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Heat advisory: 10 ways the record heat is changing us—some small, some horrifying.
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Heat advisory: 10 ways the record heat is changing us—some small, some horrifying.

Slate  

You’re not just imagining it. What researchers are doing is like “when you take a person’s temperature to see if they have a fever,” said David Easterling, a scientist at NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center. “The heat and high temps are the final push they need.” Most people find out about it through word of mouth—that’s how I learned it …

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Muslim pilgrims resume symbolic stoning of the devil as they wrap up Hajj pilgrimage in deadly heat
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Muslim pilgrims resume symbolic stoning of the devil as they wrap up Hajj pilgrimage in deadly heat

Associated Press  

MINA, Saudi Arabia — Muslim pilgrims used the early morning hours Monday to perform the second day of the symbolic stoning of the devil, hoping to escape the noontime summer heat that caused heatstroke and sunburns among thousands wrapping up the Hajj pilgrimage. The pilgrims collected the pebbles, which they have used in the symbolic stoning of pillars, from Muzdalifa, …

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Millions start Hajj in shadow of Israel’s war on Gaza
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Millions start Hajj in shadow of Israel’s war on Gaza

Al Jazeera  

Rituals expected to draw more than two million pilgrims this year, praying for peace in Gaza, Yemen and Sudan. More than 1.5 million Muslim pilgrims have gathered in Saudi Arabia’s Mecca for the start of Hajj, taking place this year against the harrowing backdrop of Israel’s continued onslaught on the Gaza Strip. The annual pilgrimage began on Friday with crowds …

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Service Tax Not Chargeable On Tour Services For Carrying Out Hajj Pilgrimage In Saudi Arabia By Indian Pilgrims: CESTAT
1 year, 4 months ago

Service Tax Not Chargeable On Tour Services For Carrying Out Hajj Pilgrimage In Saudi Arabia By Indian Pilgrims: CESTAT

Live Law  

The Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal has held that service tax is not chargeable on tour services for carrying out the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia by Indian Pilgrims.The bench of Rachna Gupta and P.V. The Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal has held that service tax is not …

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‘Largest Hajj pilgrimage in history’ begins in Saudi Arabia
1 year, 6 months ago

‘Largest Hajj pilgrimage in history’ begins in Saudi Arabia

Al Jazeera  

The number of pilgrims this year is expected to break records at more than 2.5 million. The pilgrimage of Hajj has begun as crowds of Muslims donning white robes circle the Kaaba, the cubed structure at the epicentre of Islam’s holiest site, their prayers ringing through the air. The annual pilgrimage began on Sunday in Mecca, Saudi Arabia with the …

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Ambitious Saudi plans to ramp up Hajj could face challenges from climate change
1 year, 6 months ago

Ambitious Saudi plans to ramp up Hajj could face challenges from climate change

Associated Press  

MECCA, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia has ambitious plans to welcome millions more pilgrims to Islam’s holiest sites. Under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s wide-ranging plan to overhaul the kingdom’s economy, known as Vision 2030, 30 million pilgrims would take part in the Hajj and Umrah — a smaller, year-round pilgrimage. A 2019 study by experts at the Massachusetts Institute …

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Israel discussing possible direct Hajj flights to Saudi Arabia
1 year, 8 months ago

Israel discussing possible direct Hajj flights to Saudi Arabia

Al Jazeera  

Israel’s foreign minister says request submitted and “issue is under discussion”. Israel has expressed hope that authorities in Saudi Arabia would allow direct flights for its Muslim citizens who want to make the Hajj pilgrimage, which takes place next month. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s predecessor, Yair Lapid, said in March that as prime minister in 2022, he had gotten …

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A look back at historical events that took place on 12 January
1 year, 11 months ago

A look back at historical events that took place on 12 January

Firstpost  

Since the beginning of human civilisation each day on the calendar has witnessed the happening of one of the other historical events. Similarly, 12 January has also experienced a varied variety of historical events taking place. From the beginning of the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879 to American entrepreneur, media proprietor, investor, and commercial astronaut Jeff Bezos being born in 1964, …

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Muslim pilgrims offer prayers of repentance at Mount Arafat as hajj reaches climax
2 years, 6 months ago

Muslim pilgrims offer prayers of repentance at Mount Arafat as hajj reaches climax

Firstpost  

Muslims believe prayer on this day at Mount Arafat, about 20 kilometres east of the holy city of Mecca, is their best chance at salvation and spiritual renewal Mount Arafat, Saudi Arabia: Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims from around the world raised their hands to heaven and offered prayers of repentance on the sacred hill of Mount Arafat in …

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Very different, symbolic hajj in Saudi Arabia amid virus
4 years, 5 months ago

Very different, symbolic hajj in Saudi Arabia amid virus

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Muslim pilgrims, donning face masks and moving in small groups after days in isolation, began arriving at Islam’s holiest site in Mecca on Wednesday for the start of a historically unique and scaled-down hajj experience reshaped by the coronavirus pandemic. “They have taken every possible precaution.” For the first time in Saudi history, the government …

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The hajj can't go back to the size it was before COVID-19.
55 years ago

The hajj can't go back to the size it was before COVID-19.

Slate  

Slate is making its essential coronavirus coverage free for all readers. “This is something infectious disease experts talk about pretty much every year,” says Zahra Jamal, associate director of Rice University’s Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance. She says that although the decision to severely limit the hajj this year over COVID-19 concerns is the correct one, gathering in the millions …

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