Monthly Archives: September 2012

Muslim pilgrims to ride first Makkah metro – Mecca Train –

Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims will ride a new railway metro transport system for the first time when they converge on the Saudi holy city of Makkah next month, according to the local media. The Gulf Kingdom, where millions of Muslims from around the world gather every year for their annual hajj (pilgrimage) season, has just completed the first …

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American diplomats paid the price with their lives By Latheef Farook

for Israeli Jewish film producer’s crime The United States Ambassador in Libya J Christopher Stevens, together with three other US citizens, all employees of US consulate in the Libyan city Benghazi, had paid the price for a crime committed by an American- Israeli Jewish film maker Sam Bacile.  Stevens, a career diplomat who assumed office as U.S. ambassador to Libya …

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Nat Geo Museum celebrates Scientific Achievements of Muslim Civilization

The award-winning interactive exhibition, 1001 Inventions, arrived in the US capital on August 3 introducing brand new audiences to the Golden Age of Muslim Civilization. From left National Geographic VP Kathryn Kean receives the “Scribe Clock” from CSC VPs Dr. Diane Perlov and William Harris The ground-breaking scientific and cultural achievements of this era, from the 7th to the 17th …

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Israeli Filmmaker in Hiding After Deadly Protests By Associated Press

An Israeli filmmaker based in California went into hiding Tuesday after his movie attacking Islam's Prophet Muhammad sparked angry assaults by ultra-conservative Muslims on U.S. missions in Egypt and Libya, where a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans were killed. Speaking by phone from an undisclosed location, writer and director Sam Bacile remained defiant, saying Islam is a cancer and …

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