Hajj & Umra

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United States Reports Improved Air Defenses in Iraq

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iraq has sharply improved its air defenses since U.S. and British warplanes pounded its anti-aircraft network in February, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Friday. Rumsfeld told a Pentagon news conference the Iraqi military continued to install fiber-optic communications cables, boosting its potential to shoot down Western.. More

1323 09/04/2001
Macedonian Peace Talks Resume

OHRID, Macedonia (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Ethnic Albanian fighters clashed with government forces, seizing more territory and controlling a key road as negotiators tried Friday to bridge differences between majority Macedonians and ethnic Albanians over a peace deal. The Albanian fighters were said to have launched fourteen armed attacks overnight.. More

1324 09/04/2001
Sinn Fein Disparages Peace Plan

CASTLEBELLINGHAM, Ireland (AP) - With dissident violence on the rise and deadlines looming, Sinn Fein insisted Friday it felt no pressure to deliver Irish Republican Army disarmament, which must start soon to save Northern Ireland's power-sharing administration.Following a lengthy strategy session, leaders of the IRA-linked party said British plans.. More

1325 09/04/2001
Argentina Wins Quicker Aid, but No Sign of New Cash

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Reuters) - Argentina on Friday clinched key International Monetary Fund support for faster aid payments to help it fend off fears of impending debt default, but there was no sign of new cash on the horizon. Visiting U.S. Treasury official John Taylor said only that talks with the Argentine government had been ``fruitful and.. More

1326 09/04/2001
Bosnian Serb Convicted of Genocide

THE HAGUE (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Former Bosnian erb general Radislav Krstic was jailed on Thursday for the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of thousands of Muslim men and boys -- the first person convicted of genocide by the Hague war crimes court.Krstic, 53, was sentenced to 46 years in prison -- the court's harshest penalty yet -- for the grisly mass.. More

1313 09/04/2001
Macedonian peace talks resume

SKOPJE, (Islamweb & News Agencies) -Peace talks aimed at ending Macedonia's six-month conflict were set to resume Friday amid uncertainty after hardline threats which threatened to undermine the progress made so far. Leaders of the four main Macedonian Slav and ethnic Albanian parties were to resume their negotiations in the southwestern town of Ohrid.. More

1314 09/04/2001
UN's Annan urges reinforcement of fight against traffic in small arms

UNITED NATIONS, (AFP) -Governments should establish legally binding rules against the illegal trade in small arms to build on agreements made at a UN conference last month on the subject, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said Thursday.(Read photo caption below). Of the more than 1,000 people killed daily by small arms, so-named because they are weapons.. More

1315 09/04/2001
Floods, Landslides Kill 60 on Indonesian Island

JAKARTA (Reuters) - At least 60 people have been killed and dozens are missing on the remote Indonesian island of Nias after days of heavy rains triggered floods and landslides, the official Antara news agency said on Wednesday. Three villages were swept away in the predawn hours of Tuesday as most villagers were still sleeping. Hundreds of homes were.. More

1289 08/04/2001
Powell Leaves China

BEIJING (Reuters) - Secretary of State Colin Powell left China on Sunday morning after a one-day visit aimed at rebuilding ties with China.Powell told a news conference late on Saturday that China had agreed to resume a ``no holds barred'' human rights dialogue this year and also participate in expert discussions on Chinese missile technology transfers. Sino-.. More

1265 08/04/2001
Toledo Sworn in As President 'For Peru's Poor'

LIMA, Peru (Reuters) - Peru's protester-turned- President Alejandro Toledo took office on Saturday, vowing to beat his country's crushing poverty in a ``new dawn of irrevocable democracy.''The 55-year-old centrist economist, who grew up in a small adobe house with no power or running water, took his oath for a five-year term, swearing ``by God, the.. More

1266 08/04/2001
US reserves the right to respond to Iraq

WASHINGTON, July 29 (AFP) -The United States reserves the right to respond to threats from Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, national security advisor Condoleezza Rice told CNN's Late Edition on Sunday. President George W. Bush "has made it very clear that he considers Saddam Hussein to be a threat ... (and) has reserved the right to respond when that threat.. More

1270 08/04/2001
Macedonian ceasefire crumbles as peace talks Stall

TETOVO, Macedonia, (Islamweb & News Agencies) -Macedonia's fragile ceasefire between ethnic Albanian fighters and government forces started to crumble Sunday as peace talks ran into deadlock on the issue of making Albanian an official language. A convoy transporting Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boskovski came under fire, four Macedonian soldiers.. More

1271 08/04/2001
India Ruling Party Cautiously Backs Pakistan Peace

NEW DELHI (Islamweb & News Agencies) - India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday endorsed efforts to seek peace with bitter foe Pakistan but warned that the ``holy war'' mentality in Pakistan could stand in the way of dialogue. A BJP national executive committee resolution addressing the recent abortive India-Pakistan summit said Prime Minister.. More

1272 08/04/2001
Japanese Ruling Coalition Wins

TOKYO (AP) - Japan's ruling coalition swept to victory Sunday in elections for the upper house of Parliament, a vote of confidence the popular prime minister said would build steam for his plans to overhaul the stagnant economy. The three-party coalition, led by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Liberal Democratic Party, won 78 of the 121 seats up.. More

1273 08/04/2001
Powell: China Easing Pursuit Tactics

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday that China, eager for strong U.S. relations, wants to keep tensions over Taiwan at a minimum and also to avoid a repeat of the April 1 spy plane incident. Arriving in the Australian capital after talks with Chinese leaders in Beijing, Powell said China has cut back on aggressive.. More

1274 08/04/2001

Hajj virtues

School of Faith in Ten Days of Thul-Hijjah

The believing human self needs strong provocations in order to awaken whenever it is enveloped by laziness in...
The Status of Hajj in Islam

Hajj is the fifth pillar of Islam; Allah, The Exalted, ordained it in the ninth year after Hijrah (the Prophet's,...
School of Faith in Ten Days of Thul-Hijjah

The believing human self needs strong provocations in order to awaken whenever it is enveloped by laziness in relation...