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  Mosque Swallow - Definition, explanation
The Mosque Swallow, Hirundo senegalensis, is a large swallow.
Mosque Swallow is like a giant Red-rumped Swallow, 25cm long, with blue upperparts other than a reddish collar and rump.
It can be distinguished from the similar Rufous-chested Swallow by the slightly larger size but shorter tail streamers.
www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/m/mo/mosque_swallow.php   (264 words)

  
  Swallows
The swallows and martins are a group of passerine birds in the family Hirundinidae which are characterised by their adaptation to aerial feeding.
Swallow is also used in Europe as a synonym for the Barn Swallow.
Swallows typically build mud nests close to overhead shelter in locations that are protected from both the weather and predators.
www.avianweb.com /swallows.html   (283 words)

  
 Kamusi: swallow
Eurasian swallow, pl Eurasian swallows { Swahili: mbayuwayu wa Ulaya, pl mbayuwayu wa Ulaya } [Terminology: ornithology]
Angola swallow, pl Angola swallows { Swahili: mbayuwayu wa Angola, pl mbayuwayu wa Angola } [Terminology: ornithology]
mosque swallow, pl mosque swallows { Swahili: mbayuwayu mkubwa, pl mbayuwayu wakubwa } [Terminology: ornithology]
research.yale.edu /cgi-bin/swahili/lookup.cgi?Word=swallow&EngP=1   (739 words)

  
 Swallow (bird) Information
The bird family Hirundinidae is a group of passerines characterised by their adaptation to aerial feeding, and known as swallows and martins.
Swallows build their mud nests close to overhead shelter in locations that are protected from both the weather and predators.
In Poland and Russia, there is a popular belief that if a swallow flies high up in the sky, it is a sign of good weather on the next day, and vice versa, if the bird flies low above the ground it will rain hard the next day.
www.bookrags.com /wiki/Swallow_(bird)   (300 words)

  
 Pope prays with cleric at Turkey mosque - Boston.com
Pope Benedict XVI joined an Islamic cleric in prayers under the towering dome of Istanbul's most famous mosque Thursday in a powerful gesture seeking to transform his image among Muslims from adversary to peacemaker.
The pope walked to the mosque after touring another majestic tribute to faith: the 1,500-year-old Haghia Sofia and its remarkable mix of Quranic calligraphy and Christian mosaics from its legacy as a marvel of early Christianity and then a coveted prize of Islam's expansion.
Haghia Sophia, once a spiritual center of Christianity, was converted to a mosque in the 15th century.
www.boston.com /news/world/middleeast/articles/2006/11/30/pope_visits_blue_mosque_in_istanbul   (1150 words)

  
 Red-rumped Swallow, Hirundo daurica
Mostly resident, although seasonal in some areas, the Red-rumped Swallow is usually seen in small groups over grassland, often near rock outcrops or human habitation.
Similar in appearance to the Mosque Swallow and the Rufous-chested Swallow, the former is larger than the Red-rumped with white under the wing while the latter has no red colour on the face and the blue comes down below the eye.
Both the Mosque Swallow and the Rufous-chested are reddish rather than flish under the tail.
www.kenyabirds.org.uk /redrump.htm   (104 words)

  
 AVIFAUNA - Picchio Verde. . . l'altro web site
The Cave Swallow occurs from the sw U.S. to Ecuador and the Greater Antilles.
The taxonomic relationships among the Cliff, Cave and Rufous-collared swallows remain unclear, and the occasional hybridization between Cave and Barn swallows indicates close genetic relationship between the rustica group and the fulva group.
Medium-sized swallows with rough outer edge of primaries in males due to barbs being curved.
digilander.libero.it /avifauna/classificazione/passeriformes16.htm   (4993 words)

  
 AVIFAUNA - Picchio Verde. . . l'altro web site
The Cave Swallow occurs from the sw U.S. to Ecuador and the Greater Antilles.
The taxonomic relationships among the Cliff, Cave and Rufous-collared swallows remain unclear, and the occasional hybridization between Cave and Barn swallows indicates close genetic relationship between the rustica group and the fulva group.
Medium-sized swallows with rough outer edge of primaries in males due to barbs being curved.
www.scricciolo.com /classificazione/passeriformes16.htm   (4979 words)

