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The Future MECCA in Saudia Arabia
(Construction in Progress)
After Three Years Haram Mosque will Look Like This
World 2nd Tallest building starting in Jeddah K.S.A
Madena Haram Masque After four Years 
A big housing project started near the Holy Haram
No bus for veiled muslim Aussie women
It never crossed Khadijah Ouararhni-Grech's mind that covering her face would make her fell prey to racism in Australia. "As I was stepping on to the bus, the driver said: 'You can't get on the bus wearing your mask'," Khadijah told Australia's The Daily Telegraph on Friday, July 24.
The Aussie Muslim woman politely told the driver that her niqab (face-veil) was not a "mask", but a religious dress. "It is law," the driver replied. "I told him it wasn't the law and he said 'You have to show me your face'," Khadijah said. "I said to him, 'There's no difference between me and that lady sitting there who chooses to not wear what I'm wearing.'"
After a heated argument that distressed passengers, the driver eventually let the veiled Muslim woman on the bus. "There were others present, there was a lady with a baby who was also disgusted about the discrimination that was brought upon me," said Khadijah.
The Muslim woman filed a racism complaint with the privately-operated HillsBus company. Hijab, Why? Hijab: Always A Woman's Business? "At HillsBus we take complaints seriously and we value our record of customer service," a HillsBus spokesperson said. "We received the complaint on Tuesday and an internal inquiry is now under way. "Until the matter is investigated it would obviously not be appropriate to offer further public commentary." "Attitude change" Khadijah, a mother of two, does not want punishment for the driver, but wants the bus company to improve driver's education and attitudes towards Muslims. "I'd just like to change his attitude," she said. "I just want him to be educated on the subject."
The Muslim woman also offered help in introducing programs to drivers about the Muslim code of dress. "I'd be more than happy to go to the company with my sheikh and educate these people about what this exactly is and our beliefs and the reason why."
Islam sees hijab as an obligatory code of dress, not a religious symbol displaying one's affiliations. As for niqab, the majority of Muslim scholars believe that a woman is not obliged to cover her face or hands. They believe that it is up to every woman to decide whether to take on the face-cover or not. Muslims, who have been in Australia for more than 200 years, make up 1.5 percent of its 20-million population. Islam is the country's second largest religion after Christianity.
In post 9/11 Australia, Muslims have been haunted with suspicion and have had their patriotism questioned. A 2007 poll taken by the Issues Deliberation Australia (IDA) think-tank found that Australians basically see Islam as a threat to the Australian way of life.
In 2008, a governmental report revealed that Muslims are facing deep-seated Islamophobia and race-based treatment like never before. Source: IslamOnline
Britons seek justice in Shari`ah Courts
More non-Muslim Britons are resorting to Shari`ah courts to find speedy justice instead of the long wrangling of regular courts, the Times reported on Tuesday, July 21. It cited the case of a non-Muslim who took his Muslim business partner to the Muslim Arbitration Tribunal (MAT) last month to sort out a dispute over the profits of their car fleet company. "[He] claimed that there had been an oral agreement between the pair," Freed Chedie, a spokesman for Faiz-ul-Aqtab Siqqiqi, a barrister who set up MAT in 2007, told the Times. "The tribunal found that because of certain things the Muslim man did, that agreement had existed. The non-Muslim was awarded £48,000." The case is one of many in which non-Muslims have resorted to the Shari`ah courts to secure their rights. Some 5 percent of the cases MAT reviewed recently involved non-Muslims who came to resolve commercial disputes and other civil matters. Chedie said the tribunal had adjudicated on at least 20 cases involving non-Muslims so far this year. "We put weight on oral agreements, whereas the British courts do not," he explains. MAT, which was established in 2007, runs Shari`ah courts that in addition to tackling Muslims personal affairs disputes also resolve commercial matters. It already operates in London, Birmingham, Bradford, Manchester and Nuneaton, Warwickshire. Rulings issued by Shari`ah courts are enforceable with the full power of the judicial system, through the county courts or High Court, provided that both parties agree to that condition at the beginning of any hearing. Shari`ah courts are mediation councils that deal with Muslims’ personal affairs, basically the issues of marriages, inheritance and endowment, which is known as the Muslim personal law. They have been operating in Britain, home to some 2 million Muslims, for over two decades. Growing
Arab countries ban elderly, young from hajj
In a bid to contain the spread of swine flu, Arab health ministers agreed Wednesday, July 22, to ban the elderly and young children from going on `Umrah and hajj in Saudi Arabia this year. "Hajj and `Umrah will continue with some conditions," said Ibrahim al-Kerdani, World Health Organization (WHO) spokesman in Egypt, reported Agence France-Presse (AFP). "Some groups will be excluded from hajj: people over the age of 65, people under the age of 12 and people with chronic illnesses." Delaying `Umrah Because of Swine Flu Swine Flu: Beware, Be Safe (Folder) Swine Flu to Affect Hajj Season? The ban was taken during an emergency meeting of Arab health ministers to coordinate arrangements and precautions to be taken during hajj. Kerdani said the decision to keep the vulnerable groups away from hajj is yet to be ratified by the Arab governments. The swine flu (H1N1), a mixture of various swine, bird and human viruses, first emerged in Mexico in April. The World Health Organization (WHO) says the virus is moving around the globe at "unprecedented speed," with more than 700 people killed since the outbreak began. Several Muslim countries have already warned vulnerable people against going on `Umrah and hajj in Saudi Arabia over swine flu concerns. On Monday, Egypt became the latest country to advise vulnerable people against going to the holy sites in Makkah, after an Egyptian woman back from Saudi Arabia became the first swine flu death in the Middle East and Africa. In Iran, a health ministry official on Tuesday repeated calls for elderly Iranians and children to avoid going on hajj this year. Tunisia earlier this month suspended `Umrah because of the virus, while reserving judgment on whether hajj should be undertaken. Saudi Arabia itself in June warned elderly Muslims and pregnant women against undertaking hajj, one of the five pillars of Islam, because of the threat of swine flu. More than two million Muslims perform hajj, an obligation for all able-bodied, financially capable Muslims at least once in a lifetime, every year. Requirement The WHO says Saudi Arabia is expected to ratify the Arab recommendation to exclude the vulnerable people from hajj. "The Saudi government will make (these conditions) a requirement," said Hussein Gezairi, the WHO regional director for the Eastern Mediterranean region. "No one will get their visa unless these requirements are fulfilled." Around 3 million Muslim pilgrims from around the world head for the holy city of Makkah each year for hajj. But Riyadh said that it would not restrict the number of visas it issues for hajj this year. "We did not change the percentage of any country, we changed certain rules," Saudi Health Minister Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al-Rabeeah said. "It's up to the country to replace (applicants who fall under the restrictions) with" other pilgrims, he said. He, however, said that there would "probably" be fewer pilgrims this year. Source: IslamOnline
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