AD.nl – ’Jihad? Nee, ’t was vakantie’

Posted on January 7th, 2006 by .
Categories: Young Muslims.

AD.nl – ’Jihad? Nee, ’t was vakantie’

Door PATRICK POUW DEN HAAG

Driss, Said en Ramazan waren een maand spoorloos. Op jihad, vreesden hun families. Ze zijn weer thuis.
Voor het eerst praten ze uitgebreid over hun ’vakantie’.

Bekennen? Toegeven dat ze ’terroristen’ waren? Zeggen wat hun Azerbeidjaanse ondervragers wilden horen, om maar van die, niet bepaald zachtzinnige, ondervragingen af te zijn? Ze konden net zo goed meteen tekenen voor twintig jaar cel. Of erger. En dat beseften Driss, Said en Ramazan maar al te goed. Driss: ,,Ze wilden weten wat we in Azerbeidzjan deden. ’Vakantie vieren’, zeiden wij.’’
En dat werd meteen geloofd? Drie jongens uit Nederland, die komen wandelen in Azerbeidzjan?
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Egypt film tackles thorny issues of sex, hypocrisy – Boston.com

Posted on January 7th, 2006 by .
Categories: Misc. News.

Egypt film tackles thorny issues of sex, hypocrisy – Boston.com

A young man on the back of a Cairo bus kisses and gropes the woman next to him as he peels off her Islamic headscarf.

The scene from an independent film about sex and double standards in Egypt shows little nudity but provokes gasps of surprise from an audience in this largely conservative country.

Director Ahmed Khaled’s 14-minute film, the Fifth Pound, follows the weekly bus journey of a young man and woman who dodge the suspicious glances of other passengers and exploit the unused back seats to indulge in physical intimacy.
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BBC – Religion & Ethics – The Hajj

Posted on January 7th, 2006 by martijn.
Categories: Misc. News.

BBC – Religion & Ethics – The Hajj

For Muslims, the Hajj is the fifth and final pillar of Islam. It is the journey that every sane adult Muslim must undertake at least once in their lives if they can afford it and are physically able.

The BBC has, as always, an impressing and interesting page on the Hajj. With accounts about the history but also about people’s personal experiences.

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BBC – Religion & Ethics – The Hajj

Posted on January 7th, 2006 by .
Categories: Misc. News.

BBC – Religion & Ethics – The Hajj

For Muslims, the Hajj is the fifth and final pillar of Islam. It is the journey that every sane adult Muslim must undertake at least once in their lives if they can afford it and are physically able.

The BBC has, as always, an impressing and interesting page on the Hajj. With accounts about the history but also about people’s personal experiences.

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Guardian Unlimited Travel | News | Hotel collapse in Mecca leaves at least 18 pilgrims dead

Posted on January 7th, 2006 by martijn.
Categories: Misc. News.

Guardian Unlimited Travel | News | Hotel collapse in Mecca leaves at least 18 pilgrims dead

Tragedy struck the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca yesterday when a building collapsed just a few yards from the Grand Mosque, killing at least 18 people and injuring dozens more.

Rescue workers, using cranes and bare hands, sifted through the remains of the building, which had a grocery store and restaurant on the ground floor and several floors above which were being used as a hostel for pilgrims.

It was unclear how many people had been inside at the time and a statement from the Saudi interior ministry said the eventual death toll could reach 20, though other reports put the figure much higher.

The victims were said to include Arabs from Egypt, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates, together with Indonesians.

Latest news is that there seems to be one Dutch (not clear which ethnicity) among the victims: 65-year old Maimoun Kischouhi. He did not stay in that hotel but in a hotel nearby and got killed when he passed the collapsing hotel.

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Guardian Unlimited Travel | News | Hotel collapse in Mecca leaves at least 18 pilgrims dead

Posted on January 7th, 2006 by .
Categories: Misc. News.

Guardian Unlimited Travel | News | Hotel collapse in Mecca leaves at least 18 pilgrims dead

Tragedy struck the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca yesterday when a building collapsed just a few yards from the Grand Mosque, killing at least 18 people and injuring dozens more.

Rescue workers, using cranes and bare hands, sifted through the remains of the building, which had a grocery store and restaurant on the ground floor and several floors above which were being used as a hostel for pilgrims.

It was unclear how many people had been inside at the time and a statement from the Saudi interior ministry said the eventual death toll could reach 20, though other reports put the figure much higher.

The victims were said to include Arabs from Egypt, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates, together with Indonesians.

Latest news is that there seems to be one Dutch (not clear which ethnicity) among the victims: 65-year old Maimoun Kischouhi. He did not stay in that hotel but in a hotel nearby and got killed when he passed the collapsing hotel.

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