  
 Baha'u'llah's Tablets of the Divine Test
He left the mosque and stopped in at the Mevlevi Sufi center, where the mystics were dancing and chanting.
Were we to cast it down, it would swallow (3) the entire creation.
However, since the miracle of Moses’ staff, being referred to here was to swallow the magician’s serpents, and since the shape of tabla`u, to swallow, is the same as that of the other two words given by copyists, I feel certain that it is the best reading here.
www.h-net.org /~bahai/trans/vol4/mubahal.htm   (3340 words)

  
 Mosque-building booms in Ottawa-Gatineau
The Assalam mosque bought a former nightclub in the Ottawa Business Park on St. Laurent Avenue a year ago and is using the space as it continues renovations.
The Omar mosque in Bells Corners has already excavated part of the foundation for a complex featuring a mosque, gym, school, community centre and seniors' residence on a four-acre property it recently bought.
Siddiqi said a single central mosque is no longer enough to serve a population spread through neighbourhoods from Kanata to Orléans to Gatineau.
www.cbc.ca /canada/ottawa/story/2007/01/24/mosque.html?ref=rss   (1460 words)

  
 Islam Question and Answer - Fasting person swallowing saliva and mucus
If a fasting person swallows his saliva that does not invalidate his fast even if there is a lot of it and if that happens in the mosque or elsewhere.
However if it is thick like mucus, he should not swallow it, rather he should spit it out into a tissue or whatever if he is in the mosque.
It is haraam to swallow mucus whether one is fasting or not, because it is considered to be dirty and it may carry diseases produced by the body.
www.islamqa.com /index.php?ln=eng&ref=12597   (371 words)

  
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A video from the Web site of the mosque architect Ali Mangera shows what will be called the London Markaz, a 17-acre Islamic worship center for as many as 70,000 Muslims.
It's going to be a mosque, it's going to be an Islamic garden, there's going to be a library, there's going to be residential accommodation.
Craig is a councilman for the London borough of Newham where the mosque would be built.
www.cbn.com /cbnnews/83805.aspx   (863 words)

  
 Personal Museum of Natural History - Swallows
This room displays photos of swallows and their allies.
Southern Rough-winged Swallow [1][2], Obinashi Shodo Tsubame or Stelgidopteryx ruficollis.
Southern Rough-winged Swallow [3], Obinashi Shodo Tsubame or Stelgidopteryx ruficollis.
www.planktonik.com /museum/en/birds/f_swallows.html   (90 words)

  
 Mosque Swallow - Hirundo senegalensis - Hirondelle des mosquées - picture of Callie de Wet
Mosque Swallow - Hirundo senegalensis - Hirondelle des mosquées - picture of Callie de Wet
Comment : Locally common, this species lives in open countries and cultivated areas, often near rivers and baobabs.
Birds :: Passeriformes :: Hirundinidae :: Mosque Swallow
www.oiseaux.net /photos/callie.de.wet/mosque.swallow.1.html   (102 words)

  
 ABC News: Pope Prays With Cleric at Turkey Mosque
Pope Benedict XVI Prays With Islamic Cleric at Turkey Mosque in Gesture of Outreach to Muslims
The pope visited the Blue Mosque in Istanbul on the third day of his four-day trip to Turkey.
ISTANBUL, Turkey Nov 30, 2006 (AP)— Pope Benedict XVI joined an Islamic cleric in prayers under the towering dome of Istanbul's most famous mosque Thursday in a powerful gesture seeking to transform his image among Muslims from adversary to peacemaker.
abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=2690461   (451 words)

