Friday, July 24, 2009
Arab states ban young, old and sick from hajj
Arab health ministers decided to ban children, the elderly and those with chronic medical conditions from attending the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia this year in effort to slow the spread of swine flu.
In a meeting that ended late Wednesday, the ministers, however, stopped short of calling for the cancellation of this year's hajj a duty for all Muslims in their lifetime which attracts about three million people every year to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina.
The fear is that the close proximity of millions of people from around the world in late November, when the hajj takes place following peak flu season, will fuel the outbreak of the deadly disease.
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In a meeting that ended late Wednesday, the ministers, however, stopped short of calling for the cancellation of this year's hajj a duty for all Muslims in their lifetime which attracts about three million people every year to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina.
The fear is that the close proximity of millions of people from around the world in late November, when the hajj takes place following peak flu season, will fuel the outbreak of the deadly disease.
To read the full article, click here..
To read the ePaper, visit: http://epaper.kashmirtimes.com/
Labels: arab ban, ban children, flu season, hajj, hajj 2009, holy cities, holy cities of mecca and medina, muslim pilgrimage to saudi arabia, Muslims, saudi arabia, spread of swine flu
Thursday, January 22, 2009
At migrant camp, Kashmiriyat still a binding force between communities
Thin umbilical cord, perhaps defining “Kashmiriyat”, still exists between Kashmiri Pandits and Muslims - intact, unaffected by unfortunate turn of events in the aftermath of mass-exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley in late eighties.
Glimpses are hereto see in the migrant camps as mourners continue to flock at Quarter No 17, Block-D - the house of Ash, a Kashmiri Muslim widow. Ash this Monday lost her youngest brother, who, in her own words, was her only “surviving link with the Valley” from where she migrated to Muthi camps in Jammu outskirts along with thousands of Kashmiri Pandit families in 1990.
Enter her two-room tenements recently provided to the migrants and a weird fact would catch the attention –the mourners comprise only Kashmiri Pandits (KPs) - young, old, men and women of all age-groups.
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Glimpses are hereto see in the migrant camps as mourners continue to flock at Quarter No 17, Block-D - the house of Ash, a Kashmiri Muslim widow. Ash this Monday lost her youngest brother, who, in her own words, was her only “surviving link with the Valley” from where she migrated to Muthi camps in Jammu outskirts along with thousands of Kashmiri Pandit families in 1990.
Enter her two-room tenements recently provided to the migrants and a weird fact would catch the attention –the mourners comprise only Kashmiri Pandits (KPs) - young, old, men and women of all age-groups.
To read the full article, click here..
To read the ePaper, visit: http://epaper.kashmirtimes.com
Labels: jammu, Jammu outskirts, kashmir, Kashmiri Muslim widow, Kashmiri Pandit families, Kashmiriyat, migrant camps, migration, Muslims
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