Showing posts with label Hajj. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hajj. Show all posts
Sunday, June 23, 2024

Illegal Hajj Pilgrims Contributes to Large Death Toll; Countries Take Actions Against Tour Companies and Pilgrims

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 According to CNN , Saudi Arabia says that 1301 people died while on the recently-completed Hajj where temperatures soared as high as 120 de...
Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Bidens Send Eid Greetings

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Today is Eid al-Adha. Yesterday President and Mrs. Biden issued a statement ( full text ) sending greetings to those celebrating the holiday...
Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Hajj Begins Tomorrow-- Scaled Down In Response To Pandemic

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The Hajj begins tomorrow in Saudi Arabia, in a scaled down fashion because of the COVID-19 pandemic.  AP and Andoula Agency both report on...
Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Saudi Arabia Limits Hajj To Residents To Limit COVID Spread

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Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Hajj and Umrah announced on Monday that because of COVID-19 the Hajj this year will be extremely limited, say...
Saturday, August 10, 2019

Hajj Is Underway In Saudi Arabia

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As reported by Time , in Saudi Arabia yesterday (Friday, Aug. 9) more than 2 million Muslims gathered at Mecca to begin the Hajj. The Conver...
Monday, June 19, 2017

Pakistan Court Upholds Reduction In Private Operators' Hajj Quotas

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Again this year in Pakistan, Hajj quotas have become the subject of litigation.  In Hajj Organizers Association of Pakistan v. Federation of...
Tuesday, March 14, 2017

7th Circuit Upholds Enhanced Sentence For Hajj Fraud Defendant

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In United States v. Minhas ,  (7th Cir., March 10, 2017), the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the 114 month prison sentence imposed...
Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Pakistan Supreme Court Takes Action Against Fraudulent Hajj Tour Operators

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In Hussain v. State ,  (Pakistan Sup. Ct., Feb. 27, 2017), the Supreme Court of Pakistan denied bail to defendants charged with defrauding a...
Saturday, January 28, 2017

Pakistani Court Sentences Last of Hajj Corruption Defendants

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In Pakistan yesterday, a special court sentenced the last of 4 defendants in the 2010 Hajj corruption case to 30 years in prison and a fine ...
Monday, September 05, 2016

Iran's Supreme Leader Questions Saudi Control of Hajj

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According to today's Jerusalem Post , Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has questioned Saudi Arabia's continued contr...
Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Iran Will Boycott This Year's Hajj

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Reflecting continuing tension between the two countries, on Sunday Iran announced that it will not allow its citizens to travel to Saudi Ara...
Friday, May 13, 2016

Saudis, Iran At Odds Over Hajj Arrangements This Year

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AlJazeera reported yesterday that Iranian Muslims may miss out on the Hajj this September because Iran and Saudi Arabia have been unable to...
Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Bangladesh Arrests Facebook Critic of Hajj Deaths On Charges Of Insulting Islam

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Last week, the free speech advocacy group Article 19 called attention to the September 26 arrest in Bangladesh of Mohon Kumar Mondal, the l...
Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Death Count From Hajj Stampede Now Believed To Be Over 2,100

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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 ...
Sunday, September 27, 2015

Iran Says It Will Sue Saudis Over Hajj Deaths

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According to the Straits Times , Iran's Attorney-General Ibrahim Raeesi yesterday said that his country will file a lawsuit in internati...
Thursday, September 24, 2015

Over 700 Killed In Hajj Crush of Pilgrims

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Reuters reports that at least 717 Hajj pilgrims were killed and 805 others injured in a stampede outside Mecca today.  The crush occurred w...
Sunday, September 13, 2015

Crane Collapse Kills 107 At Mecca's Grand Mosque As Hajj Approaches

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According to CNN , yesterday in Mecca, ten days before the beginning of the Hajj, a powerful storm caused a construction crane to collapse t...
Monday, August 31, 2015

US and Saudis Furnish Hajj Travel Information To Americans

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The Hajj will take place this year approximately from Sept. 21 - 26. The U.S. State Department has posted a Hajj Fact Sheet  on its website....
Friday, December 19, 2014

Chicago Travel Agent Charged With Mail Fraud In Hajj Visa Misrepresentations

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The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois yesterday announced  the arrest on mail fraud charges of Chicago travel...
Wednesday, October 08, 2014

Bangladeshi Cabinet Minister Fired Over Anti-Hajj Remarks

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In Bangladesh last week, the ruling Awami League party dismissed Post and Telecommunication Minister Abdul Latif Siddique from the cabinet a...