Hajj (see prior posting) has now risen to at least 2,121. [read post]
13 Oct 2015, 10:15 am
He started by going on pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina, got bit by the travel bug. [read post]
4 Oct 2015, 9:09 pm
He fought a long war with the Quaraysh, his fellow tribesmen in Mecca, which ended only when they surrendered and converted.When Islam began, the two great powers of that part of the world were the Persian Sassanid empire and the Byzantine empire. [read post]
28 Sep 2015, 11:25 am
On Friday, President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping announced an agreement to cease certain forms of economic espionage via cyberattack. [read post]
