Dubai, Sep 28 : Over 600 Chinese nationals working on the Haramain Rail project have embraced Islam in a recent ceremony in Makkah, the Gulf News said.
They are workers of the Chinese Railway Company, which won the multi-billion contract for implementing the 450-km rail road linking the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah via Jeddah and Rabigh.
”Their conversion took place 24 hours after getting books introducing Islam in Chinese language at their work site at Arafat, which is outside the Haram area,” Dr Abdul Aziz Al Khudhairi, Under Secretary at the Makkah Governorate, said, adding that the credit goes to the Office of the Call and Guidance for Expatriates in Makkah.
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By Khalid Amayreh, IOL Correspondent
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Dozens of Palestinians were hurt, two seriously, on Sunday, September 27, when crack Israeli policemen attacked worshipers who had just repulsed an attempt by Jewish extremists to hold Talmudic rituals at al-Haram al-Sharif.
Continue reading ‘Muslims Repulse Jewish Attempt to Storm Aqsa’
By ANAHAD O’CONNOR
Published: September 21, 2009
By Dilshad D. Ali, D. IOL Correspondent
WASHINGTON — In what is being hailed as an historical, never-done-before event, a New Jersey mosque is organizing a Muslim Day of Prayer on Capitol Hill on Friday, September 25, to pray for the soul of America and showcase Muslims’ spiritual unity.
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14 September 2009
Adamantly secular country now offers halal meals, prayer rooms and private trips to Mecca for the hajj
Muslims in France’s army who go on the pilgrimage to Mecca this year will not have to travel on private commercial flights or bunk with ordinary civilians. In a break from tradition, the Defence Ministry will provide a plane to fly them to Saudi Arabia and organize their stay.
Continue reading ‘France’s army embraces its Muslim soldiers’
By Dandy Koswaraputra IOL Correspondent
JAKARTA — Walking down the alleys around Jakarta Islamic Center, Sri Hartati brushes off bitter memories of the place’s history and her connection with it.
Continue reading ‘From Prostitution Haven to Islamic Hub’
By IOL Staff
Renowned Hollywood star Charlie Sheen is charging that the administration of former president George W. Bush was behind the 9/11 attacks, calling for an independent investigation into the tragedy.
Continue reading ‘Bush Behind 9/11: Charlie Sheen’
IslamOnline.net & News Agencies
BRUSSELS — Dutch-language public schools in Belgium will ban the wearing of hijab in classes, following the suit of many European countries.
Continue reading ‘Belgian Schools Ban Hijab’
Richard Brigle, 57, a Vietnam war veteran from Michigan said that there was a need for healthcare reform, but not as Obama had proposed.
“My grandkids are going to be paying for this. It’s going to cost too much money that we don’t have,” he said during the rally.
Continue reading ‘Thousands rally against Obama plans’
IslamOnline.net & News Agencies
LONDON – An anti-Muslim protest outside a London mosque raises the spectre of a return of the 1930s fascists and threatens to fuel violence and hatred in Britain, a senior minister warned Saturday, September 12.
Continue reading ‘UK Mosque Protest Signals Fascists’ Return’
Stephen Collinson, Agence France-Presse Published: Friday, September 11, 2009
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Barack Obama led a moment of silence Friday to launch eighth anniversary commemorations of the September 11 attacks in 2001 when 3,000 people died in the world’s deadliest terror strike.
Continue reading ‘Obama leads moment of silence for 9/11 victims’
IslamOnline.net & News Agencies
GENEVA – Joining the chorus of voices opposing a minaret ban, Switzerland’s Roman Catholic bishops have urged voters to reject a far-right campaign to ban minaret construction in the country.
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For more than a century Muslims all over the world have been living under repression. As a result of conflicts, disorders, repression and cruelty in the Turkish-Islamic zone thousands of innocent Muslims have lost their lives, tens of thousands became permanently disabled, millions of them were deported from their homes and countries, and many others were arrested only because of their beliefs and ideas. Today in Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, East Turkestan, Moro and various other Islamic countries ruled by repressive administrations this vi.jpg)
olence is going on with all its intensity.
Continue reading ‘An Invitation to the Truth’
Epoch Times Staff
Chinese authorities in Xinjiang Province have issued a notice that any Uyghur cadres or workers found not eating lunch during Ramadan could lose their jobs.
It is part of the campaign of local authorities in Xinjiang, home to the Muslim Uyghur ethnic group, to force the Uyghur people to give up their religious rituals during the fasting month of Ramadan.
Continue reading ‘China’s Muslim Uyghurs Forbidden to Fast During Ramadan’
Wednesday, 09 September 2009
Pictures depicting prisoner abuse in Abu Ghraib prison sparked global outrage [GALLO/GETTY]
By Alexander Abdo
In September 2008, an appellate court composed of three judges appointed by both Democratic and Republican presidents ordered the government to disclose photographs depicting detainees being abused in US custody.
Continue reading ‘Fight to release Abu Ghraib images’
AMSTERDAM – Travelling from town to town, a bus decorated in the famous traditional Dutch Delft-blue colors will organize iftars to thousands of Muslims and non-Muslims to promote understanding during the holy month of Ramadan.
Continue reading ‘Hollands Ramadan Caravan’
