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	Waseem's Islamic Folder - AHLAN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Kiswah in the reign of Messenger (peace of Allah be upon him) and orthodox caliphs
		The Caliph AI Mamoon, dressed the Kabah three times a year, with a red braced Kiswah on the eighth of Zu AI Hijjah, with white gabati on the first of Rajab, and with red brocade Kiswah on the twenty-ninth of Ramadan.
		The Kiswah continued to be made in Makkah for the next ten years.
	www.ahlan.org /art4.html (682 words)

	Islam Online - Hajj - Fiqh of Hajj (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The kiswah is traditionally made of fl material with a three-foot-wide band of inscription running around the top part of the covering on all four sides of the Ka`bah.
		The new kiswah is placed on the Ka`bah on the ninth day of the month of Dhul Hijjah during the annual pilgrimage to Makkah.
		The kiswah workshop also produces a green inner curtain for the interior of the Ka`bah and a dark red one for the Prophet’s room in the mosque in Madinah.
	www.islamonline.net /English/hajj/2002/01/literature/article06.shtml (1228 words)

	ResponsibleCard: Kiswah
		A new kiswah is made in Egypt every year and carried to Mecca by pilgrims.
		On it is embroidered in gold the Muslim profession of faith (shahadah) and a gold band of ornamental calligraphy carrying Qur'anic verses.
		Each year during the major pilgrimage (hajj), the kiswah is replaced with a white
	responsiblecard.blogspot.com /2005/03/kiswah.html (88 words)

	Islam Online - Hajj - Fiqh of Hajj (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Some scholars argue that the first kiswah was made by the Prophet Isma`il (peace and blessings be upon him).
		When Makkah was taken, the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) left the kiswah as it was until it was burned accidentally when a woman was fumigating the Ka`bah.
		The kiswah is woven from pure natural silk that is dyed fl.
	www.islamonline.net /English/hajj/2002/01/literature/article07.shtml (767 words)

	New Kiswah To Be Put In Place Tomorrow (Hajj 1419) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The new Kiswah [covering] for the Holy Ka'aba will be handed over to the Chief Saden [servant] of the Holy Mosques tomorrow, March 18, 1999.
		The Kiswah is made of pure fl silk, 450 kilograms of which were used in its manufacture.
		Designed in five pieces to cover all the walls and the door of the Ka'aba, it is 14 meters in height, and 47 meters in length, with a 95-centimeter-wide band of phrases from the Holy Qur'an embroidered in gold.
	www.saudiembassy.net /1999News/News/HajDetail.asp?cIndex=635 (207 words)

	From NST - Umrah 3
		Earlier, at the Kiswah (Kaabah Cover) workshop at Ubaibiah, not far from Masjidil Haram, we were shown how the inside of the Kaabah looks.
		It is changed annually on Zulhijjah 9 (9th of the 12th month in the Islamic calendar, which is a day before Hari Raya Haji).
		The gold verses on the old kiswah are presented as gifts to dignitaries who come to Saudi Arabia, or as presents when the Arab dignitaries go abroad.
	arabmk.tripod.com /nst3.html (873 words)

	The Kabah (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The focus of the kiswah is on the ornately embroidered band that circles the top of the Kabah and on the panels that cover the door.
		The kiswah is replaced each year at the time of the hajj, or pilgrimage.
		At that time, the old kiswah is cut up into pieces and distributed to the pilgrims in Makkah.
	www.masjidannur.com /eduoutreach/articles/hsites/kabah.html (672 words)

	Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah, by Richard Burton (chapter30)
		If we accept this fact, which is vouched for by Oriental history, we are led to the conclusion that the children of Israel settled at Meccah had connected the temple with their own faith, and, as a corollary, that the prophet of Al-Islam introduced their apocryphal traditions into his creed.
		The Kiswah is composed of eight pieces—two for each face of the Ka’abah—the seams being concealed by the Hizam, a broad band, which at a distance looks like gold; it is lined with white calico, and is supplied with cotton ropes.
		Ayishah also, when Shaybah proposed to bury the old Kiswah, that it might not be worn by the impure, directed him to sell it, and to distribute the proceeds to the poor.
	etext.library.adelaide.edu.au /b/burton/richard/b97p/chapter30.html (5243 words)