  
 Ramadhan Frequently Asked Questions
A. The fast is only broken if one had vomited a mouthful involuntarily and swallowed it voluntarily or if one had voluntarily vomited a mouthful whether swallowed or not.
If water is swallowed by mistake or enters through the nose and reaches the brain then the fast will break and a qadha will have to be kept.
One has control over his/her desire and is not driven by desire to sexual intercourse or ejaculation.
www.central-mosque.com /fiqh/faqram.htm   (723 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Pope visits Turkey's Blue Mosque
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Pope Benedict XVI slipped out of his red Prada loafers and padded in white slippered feet across the carpeted floor of Istanbul's revered Blue Mosque on Thursday, in only the second papal visit to a Muslim house of worship.
For just under a minute, Benedict stood facing Mecca alongside the Islamic cleric beneath the exquisite blue-tiled dome of one of the world's most famous mosques, a visual gesture of reverence to a Muslim world he angered in September by quoting a Byzantine emperor who accused Islam of embracing violence.
Some Turks were angry that the Roman Catholic leader, on his first trip to a Muslim country in the 19 months he has been pope, entered a mosque.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2003456216_pope01.html?syndication=rss   (400 words)

  
 Pope prays with cleric at mosque in Turkey | The San Diego Union-Tribune
ISTANBUL, Turkey – Pope Benedict XVI joined an Islamic cleric in prayers under the towering dome of Istanbul's most famous mosque yesterday in a powerful gesture seeking to transform his image among Muslims from adversary to peacemaker.
The pope walked to the mosque after touring another majestic tribute to faith: the 1,500-year-old Hagia Sophia and its remarkable mix of Koranic calligraphy and Christian mosaics from its legacy as a marvel of early Christianity and then a coveted prize of Islam's expansion.
“A single swallow can't bring spring,” Cagrici told the pope, who ends his first papal trip to a Muslim nation today.
www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20061201/news_1n1pope.html   (460 words)

  
 deseretnews.com | Pope offers a prayer in mosque
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Pope Benedict XVI joined an Islamic cleric in prayers under the towering dome of Istanbul's most famous mosque Thursday in a powerful gesture seeking to transform his image among Muslims from adversary to peacemaker.
Pope Benedict XVI, left, and Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I wave from a balcony in Istanbul, Turkey, on Thursday.
The pope also visited an Islamic mosque in an effort at reconciliation.
deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,650211508,00.html   (1074 words)

  
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Therefore, a large-scale campaign is necessary because the Zionist threat to the Al-Aksa Mosque is serious and has been repeated.
"The Israeli government [is] fully responsible for the consequences and repercussions of tampering with the blessed Al Aksa Mosque and for the recurrent threats against it, the most recent being the threat by the extremist Jewish groups and several Israeli officials to storm it on Sunday and Monday.
Some Israeli officials' threats to partition Al Aksa Mosque to establish the alleged temple on its debris or to build a synagogue on part of it are rejected part and parcel and are unacceptable at all levels.
www.adl.org /main_Israel/al_aksa_chronology.htm   (2388 words)

  
 Updates
My 2 species of swallow on Liberia 14.01.94 Birds of Liberia, should be 1.
I shall remove Mosque Swallow and let both birds on the 11th stamp in the sheet be Barn Swallow.
I have changed id of the swallow in Falkland Is, 2005 H C Andersen.
www.birdtheme.org /updates.html   (1272 words)

  
 Birds: Hirundinidae
Tachycineta cyaneoviridis (Bryant, H., 1859) - Bahama Swallow
Haplochelidon andecola (d´Orbigny and Lafresnaye, 1837) - Andean Swallow
Petrochelidon fulva (Vieillot, 1808) - (Cinnamon-throated) Cave Swallow
www.phthiraptera.org /Birds/Passeriformes/Hirundinidae.html   (171 words)

  
 Surfbirds Birding Trip Report: The Gambia: 4th July 2001-19th July 2001
At 5 pm we starded a walk to the Tendaba 'airport' field and the best things we saw were: a few Collared Pratincoles, a few Common Greenshank, a few African Mourning Doves and a few males Yellow-crowned Bishops.
In the evening we did again a short walk in the Kotu Creek and the best thing we saw was a Grey-headed kingfisher in the bushes at the lower bridge.
In the morning a free trip (except transport) with Ebrima to Fajara Banta and in the evening a free trip with Yaya around the Kotu (to the Nightjars again).
www.surfbirds.com /trip_report.php?id=47   (2081 words)

