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	Online edition of Daily News - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The message of Haj is of special significance to all Sri Lankas today while we are striving to achieve a negotiated and lasting peace, President Chandrika Bandarnaike Kumaratunga said in her Haj message.
		Haj is a spectacle of Muslim fraternity cutting across ethnicities, politics, and cultures.
		Haj festival recalls the sacred memories of the life of Prophet Ibrahim, his spirit of sacrifice and the total submission to the Call of Almighty Allah.
	www.dailynews.lk /2004/02/02/new50.html (1688 words)

	Haj Tours - Terms and Conditions of Booking (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Haj Tours will not be responsible for the failure to follow instructions including, but not limited to, check in and checkout times and baggage handling.
		Haj Tours and their affiliates will not be responsible for any person(s) missing any part of the programme due to his/her negligence or delay or absenteeism at any time during the tour and will not be responsible for any additional expenses for participants to rejoin the tour.
		Haj Tours are happy to transfer any monies held less a $200 administration fee towards Haj 2006 without further penalty if requested to do so prior to the final balance due date.
	www.haj.co.nz /terms.htm (3819 words)

	Den hvide haj - Wikipedia
		Dens gab kan blive op til en meter bredt, og dermed har den ikke noget problem med at bide et menneske midt over, da dens tænder er knivskarpe.
		Den hvide haj har to vitale sanser: en højtudviklet lugtesans og evnen til at føle elektriske felter fra andre dyr og mennesker.
		Apex predator er den klasse som den hvide haj tilhører, hvilket vil sige, at den har hjemme i den absolutte top af fødekæden.
	da.wikipedia.org /wiki/Den_hvide_haj (358 words)

	The Haj Notes of Pakistan
		The pilgrimage performed by Muslims is called the ‘Haj’ and it is performed during the ‘Haj season’, which commences at the beginning of Shawwal, the tenth month of the Muslim calendar, and climaxes between the eighth and thirteenth days of Dhul-Hijjah, the twelfth month of the Muslim calendar.
		The Haj note was prepared with the same design as the existing 100-rupee note, but the colour was changed from green to red and an over-print was applied to the front of the note, indicating the specific use of the notes.
		Consequently, a 10-rupee Haj note was introduced, with the note being designed on the pattern of the new 10-rupee note of the State Bank of Pakistan that was introduced on 1 September 1951.
	www.pjsymes.com.au /articles/hajnotes.htm (3428 words)

	HAJ (PILGRIMAGE) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Haj is thus the greatest Equalizer of all mankinds that brings all humanity together into one embrace and bonds it in peace, tranquility and harmony.
		Haj is performed once a year at the Sacred House in Mecca and Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia according to the Lunar Calendar computation during the first ten days of the month of Zulhigga.
		Haj is the last and the glorious pillar of Islam.
	www.iica.org /invitation/haj.html (1172 words)

	AlMaghrib Forums - Haj:The Epitome of Muslim Unity and Equality
		The Haj, or pilgrimage to Makkah, the centre of the Islamic world, during the twelfth holy month of Dhul Hajjah, is a means of purification.
		One of the central ceremonies of the Haj is the circumambulation of the Ka'abah, known as tawaf, seven times in a an anti-clockwise direction.
		After the Haj is performed, Muslims try to live a devout life bringing purity and the grace (barakah) of the house of God back to their homeland.
	forums.almaghrib.org /showthread.php?t=343 (1116 words)

	THE SPEAKING TREE: Performing Haj is a Learning Experience - The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Haj is one such occasion on which people can become absorbed in a whole new world of experiences.
		Haj teaches us to devote ourselves totally in thought, word and deed to this mission of peace and spirituality.
		Haj is a complete and compact form of worship in the performance of which one learns about the spiritually vital aspects of life.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/998974.cms (639 words)

	Haj Date Change Leads to Confusion
		Haj service companies including airlines and domestic agents were forced to cancel some of their reservations after finding themselves unable to ensure that their customers would arrive in Makkah on time.
		Local Haj agents responsible for escorting pilgrims for Haj said the change had resulted in some difficulties since all the Haj agents depend upon the official Umm Al-Qura calendar which does not necessarily coincide with the beginning and end of the lunar months determined by sighting of the new moon.
		Some local Haj agents in cities other than Jeddah said the pilgrims who fail to arrive at their offices on Monday, Dul Hijjah 7 for the journey to Makkah, may not be eligible for refunds unless they have a valid and convincing reason for the delay.
	www.arabnews.com /?page=1§ion=0&article=57668&d=17&m=1&y=2005 (520 words)

	The Hindu : State to demand repeal of Centre's decision on Haj subsidy
		Speaking at the Haj camp at the EMEA College near Karipur here, the Chief Minister observed that the Centre's decision to reduce Haj subsidies was a "deviation" from the traditional policy followed in the country.
		Terming the pilgrim who returned from the Haj as a person returning to "a new life", the Chief Minister observed that he\she would be devoid of any sin, committed in their life before leaving for the Haj.
		Haj House is being constructed at Kumminiparamba in a two-acre land donated by EMEA College at an estimated cost of Rs.10 crores.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2004/01/12/stories/2004011202900300.htm (534 words)

