http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/MeccaFind stories, videos, and photos about Mecca from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:06:33 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Mecca14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Mecca from CNN.com.http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/25/hajj.rain/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/25/hajj.rain/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Hajj, an obligatory pilgrimage for Muslims, began this year on Wednesday with two twists: thinner crowds and heavy rain.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:01:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/25/hajj.scene/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/25/hajj.scene/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe path from the holy city of Mecca to the Mina desert turned a sea of white Wednesday as throngs of Muslims began the annual pilgrimage known as the Hajj.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:09:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/13/hajj.swineflu/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/13/hajj.swineflu/index.html#cnnSTCTextForget stampedes, fires and terrorist attacks. The big fear this year concerning the Hajj, the annual millions-strong pilgrimage to Mecca, is swine flu.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:08:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/21/saudi.hajj.h1n1/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/21/saudi.hajj.h1n1/index.html#cnnSTCTextA teenager and three elderly people in Saudi Arabia for the hajj pilgrimage have died of the H1N1 flu virus, the Saudi Health Ministry said.Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:19:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/26/african.voices.femi.kuti/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/26/african.voices.femi.kuti/index.html#cnnSTCTextEnergetic, infectious and combative, the music of Nigerian musician Femi Kuti has moved audiences around the world. But the man is just as passionate about getting people to change their world as much as move their feet.Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:06:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/14/kaust.qanda/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/14/kaust.qanda/index.html#cnnSTCTextOn the eastern shore of the Red Sea at Thuwal, about an hour north of Mecca lies the 14 square mile campus of Saudi Arabia's newest university, KAUST.Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:32:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/03/gaza.flu/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/03/gaza.flu/index.html#cnnSTCTextSwine flu has not reached Gaza yet but with 1.5 million residents squeezed into 360 square kilometers it would appear to be a small miracle.Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:17:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/25/saudi.sex.bragger.arrested/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/25/saudi.sex.bragger.arrested/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Saudi Arabian man was arrested after bragging about his sex life on television, local media reported.Sat, 25 Jul 2009 06:51:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/15/swine.flu.hajj.pilgrimage/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/15/swine.flu.hajj.pilgrimage/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo pilgrims from Iran have contracted the H1N1 virus, according to reports from the country's official news agency.Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:18:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/13/turkey.mosque.women/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/13/turkey.mosque.women/index.html#cnnSTCTextThere is a shiny addition among the Ottoman mosques and palaces that make up Istanbul's stunning skyline: the metallic, mirrored dome of the new Sakirin Mosque, a Muslim place of worship built with a woman's touch.Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:25:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/03/turkey.religion.gameshow/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/03/turkey.religion.gameshow/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Turkish television show is offering contestants what it claims is the "biggest prize ever" -- the chance for atheists to convert to one of the world's major religions.Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:46:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/norman_chad/06/14/couch.slouch/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/norman_chad/06/14/couch.slouch/index.htmlLAS VEGAS -- With the American economy at a crossroads, a cross-section of America still converges here every summer. It's as if money grows on palm trees in the middle of The Strip, because, even with recessionary dollars harder to come by, bigger crowds keep coming to the World Series of Poker.Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:37:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/05/saudi.arabia.woman.driver/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/05/saudi.arabia.woman.driver/index.html#cnnSTCTextPolice in the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca Wednesday arrested a woman for violating the country's ban on women driving, according to the Saudi English-language daily Arab News.Fri, 06 Mar 2009 03:55:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/16/saudi.female.modernization/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/16/saudi.female.modernization/index.html#cnnSTCTextWhat could be bigger than the appointment of the first female minister in Saudi Arabia?Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:54:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/01/22/iran.politics.people/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/01/22/iran.politics.people/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo young Iranian parents smiled at me, showing mock desperation as their little boy and girl eagerly dragged them into a shop famous for its pistachio ice cream sandwiches. Around the corner, filling the side of a 15-story building, a government-sponsored propaganda mural showed a perverted American flag, with skulls for stars and falling bombs for stripes.Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:27:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/15/inaugural.crowds/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/15/inaugural.crowds/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe 1 to 2 million people expected to pour into downtown Washington for inaugural festivities will pose major challenges for the city, for law enforcement, and for the attendees themselves.Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:08:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/01/01/tehran.iran/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/01/01/tehran.iran/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn summer, I flew from Istanbul's Ataturk Airport to Tehran's Khomeini Airport to film a public television show on Iran. For an American, it was eye-opening from the first moment. When the pilot said, "We're taking this plane to Tehran," nobody was alarmed.Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:26:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/12/08/hajj.tolerance/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/12/08/hajj.tolerance/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe pilgrimage that brings more than 2 million Muslims to Mecca every year tends to make them more religiously observant and also more tolerant, a huge study of Pakistani pilgrims suggests.Tue, 09 Dec 2008 08:24:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/07/israel.prisoner.release/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/07/israel.prisoner.release/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsrael has dropped 20 names from a list of Palestinian prisoners set for release this week, the Israeli government announced Sunday, bringing the number down to 230.Sun, 07 Dec 2008 12:39:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/28/analysis.taliban/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/28/analysis.taliban/index.html#cnnSTCTextSince Afghan officials met with former Taliban leaders in Mecca, Saudi Arabia a month ago the drum beat of hammering out a political deal with the Taliban rather than smashing them militarily has been growing steadily.Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:34:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/05/afghan.saudi.talks/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/05/afghan.saudi.talks/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn a groundbreaking meeting, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia recently hosted talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban militant group, according to a source familiar with the talks.Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1846200,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1846200,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsNeeding jobs and housing for its next generation, the desert kingdom has launched an ambitious plan to build five new cities simultaneously Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:00:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/david_epstein/07/03/shay.trials/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/david_epstein/07/03/shay.trials/index.htmlAmong the who's-who of American running, jumping, throwing and vaulting that has descended on America's one true track Mecca -- Eugene, Ore. -- for the Olympic Track and Field Trials, one athlete who has been entirely absent from the new polyurethane at Hayward Field has nonetheless been much on the minds of many competing for Beijing berths.Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:08:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/07/04/tunguska.anniversary/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/07/04/tunguska.anniversary/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt produced a blast hundreds of times stronger than the Hiroshima bomb, was seen hundreds of miles away and narrowly missed obliterating an entire city -- but 100 years to the week after the mysterious explosion in Siberia, no one is any closer to understanding what caused it.Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:17:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1816691,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1816691,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA new London show, Captivated: The Art of the Interned, is a quietly damning indictment of Britain's treatment of post 9/11 terror suspects Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:00:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/05/03/news/companies/buffett/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/05/03/news/companies/buffett/index.htmThe mass migration of investors to Omaha for Warren Buffett's annual shareholder meeting, which kicks off Saturday morning, is the biggest pilgrimage this side of Mecca. More than 25,000 other people from every state in the Union and dozens of foreign countries go to soak up the wisdom of Buffett and his business partner, Charlie Munger, who sit for hours and answer questions from all comers. Their answers are often so educational and entertaining that any investor can take them to heart and learn from them.Sat, 03 May 2008 18:15:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/12/20/roland.martin/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/12/20/roland.martin/index.html#cnnSTCTextThis whole push to remove Christ from the Christmas season has gotten so ridiculous that it's pathetic.Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:14:00 EST