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Wednesday 19 December 2007 (10 Dhul Hijjah 1428)

‘Qatif Girl’ Subjected to Brutal Crime: King
Ebtihal Mubarak, Arab News
JEDDAH, 19 December 2007 — The official pardon of “Qatif Girl”, which was released late Monday night by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah, said that the “Qatif Girl” had been subjected...  Full Story 
 
 
Municipality Issues Directives on Slaughtering
Raid Qusti & Ali Al-Zahrani, Arab News
RIYADH, 19 December 2007 — Riyadh Municipality announced its directives yesterday for organizing the slaughtering of sacrificial sheep on the first day of Eid Al-Adha. The municipality announced...  Full Story 
 
 
Preparations in Full Swing for Today's Eid Al-Adha
K.S. Ramkumar, Arab News
JEDDAH, 19 December 2007 — Citizens and expatriates across Saudi Arabia are fully geared up for today's Eid Al-Adha, the festival of sacrifice, which marks the end of annual Haj. In Jeddah...  Full Story 
 
 
Haj Reflections Day Two: Spiritual Exaltation on the Plains of Arafat
Siraj Wahab
ARAFAT, 19 December 2007 — It is hot — very, very hot. The sun is out in full force and is beating down on the pilgrims. Nonetheless, they seem unperturbed. On the horizon far ahead, the magnificent...  Full Story 
Pilgrims Supplicate in Arafat
Siraj Wahab & Badea Abu Al-Naja, Arab News

 
ARAFAT, 19 December 2007 — In scenes suggestive of the Day of Judgment, millions of Muslim faithful, wearing white robes, assembled on the Plains of Arafat yesterday at the peak of this year’s Haj....  Full Story 
 
 
Mina Looks Deserted on Arafat Day
Somayya Jabarti & Hassna’a Mokhtar, Arab News
MINA, 19 December 2007 — Hours after midnight on Monday, the first groups of Haj pilgrims flowed out of Mina, heading to Arafat. The pilgrims’ movement out increased considerably into yesterday morning....  Full Story 
 
 
At Mina Al-Jesser, Saudi Women Serve as Nurses and Doctors
Hassna’a Mokhtar & Somayya Jabarti, Arab News
MINA, 19 December 2007 — Munseya Al-Juaid, 36, is a Saudi mother of two and a nurse working the Haj shift at Mina Al-Jesser Hospital. She has been a nurse for the past 16 years and entered the profession...  Full Story 
 
 
She Sold Everything to Pay for Haj
Galal Fakar, Arab News
MAKKAH, 19 December 2007 — “I cannot believe that I am here in Makkah, near the Grand Mosque performing Haj,” said Amina Abu Al-Maati bursting into tears. Al-Maati is one of 120 pilgrims who...  Full Story 

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