	Haj Terminal - Skidmore Owings and Merrill - Great Buildings Online
		"The Haj Terminal at the King Abdul Aziz International Airport in Jaddah is located approximately 43.5 miles west of the Holy City of Makkah.
		The Haj activity takes place within about a six week period resulting in unusually high air traffic for this rather short period of time.
		It is projected that this facility will process approximately 950,000 pilgrims during the Haj by the year 1985.
	www.greatbuildings.com /buildings/Haj_Terminal.html (843 words)

	Dump the Haj subsidy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The government should dump the Haj subsidy, rather than expand its benefit to income-tax payers, as proposed by minister of state for home Sriprakash Jaiswal.
		Indira Gandhi introduced the Haj subsidy as a temporary measure after the oil crisis of the ‘70s and it should have been phased out a long time ago.
		Haj is obligatory only for those who can afford the costs involved in its performance.
	www.hvk.org /articles/0904/43.html (336 words)

	Haj: Religious Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina and other Holy Places in Saudi Arabia
		Haj is one of the five fundamental religious obligations of Islam for those Muslims who are able and can afford the cost of undertaking the journey.
		Because of the immensely crowded situation during the Haj, I experienced at times difficult or risky situations while walking towards the KABA (due to the risk of being suffocated or crushed to death).
		The Haj was for me a profoundly religious and spiritual experience, but the process of acquiring that experience seems to involve trials, tribulations and tests which can be, at times, quite severe.
	www.angelfire.com /ok/mafazal/haj1.html (15246 words)

	NOW. Haj Ali's Story \| PBS
		Before the Iraq war Haj Ali was the mayor of the Al Madifai district, near Baghdad.
		Haj Ali then worked as an administrator for a mosque, until he was picked up off the street one day in October 2003.
		HAJ ALI: No, never, they just said you were arrested by mistake and they put a hood over my head.
	www.pbs.org /now/politics/hajali.html (785 words)

	Pakistan Link Headlines
		The proposed new Haj Tariff for PIA would result in the net reduction in the traveling expenses of Hujaj from Karachi to Jeddah in the tune of Rs 6,930 and Hujaj traveling from other cities like Islamabad, Lahore and Peshawar will have to save Rs 13,466 from their air fair.
		Haj flights operations from Sukkur, Faisalabad and Multan have been reinstated and proposal to also include Rahim Yar Khan for the Haj flight operations in the draft new Haj Policy.
		Under the Open Haj Scheme the applications would be received from July 1 to September 21 and with the late fee from September 23 to December 31.
	www.pakistanlink.com /headlines/June/26/08.html (679 words)

	Criteria that makes Haj performance incumbent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Haj is not required for a disbeliever nor an apostate.
		Haj performed by a disbeliever is not acceptable and he is not allowed to enter Mecca.
		He/she doesn’t have to redo the Haj which is the preponderate and accepted by sheikh Ibn Baaz (may Allah have mercy on him).
	www.islammessage.com /hajj/e/02.htm (821 words)

	GN Online: At Haj the faithful are one
		Haj is performed during Thul-Hijja, the 12th month of the Islamic calendar.
		Haj is a spiritual journey - a journey where Muslims worship their Creator and ask for forgiveness and guidance in life.
		Usually sheep and goats are slaughtered as a sacrifice and the meat is distributed among the poor.
	www.gulf-news.com /Articles/print.asp?ArticleID=41925 (437 words)

	Haj Hajj Haji
		Haj is an obligation a person owes to Allah.
		Haj is incumbent upon an adult Muslim of sound mind, who has the necessary financial capability and physical capacity.
		Remember that Haj season is now in the relatively colder months and, hence, you need to have a sweater and blanket with you.
	www.hajdirectory.com (685 words)

	Muftism and Nazism. 1. The Rise of Haj Amin
		The Husseinis were one of the richest and most powerful of all the rivalling clans in the Ottoman province mutasarriflik Jerusalem, better known as the Judaean part of Palestine.
		Haj Amin, only in his late twenties, became the youngest ever Mufti of Jerusalem in 1921.
		The British supported Haj Amin to the post and granted him amnesty from a 10 year long sentence for encouraging murders.
	notendur.centrum.is /%7Esnorrigb/mufti1.htm (1114 words)

	"Haj Subsidy is Unfair, Illegitimate" says Islamic Scholars
		Haj is obligatory upon those who are capable to bear all the expenses of Haj journey, including the maintenance of his family during his absence.
		It is most unfortunate that all the Haj pilgrims going through Haj Committee are taking this indirect help, in most cases unknowingly.
		Considering the plain terms in which the Holy Qur’an lays down the obligation of Haj, the government subsidy is untenable and should be discontinued.
	www.fisiusa.org /fisi_News_items/news250.htm (823 words)

	Haj & Freedom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The recently-formed South African Haj and ‘Umrah Council, whose task it is top ease the way for South African hujjaj, should challenge this regulation and request an exemption to this kind of discrimination.
		Once a Muslim has the means to perform haj it becomes obligatory on him or her.
		One never knows what the future holds; deferring the haj could mean that one would lose the opportunity and means to perform it.
	shams.za.org /hajfreedom.htm (927 words)

