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US Sues School for Denying Teacher Leave for Muslim Pilgrimage
By Lauren Frayer - AOL News(Dec. 14) -- The U.S. government is suing a suburban Chicago school district for refusing to grant a Muslim teacher unpaid leave to go on a Hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. Attending the annual pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca once in a lifetime is one of the five central tenets of the Islamic faith. Safoorah Khan, a middle school teacher in the Berkeley school district, about 15 miles west of Chicago, applied for an unpaid leave of absence in 2008 to go on the Hajj, but her request was denied. She ultimately quit her job to attend and later filed a complaint with the U.S. Equal ...
The Hajj and H1N1: Pilgrimage During a Pandemic
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyBy some estimates, the hajj is the single largest, annual gathering in the world; the pilgrimage of Muslims to Mecca attracts between 2 and 3 million visitors from all over the globe. But this year, officials are worried about several strains of H1N1. In a study published in the journal Science on Thursday, researchers warned that measures would need to be taken to prevent outbreaks of H1N1 both during the hajj, which takes place Nov. 25-30 this year, and after, as travelers return to their home countries. One of the authors of the study, Dr. Ziad Memish, who is also the Assistant Deputy ...
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