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Emirates ramps up preparations for a seamless Hajj-centric experience
Breaking Travel News· 4 days agoThis Hajj season, Emirates is geared up to serve the large volume of pilgrims making their way from...
Daywatch: City demands thousands of Chicago officers pay off pension error
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 4 days agoGood morning, Chicago. Thousands of Chicago police officers received an unwelcome letter from their pension fund this week: thanks to a payroll error spurred by officers’ latest contract, approximately ...
Why Is the Head of the Terrorist Haqqani Network Traveling with Impunity?
The Bulwark· 5 days agoIn 2008, I sparred with his fighters in Kapisa in northeastern Afghanistan. In 2014, the Afghan general I advised lost hundreds of sources who had tried to infiltrate the Haqqani network. “What ...
Looking out for strays
China Daily· 1 day agoAbout seven years ago, animal lover Anika Islam began rescuing and protecting animals — particularly stray cats and dogs — in her local community in Bangladesh. From the start ...
Indonesian court jails comedian for joking about the name Muhammad
Reuters via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAulia Rakhman was found guilty of violating blasphemy laws after joking about the name of the Islamic prophet Muhammad during a performance in the Sumatran city of Lampung in December. Human ...
What’s a book ban anyway? Depends on who you ask
WUSF 89.7· 4 days ago"Book ban" is one of those headline-ready terms often used by the news media, including NPR, for stories about the surge in book challenges across the...
More than 1.5 million foreign Muslims arrive in Mecca for annual Hajj pilgrimage
St. Louis Post-Dispatch· 3 days agoMuslim pilgrims have been streaming into Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca ahead of the start of the...
Shahzia Sikander’s Luminous Art Explores East and West, Past and Present, Order and Chaos
ARTnews· 4 days agoOn a surprisingly springlike day in late February, Shahzia Sikander was hard at work at Pace Paper...
When are Hajj and Eid al-Adha 2024?
Al Jazeera· 3 days agoHajj, one of the largest annual Muslim gatherings, occurs in Mecca from the eighth to the 10th of Dhul-Hijjah, the final month of the Islamic calendar. This year, based on the moon sighting, ...
Khalid Abdalla's Solo Show NOWHERE and More Set For Fuel's 20th Anniversary Season
Broadway World· 3 days agoFuel has announced the first part of its anniversary season. The programme is a celebration of...