	Haj subsidy - fact or fiction, The Milli Gazette, Vol.3 No.17, MG63 (1-15 Sep 02)
		Arrangements made by the Haj Committee for prospective Hajis are always butt of criticism and on many occasions serious allegations on account of mismanagement and corruption have been made against the Haj Committee.
		Ever since he has taken over the reins of the Haj Committee, some leaders of BJP and organisations like RSS, VHP, Bajrang Dal etc have become much more vocal in their demand for abolition of Haj subsidy, but whenever questions were put to them about their demand and to clarify their stand, they kept mum.
		The problem of granting Haj subsidy to pilgrims of 50 years and above and to reduce annual quota from 72,000 to 50,000 came up for discussion in this meeting but nothing was finally decided.
	www.milligazette.com /Archives/01092002/0109200276.htm (1399 words)

	Islamic Voice
		Haj is obligatory once in a life time
		Haj is one of the five institutions of Islam.
		The performance of Haj as an enjoined duty and its superiority is in the statement of Allah:
	www.islamicvoice.com /february.2000/haj.htm (961 words)

	Haj fares raised by 20pc -DAWN - Top Stories; 03 June, 2004
		Announcing the new Haj policy for the next five years at a news conference here on Wednesday, Minister for Religious Affairs Ijazul Haq said that Haj fares had been enhanced up to 20 per cent because of increase in petroleum prices.
		Under the government scheme, all the arrangements, including passports, visa, flights, boarding and logistics would be made by the government, while Haj service agents and Haj group organizers would be responsible for all the arrangements under the private scheme except passport.
		The Haj service agents and Haj group organizers were being brought under a regulation to bring them in line with the requirements of the Saudi laws and to check illegal activities of such service providers.
	www.dawn.com /2004/06/03/top8.htm (350 words)

	The Hindu : Stone laid for Haj House
		Speaking at the "Sange Buniad'' function of the Haj House foundation laying ceremony, the Chief Minister said the community's effort to build a centre for pilgrims would take a proper shape only when members came forward to take care of the pilgrims in transit.
		Mr.Gehlot said he wanted to see the Haj House near the newly coming up international airport as it would be convenient for pilgrims.
		The chairman of the Rajasthan Haj Committee, Salim Kagazi, informed that the number of those going for Haj had gone up from 525 to 2325 at present.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2003/09/23/stories/2003092308930400.htm (315 words)

	HAJ AND UMRAH
		Haj is the 3rd of the religious duties of a muslim.
		The performance of Haj is incumbent on all Muslims, at least once in a lifetime, if circumstances permit, i.e.
		Umrah is a Mini Haj that can be performed at any time, any day, round the clock when one desires, except for five days i.e.
	namazandhaj.8m.com /HAJUMRAH.htm (890 words)

	MENAFN - Middle East North Africa . Financial Network News: JEDDAH, 18 January 2004 — Saudi Arabia does not want to ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A number of companies and agents serving domestic pilgrims have called upon the authorities to extend the date for issuing Haj permits from Jan. 22 to Jan. 26 to help many applicants who have not received their permits yet.
		The Haj Ministry has instituted awards for the best coverage of Haj, best investigative report on Haj and best photograph of Haj, according to Dr. Abubakar Ahmed Baqader, adviser to the Haj minister and supervisor of the prize.
		Haj Minister Iyad Madani said the program aims at bringing students of Islamic countries to one place in order to facilitate an exchange of views.
	www.menafn.com /qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=39283 (645 words)

	Grand Mufti Haj Amin al-Husseini
		Haj Amin, was sentenced by a British court to fifteen years hard labor.
		From Egypt al-Husseini was among the sponsors of the 1948 war against the new State of Israel.
		Haj Amin al-Husseini eventually died in exile in 1974.
	www.palestinefacts.org /pf_mandate_grand_mufti.php (1373 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| The Guardian \| Leave God out of the Haj carnage
		But despite the impressive manner in which a major conurbation's worth of people are moved in and out of the Saudi desert, the Haj has suffered frequent problems.
		One explanation might be that Simpson, not usually a man to soften his words, had been refused a visa to Saudi Arabia for more than a decade and perhaps on finally being allowed back he did not want unnecessarily to upset the authorities.
		Anyway, the very next day, at the climax of the Haj, 244 pilgrims were trampled to death during the stoning of the devil ceremony.
	www.guardian.co.uk /g2/story/0,3604,1137457,00.html (1214 words)

	:: Frequently Asked Questions - 1st Haj & Umra Service
		Be in the company of those who are experienced or have performed their Haj before or attend talks given by travelling Ullamas (scholars) in most of the good Haj groups.
		There are some aspects of the Haj that cannot be performed if a Hajja has her monthly period but can carry on with Haj.
		One of the crystal clear condition of Haj, for you as a woman, is that you must travel in the company of your Mehrim.
	www.1sthaj.com /faqs.shtml (2309 words)

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