  
 Lake Manyara birds - Bill Hilton   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The small town near the entrance is "Mto Wa Mbu", which our guides translated as "River of Mosquitos" and this park had more biting insects than all the others combined.
This is a Mosque swallow, a species adept at catching mosquitos in-flight, which means he will likely never go hungry at Lake Manyara!
To keep the page sizes from swamping readers using dial-up I created a second page of Lake Manyara birds that are not linked to from the main thumbnail page so if you want to see more beautiful birds click here or you can to straight to the Serengeti lions or return to the thumbnails.
members.aol.com /bhilton665/tanzania_2006/flycatcher_T1058.htm   (250 words)

  
 DenverPost.com - Pope prays in Istanbul mosque
It's now Muslims' judgment on whether to accept the pontiff's appeals for trust and reconciliation.
It was only the second known papal visit in history to a Muslim place of worship.
The pope walked to the mosque after touring another majestic tribute to faith: the 1,500-year-old Haghia Sofia and its remarkable mix of Koranic calligraphy and Christian mosaics from its legacy as a marvel of early Christianity and then a coveted prize of Islam's expansion.
www.denverpost.com /nationworld/ci_4751895   (769 words)

  
 Tour Zambia, Home of Zambian Safaris
The same species and the Mosque Swallow regularly nest in electrical installations.
The House Sparrow, which first appeared in Zambia in 1965, is more strictly confined to towns than the Grey-headed Sparrow and is particularly common at grain milling factories.
In northern Zambia the red-throated Cliff Swallow (m) nests mainly under bridges and is currently expanding its range.
www.tourzambia.com /natural-resources/birds.htm   (2983 words)

  
 Buy-Cycle - Media Center   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The school is in good shape, the cattle appear healthy (by African standards) and there is an active football (read: soccer) league that may pull us both out of retirement.
October 10 - New birds: Red-breasted Swallow (looks like a Mosque Swallow but it's an atheist) and Black-collared Barbet, a big-beaked red-faced messy-hair thing.
Garden news: Russian tomatoes do not like Africa, so we'll rely on a few mystery volunteers that magically appeared upon watering.
www.buy-cycle.net /media_center/rat_and_jena_in_zambia/671   (872 words)

  
 Pope Prays With Cleric at Turkey Mosque, Pope Benedict XVI Prays With Islamic Cleric at Turkey Mosque in Gesture of ...
Pope Prays With Cleric at Turkey Mosque, Pope Benedict XVI Prays With Islamic Cleric at Turkey Mosque in Gesture of Outreach to Muslims - CBS News
(AP) Pope Benedict XVI joined an Islamic cleric in prayers under the towering dome of Istanbul's most famous mosque Thursday in a powerful gesture seeking to transform his image among Muslims from adversary to peacemaker.
"This visit will help us find together the way of peace for the good of all humanity," the pope said inside the 17th-century Blue Mosque _ in only the second papal visit in history to a Muslim place of worship.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/12/01/ap/world/mainD8LNNI880.shtml   (1199 words)

  
 KIDEPO NATIONAL GAME PARK: UGANDA SAFARIS, UGANDA TOUR, GORILLA SAFARIS, BIRD WATCHING
The attractive Silverbird and small bands of Yellow-billed Shrike frequent the thorn trees around camp, as does a number of other widespread species such as Vinaceous Dove, Hoopoe, Mosque Swallow, Nubian Woodpecker, Ruppell's and Superb Starlings, Scarlet-chested Sunbird, Little Weaver and Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu.
A small permanent water hole at the edge of camp attracts swallows and a variety of seedeaters including Yellow-rumped Seedeater and is visited at night by Four-banded Sandgrouse, Elephant, Buffalo and occasionally Lion.
Clapperton's Francolin, Black Coucal, African Moustached and Broad-tailed Warblers, Marsh Tchagra and Crimson-rumped Waxbill may be seen in the rank grass along the normally dry stream bed adjacent to camp or along the track to Amok lodge.
www.abacusvacations.com /uganda7.html   (794 words)

  
 Facts about mosque swallow
Under Mulayam nose, textbook finds temple under Babri mosque
Index of Species in the family Swallows (Hirundinidae)
Index of Species in the family Hirundinidae (Swallows Martins)
www.supercrawler.com /Facts/mosque_swallow.html   (35 words)

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