Article: SYRIA: MALAYSIAN PM TOURS OMAYYAD GRAND MOSQUE.(Malaysian Prime Minister, Dr. Mahathir Muhammad)(Brief Article)

Article: MALAYSIAN PM TOURS OMAYYAD GRAND MOSQUE
Info-Prod Research (Middle East);  August 21, 2003 ;     261 words ... ... Prime Minister, Dr. Mahathir Muhammad, the First Lady, and their accompanying delegation have paid visit to the Omayyad Grand Mosque. The visitors were taken on a conducted tour of the mosque and given briefing on its history, including the various ...

Article: The Grand Mosque: A mosque for all people.
Kuwait Times (Kuwait City, Kuwait);  September 28, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Al-Khaled Sep. 28--Kuwait's Grand Mosque, known to Kuwaitis and Arab expats ... imported from India. "Praying in the Grand Mosque is a blessing ... it is a beautiful ... expat and a first time worshiper at the Grand Mosque. The Grand Mosque, which can hold ...

Article: Al Qaeda's forerunner.(Soundbite)(interview with Yaroslav ...
Reason;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... tell you much about the takeover of the Grand Mosque in Mecca by Islamist militants in November ... Journal, in September. Q: What was the Grand Mosque siege? A: The group that took over ... Arabian Peninsula. The battle for the Grand Mosque started on November 20, 1979--at ...

Article: Grand Mosque
Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa;      469 words ...GRAND MOSQUE The most important mosque in Islam and ... pilgrims from around the world. The Grand Mosque is located in Mecca and known in Arabic ... improvements were begun in 1991. The Grand Mosque is the devotional focal point for Muslims ...

Article: Man stabs six people outside Grand Mosque in Saudi ...
AP Worldstream;  February 26, 2002 ;     537 words ... ... stabbed and wounded six people outside the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Islam's holiest city ... security forces, on Monday around the Grand Mosque. Six people were wounded, the report ... a highway and the expansion of the Grand Mosque. Hundreds have died in past pilgrimages ...

Article: MAKKAH GRAND MOSQUE HOLDS OVER 1MLN QUR'AN COPIES ...
Info-Prod Research (Middle East);  January 24, 2005 ;     306 words ... ... Qur'an within the precincts of the Grand Mosque, including translations. The Qur ... General Presidency of the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque, is the ... the disposal of those who visit the Grand Mosque. There are 2,200 brass cupboards ...

Article: 800 cameras help control crowd in Grand Mosque.
Gulf News (United Arab Emirates);  December 11, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... 800 cameras have been installed in the Grand Mosque in Makkah to monitor the millions of ... the Central Operations Room inside the Grand Mosque. The forces will function from early ... peripheries of the courtyards of the Grand Mosque. Maj Gen Mattar said they will ensure ...