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5 Sep 2016, 6:35 am
Last year over 2000 pilgrims, many of them Iranians, died in a crush of crowds outside Mecca. [read post]
17 Jun 2015, 4:20 am
The dawn to dusk fast that begins tomorrow morning is particularly difficult in northern Europe and North America because the holy period based on the lunar calendar falls this year during the long days of summer.The International Business Times reports that Muslim clerics in Britain differ on whether Muslims in Europe can use the fasting hours for Mecca-- 12 to 13 hours per day-- instead of the longer 18 hours that are involved by using actual sunrise and sunset in northern… [read post]
28 Jul 2020, 4:00 am
According to AP:This year, pilgrims must wear face masks and will only be able to drink holy water from the Zamzam well in Mecca that has been pre-packaged in plastic bottles. [read post]
4 Nov 2014, 1:06 pm
This city is also becoming a beer mecca with breweries and well-researched tap lists on every block. [read post]
16 Jul 2015, 7:10 pm
Charlotte is a banking hub, Manhattan a financial center, Boston an education mecca. [read post]
14 Feb 2013, 12:22 pm
Nine minutes past the hour, and the session resumes with some bickering about delays. [read post]
8 Feb 2007, 5:51 am
Florida is, as often described, a Mecca for retirees. [read post]
26 Mar 2009, 12:14 pm
It still enjoys a modest amount of cachet from the 1990s, when obscure, but not too-obscure, residents like the members of Sonic Youth made the city a mecca for hipsters. [read post]
21 Nov 2013, 10:02 am
Donn Zaretsky goes through the judges opinion on the 5Pointz ‘graffiti mecca’ conflict. [read post]
3 Jun 2008, 6:46 am
Deadly gang violence transformed MacArthur Park from a mecca to a menace. [read post]
18 Aug 2021, 10:18 am
It is fitting that Las Vegas is a major mecca of gambling, given that, next week, several hundred people will take a gamble on their safety to attend the physical portion of the first-ever hybrid ILTACON, the annual conference of the International Legal Technology Association. [read post]
15 Aug 2012, 8:11 am
Nothing arduous like hiking to Jerusalem or Mecca. [read post]
9 May 2009, 5:05 pm
Apparently, New York City -- the nation's "liberal" mecca -- has begun enforcing a previously unenforced 1997 law which allows the city to extract rental payments from folks who live in homeless shelters once they obtain employment. [read post]
21 Oct 2013, 10:54 am
On October 10, 2013, a group of 17 graffiti artists, who operate 5Pointz, a “graffiti Mecca” in Long Island City, NY where aerosol artists from around the globe paint colorful pieces on the walls, filed a 39-page Complaint in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York against real estate developer G&M Realty LP. [read post]
31 Oct 2013, 8:08 pm
And, on the subject of graffiti art, another interesting recent art law story is the VARA lawsuit brought by a group of artists to block the destruction of 5Pointz, "the graffiti mecca in Long Island City." [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]
23 Feb 2019, 7:32 am
Today’s post—our eleventh—in recognition, honor, and celebration of Black History Month, is a comparatively short reading guide for Malcolm X (May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965), né Malcolm Little, and after his pilgrimage (hajj) to Mecca, also known as Malik el-Shabazz. [read post]
30 Aug 2013, 8:35 am
Barcelona is definitely one of the most interesting BMX Meccas in the world, with many street spots where you can ride all day. [read post]
27 Sep 2016, 2:56 pm
Black Mecca: The African Muslims of Harlem. [read post]
21 Jul 2017, 5:06 pm
The court said in part:He argues that many First Amendment freedoms, such as the free exercise of religion, cannot be fully enjoyed without recognizing the right to travel internationally, such as by traveling to Mecca to fulfill the Islamic duty of hajj.... [read post]
