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Hajj: travails of Dagestan’s pilgrim traders

By Musa Musayev - IWPR, 14 March 2003

The annual pilgrimage to Mecca this February brought big money to some Dagestanis, and a lot of trouble to others.

Musa Musaev is a correspondent for Dagestanskaya Pravda newspaper in Makhachkala, Dagestan.

This article was originally published by the IWPR (Institute for War Peace Reporting), London, in the Caucasus Reporting Service (CRS No.170, 14 March 2003). The Institute for War & Peace Reporting strengthens local journalism in areas of conflict. Religioscope has been allowed by the IWPR to repost its articles.
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India: potential temple-mosque trouble spots abound

By Deepshikha Ghosh - Indo-Asian News Service, 13 March 2003

A court order to excavate and ascertain if a temple existed at the site of a razed mosque in Ayodhya revives a long-standing debate about a large number of monuments across India with a disputed history. The Ayodhya temple-mosque row is only the most prominent. Hindu activists contend that thousands of temples were demolished and mosques erected in their place in a succession of invasions that racked medieval India.

© Copyright 2003 IANS India Private Limited, New Delhi. Posted on Religioscope with permission.

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India: madrassas caught between tradition and pressure to modernise

By Ehtashamuddin Khan - Indo-Asian News Service , 21 January 2003

In the world of Muslim seminaries in India, the Maulana Azad Islamic Awakening Centre in the capital is almost an oddity. The centre is fairly well maintained compared to other ‘madrassas’. But like any other madrassa, the Maulana Azad Centre for Islamic Awakening is caught between conflicting pressures to stick to tradition and embrace modernity.

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Islam: Muslims prepare for holy month of ramadan

By Zamira Eshanova, 5 November 2002

This week, Muslims around the world mark the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, the most significant Islamic holiday. Muslims believe that Ramadan — the ninth month of the Islamic year, as determined by the lunar calendar — represents the time when the Koran was sent down from heaven as “a guidance unto men, […]

This article was first published on 5 November 2002 by RFE/RL (Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty). Posted on RELIGIOSCOPE with permission. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is a private, international communications service to Eastern and Southeastern Europe, Russia, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Middle East, funded by the United States Congress. RELIGIOSCOPE highly recommends the RFE/RL website, with its informative daily newsline and various other reports: http://www.rferl.org/

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