Word: adha
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...November, Iraqis shrugged at the news and remained focused on the many pressing problems facing anyone struggling to find a normal life amid so much daily violence.? Today's news hardly seemed to raise an eyebrow among people in Baghdad getting ready for the holiday feasts of Eid al-Adha, a four-day celebration in the Islamic world...
...adviser to the Elysée in the hostage crisis. "Alliances are made and cut over night. It's total chaos." Will the rapprochement between France's Muslims and the rest of society last? Some say that the government should reward the country's Muslims by making Eid al-Adha, the festival marking the end of the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, a school holiday. And it could be difficult for Islamic leaders to reverse last week's acceptance of the head-scarf ban once the hostage crisis has passed. As the school year begins, both sides still have...
...insurgent gunmen have been exacting high tolls from every segment of Iraq's combustible society. Last Tuesday was the deadliest day for Shi'ites since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime. It followed February bombings that killed more than 100 Kurds celebrating the Muslim feast of 'Id al-Adha. And the relentless parade of assaults on Iraqi police and other security forces who are supposed to take over safeguarding the nation has caused more than 600 deaths since the beginning of the U.S.-led occupation...
EGYPT Holiday Express to the Inferno A train crammed full of passengers returning home for the Eid al Adha holiday caught fire en route from Cairo to Luxor. The driver kept going for 7 km, the wind fanning flames. Bars on some windows prevented escape, but many people jumped and some survived with injuries. Relatives went to identify the remains of the more than 360 dead in Cairo's central morgue, but many were burned beyond recognition. The Minister of Transport and the head of the state railway system resigned...
...Germany ordered the slaughter of all sheep, goats and deer imported from the U.K. since Feb. 1. France decreed that 50,000 sheep be destroyed-at least twice as many as the number of animals culled in Britain itself. European Muslims prepared to celebrate the festival of Eid al Adha without its main ritual, the sacrifice of sheep. In distant Thailand, officials even threatened to jail travelers caught bringing in beef or pork from any of the 15 European Union countries. And on Friday came more doleful news there will be no St. Patrick's Day parade in Dublin this...