Eid al-Adha

•  Mecca

  Mecca, also spelled Makkah is the holiest meeting site in Islam, closely followed by Medina. The city is modern, cosmopolitan and while being closed to non-Muslims, is nonetheless ethnically diverse. Muslim tradition attributes the beginning of Mecca to Ishmael's descendants. In the 7th century, the Islamic prophet Muhammad proclaimed Islam in the city which was by then an important trading center.

  

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•  Hajj

  The Hajj is the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is currently the largest annual pilgrimage in the world, and is the fifth pillar of Islam, a religious duty that must be carried out at least once in their lifetime by every able-bodied Muslim who can afford to do so. The Hajj is a demonstration of the solidarity of the Muslim people, and their submission to God (Allah in the Arabic language).

  

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•  Khutbah

  Khutbah serves as the primary formal occasion for public preaching in the Islamic tradition. Such sermons occur regularly, as prescribed by the teachings of all legal schools, at the dhuhr (noon) congregation prayer on Friday. In addition, similar sermons are called for on the two festival days.

  

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•  Black Stone

  The Black Stone (called الحجر الأسود al-Hajar-ul-Aswad in Arabic) is a Muslim relic, which according to Islamic tradition dates back to the time of Adam and Eve. Some consider it to be a tektite or a meteorite. It is the eastern cornerstone of the Kaaba, the ancient sacred stone building towards which Muslims pray, in the center of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The Stone is roughly 30 cm (12 in. ) in diameter, and 1.5 metres (5 ft. ) above the ground.

  

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•  Stoning of the Devil

  Stoning of the Devil or stoning of the jamarat is part of the annual Islamic Hajj pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. Muslim pilgrims fling pebbles at three walls called jamarat in the city of Mina just east of Mekkah. It is one of a series of ritual acts that must be performed in the Hajj. Until 2004 the three jamarat were tall pillars.

  

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•  1987 Hajj demonstrations

  

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•  Mount Arafat

  Mount Arafat or Mount Arafah is a granite hill east of Mecca. It is also known as the Mount of Mercy (Jabal ar-Rahmah). The hill is the place Muslims believe the Islamic prophet Muhammad delivered the Farewell Sermon to the Muslims who had accompanied him for the Hajj towards the end of his life. It reaches about 70 m in height. The level area surrounding the hill is called the Plain of Arafat. The term Mount Arafat is sometimes applied to this entire area.

  

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•  Al-Safa and Al-Marwah

  Al-Safa and Al-Marwah (Safa and Marwah) are two small mountains now located in the Masjid al Haram in Makkah, Saudi Arabia between which Muslims travel back and forth seven times during the ritual pilgrimages of Hajj and Umrah.

  

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•  Mut'ah of Hajj

  This is a sub-article of Ihram. "Mut'ah of Hajj" or "hajj al-tamattu" (joy of Hajj), involves relaxation of the ihram between the Umrah and Hajj, including the dress code and other prohibitions.

  

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•  Grand Mosque Seizure

  The Grand Mosque Seizure on November 20, 1979, was an armed attack and takeover by armed Islamic fundamentalist dissidents of the Al-Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the holiest place in Islam. The insurgents declared that the Mahdi, or redeemer of Islam, had arrived in the form of one of the insurgents' leaders, Abdullah Hamid Mohammed Al-Qahtani and called on Muslims to obey him.

  

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•  1001

  1001 was a common year starting on Wednesday in the Julian calendar. It is confirmed that the year 1001 AD was claimed to be the beginning of the 11th century and the second millennium.

  

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•  René Schick Gutiérrez

  

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•  Gott ist mein Konig

  

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•  United States House elections, 1908

  

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•  C10H12N4O3

  

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