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13 Sep 2016, 10:03 am
The Saudi and Iranian governments had another of their episodic sectarian public spats last week, this time in advance of the hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, which began last Friday. [read post]
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]
23 Aug 2016, 3:09 pm
LAS VEGAS — Daily fantasy sports websites that were shut down in Nevada because they didn’t have gambling licenses want to get back in the game, but officials who set policy for the gambling mecca of Las Vegas weren’t impressed. [read post]
22 Aug 2016, 12:37 pm
Only the great mosques of Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia will be larger. [read post]
18 Aug 2016, 11:27 am
” It is the direction in which Muslims pray toward Mecca and not derived from the word “ka’aba. [read post]
24 Jul 2016, 5:19 pm
They took his approach, the flamboyantly gay conservative, at face value, lapping up his diatribes against political correctness and Islam, especially, and somewhat surreally, his lengthy and graphic jokes about [phrase omitted], especially the one about doing it while facing Mecca (a complete video of his speech can be found here, very much NSFW). [read post]
12 Jul 2016, 5:53 pm
It's the city of Baltimore, a liberal mecca that brooks no police misconduct. [read post]
23 Jun 2016, 1:25 pm
The problem for the House of Saud is that its legitimacy is derived from its custodianship of Mecca and Medina—it needs to appease the clerics, who have unfortunately slid into divisive sectarian rhetoric. [read post]
14 Jun 2016, 12:16 pm
The Journal also explains that Mateen had traveled to Saudi Arabia in both 2011 and 2012 to visit the holy site of Mecca. [read post]
11 May 2016, 5:00 am
Florida with its warm weather and beautiful scenery has always been a Mecca for motorcyclists. [read post]
6 May 2016, 7:31 am
The company is also the scapegoat for a construction accident last year in Mecca. [read post]
5 May 2016, 1:43 pm
” Saudi Arabia also conducted their own counterterrorism operation against Islamic State fighters in Mecca today. [read post]
20 Apr 2016, 11:04 am
California, mecca of the film and media production industries in the U.S., is notorious for outlawing non-compete agreements. [read post]
20 Apr 2016, 8:11 am
California, mecca of the film and media production industries in the U.S., is notorious for outlawing non-compete agreements. [read post]
29 Mar 2016, 1:01 am
And as ruler of Mecca and Medina, the two holiest cities of Islam, he was able to act as a counter weight to the Sultan’s call for jihad against the infidels. [read post]
16 Mar 2016, 10:37 am
Delaware, a state often considered an incorporation “mecca” with its favorable tax laws, preeminent business court and unified body of corporate law, has recently enacted a controversial statute that may call the state’s corporation-friendly reputation into question. [read post]
16 Mar 2016, 10:37 am
Delaware, a state often considered an incorporation “mecca” with its favorable tax laws, preeminent business court and unified body of corporate law, has recently enacted a controversial statute that may call the state’s corporation-friendly reputation into question. [read post]
25 Feb 2016, 8:07 pm
The Wailing Wall in Jerusalem allows men and women to worship only separately; non-Muslims cannot visit the holy sites of Mecca and Medina; women are completely barred from entry into the sanctum sanctorum of the Haji Ali Dargah; Mormon churches often deny entry to homosexual couples. [read post]
18 Feb 2016, 12:01 am
The British were aided by the Hashemite tribe of Arabs from Mecca, who conquered most of the Arabian Peninsula (but not Medina). [read post]
4 Feb 2016, 12:35 pm
Each person on his own must strive to have his good works and pilgrimages to Mecca hopefully outweigh his failings, in order to receive forgiveness from Allah and admission into Paradise.In recent years, the growth of Christianity in Egypt has far outpaced the growth of Islam. [read post]