	Makkah Holy Mosque
		As a symbol of ritual purification and is the main Muslim shrine.
		His highness, King Abd AI Aziz Bin Saud, with concern for the custody of the two holy Mosques, ordered the building of a special factoy for manufacturing the Kiswah, and in the same year, the Holy Kabah Kiswah factory was founded, and the first Kiswah was produced.
		In order to make this work better, King Faisal ordered in the year 1382 AH the renewal of the Kiswah factory, and in the year 1397 AH, the new building was opened at Um AI Joud.
	saudicities.com /mmosque.htm (1757 words)

	Zakah Fund \ News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		On happy the Occasion of Eid al-Adha, Zakah Fund has decided to grant additional aid to the poor and needy families, i.e.
		On the other hand, offices and branches of the Fund will assume the task of distribution to the needy and poor." he stated.
		In the previous years, the Fund granted Q.R."1,100,000" as "Eid Kiswah" to some 1654 needy families.
	www.zf.org.qa /English/news/2005/jan/article_1.htm (380 words)

	RPGnet: The Inside Scoop on Gaming
		This one bit (the choice a Palestinian kiswah between his political brotherhood or his new ‘higher’ calling) was amazing, and very indicative of the sorts of confrontations and crises faced by the Imbued in that particular region.
		The generally Arabic (word chosen deliberately) Imbued consensus names themselves the kiswah, those who protect and “cover” (the origin of the term) the region from the harm imposed by the akhira (supernaturals).
		The chapter also talks about the attempt at unity made at the Grand Convention (a meeting at which most of the kiswah debated and traded their experiences and perspectives – it didn’t take place in a single location, but was linked together by technological and Edge-like means (implying that Hermits do exist among the kiswah).
	www.rpg.net /news+reviews/reviews/rev_5072.html (2729 words)

	Heirs of the Prophets [Chapter 2]
		And this shrine, although it contained idols and had pagan worship, was the center of pilgrimage for distant tribes.
		It had its guardians; it was covered with a curtain or robe, kiswah, like the Tabernacle in the wilderness long before Mohammed's time.
		The Dutch scholar, R. Dozy, discovered a Hebrew inscription in the interior of the Kaa'ba and wrote a thesis on "the Jews at Mecca from the days of the Captivity" (Leyden 1864) (cf.
	www.bible.ca /islam/library/Zwemer/Heirs/chap2.htm (1103 words)

	kiswah -- Encyclopædia Britannica
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		On it is embroidered in gold the Muslim profession of faith (shaha) and a gold band of ornamental calligraphy carrying Qur'anic verses.
		Each year during the major pilgrimage (ajjh), the kiswah is replaced...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9045667 (342 words)

	Map of Al Kiswah, Rif Dimashq, Syria Syria \| Multimap.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Map of Al Kiswah, Rif Dimashq, Syria Syria
		Map of Al Kiswah, Rif Dimashq, Syria Syria
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	www.multimap.com /wi/159950.htm (92 words)

	Ka'bah
		The stone was originally a part of the Ka'bah when Ibrahim (pbuh)originaly built it.
		The dyed fl cover of the Ka'bah (Kiswah) is woven from pure natural silk.
		The Kalimat (words) "LA ILAHA ILA ALLAH MUHAMMAD UR RASOOL UL ALLAH", "ALLAH JALA JALALAHO", SUBHANA ALLAH WA BIHAMDIH", "SUBHAN ALLAH AL AZEEM", "YA HAMAN", YA MANAN" are printed with gold thread on the kiswah.
	www.albany.edu /~hs1168/isp523/final/kabah.html (723 words)

	Christie's opens office in Dubai \| Christie's
		Lydia Limerick's appointment coincides with the unveiling of Christie's largest public exhibition of works of art to date in the region.
		Featuring important forthcoming highlights from Christie's sales, the exhibition will be led by the highly important collection of Kiswah curtains, Iznik pottery as well as magnificent jewellery and vintage wrist watches.
		The exhibition will be on view from 4 to 8 April in the Murjaan Ballroom of the Madinat Jumeirah Conference Centre in Dubai.
	www.ameinfo.com /56777.html (778 words)

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