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Umm Al-Qura (other)
Umm al-Qura or Um al-Qura (Arabic for "Mother of All Settlements") may refer to: *Mecca, a city in Saudi Arabia **Umm al-Qura calendar The Hijri calendar (), also known in English as the Islamic calendar, is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days. It is used to determine the proper days of Islamic holidays and rituals, such as the Ramad ..., an Islamic calendar in Saudi Arabia based on astronomical calculations ** Umm al-Qura University, Mecca, Saudi Arabia ** ''Umm Al-Qura'' (newspaper), official gazette of Saudi Arabia, first Arabic daily in the country * Umm al-Qura Mosque, Baghdad, Iraq * Umm al-Qura Mosque, in Muridke, Punjab, Pakistan; part of the Markaz-e-Taiba complex run by the militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba * Theory of Umm al-Qura, theory of power in the Islamic world, part of Iranian foreign policy {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mecca
Mecca, officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, is the capital of Mecca Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia; it is the Holiest sites in Islam, holiest city in Islam. It is inland from Jeddah on the Red Sea, in a narrow valley above sea level. Its metropolitan population in 2022 was 2.4million, making it the List of cities in Saudi Arabia by population, third-most populated city in Saudi Arabia after Riyadh and Jeddah. Around 44.5% of the population are Saudis, Saudi citizens and around 55.5% are Muslim world, Muslim foreigners from other countries. Pilgrims more than triple the population number every year during the Pilgrimage#Islam, pilgrimage, observed in the twelfth Islamic calendar, Hijri month of . With over 10.8 million international visitors in 2023, Mecca was one of the ten List of cities by international visitors, most visited cities in the world. Mecca is generally considered "the fountainhead and cradle of Islam". Mecca is revered in Islam as the birthp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umm Al-Qura Calendar
The Hijri calendar (), also known in English as the Islamic calendar, is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days. It is used to determine the proper days of Islamic holidays and rituals, such as the Ramadan, annual fasting and the annual season for the Hajj, great pilgrimage. In almost all countries where the predominant religion is Islam, the civil calendar is the Gregorian calendar, with Assyrian calendar, Syriac month-names used in the Arabic names of calendar months#Levant and Mesopotamia, Levant and Mesopotamia (Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine), but the religious calendar is the Hijri one. This calendar enumerates the Hijri era, whose Epoch (reference date), epoch was established as the Islamic New Year in 622 Common Era, CE. During that year, Muhammad and his followers migrated from Mecca to Medina and established the first Muslim community (''ummah''), an event commemorated as the Hijrah. In the West, dates in this era ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umm Al-Qura University
Umm al-Qura University (UQU; ) is a public university in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The university was established as the College of Sharia (Islamic law) in 1949 during the reign of King Abdulaziz ibn Saud before being joined by new colleges and renamed as Umm al-Qura through a royal decree in 1981. UQU started primarily as an Islamic university offering degrees in Islamic Law and Arabic language studies. It now offers more courses in such diverse subjects as Technology Management, Business Management, Islamic Economics, Marketing, Engineering, Technology, Medicine, Education, Architecture, as well various Applied, Social and Engineering Sciences. In 2015, the UQU annual budget hovered around ''SR 3 billion'' (US$801,399,900). Colleges *College of Da'wa 'Islamic Call' and Fundamentals of Religion The College of Da'wa 'Islamic Call' and Fundamentals of Religion was established on 21/12/1401 A.H (20 October 1981) by the Royal Decree No. 27278/32/3. This college is considered as an ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umm Al-Qura (newspaper)
''Umm Al-Qura'' () is the first Arabic-language Saudi Arabian daily newspaper based in Mecca, and the official gazette of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The paper has been in circulation since 1924. History and profile ''Umm Al-Qura'' is established by Ibn Saud, the Kingdom’s founder, and the first issue was published on 12 December 1924. In fact, the paper was a successor of '' Al Qibla'' which was the official gazette of the Kingdom of Hejaz. One of the reasons behind the establishment of ''Umm Al-Qura'' was the harsh criticisms of an Egyptian newspaper, '' Al Muqattam'', against Ibn Saud. Ibn Saud started the paper to counterweigh the propaganda of ''Al Muqattam'' through the paper. ''Umm Al-Qura'' was initially a weekly newspaper issued in four hand-printed pages before it had turned into a government gazette – an announcer of royal decrees and other state-related news. Shortly after its start, ''Umm Al-Qura'' frequently featured articles supporting Wahhabi doctrine which w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umm Al-Qura Mosque
The Umm al-Qura Mosque (), also known as the Umm al-Ma'arik Mosque (), is a Sunni mosque located in Baghdad, Iraq. It was the city's largest place of worship for Sunnis, but it has also become the location of a Shi'a hawza and a place of refuge for many fleeing the terrorists' depredations in the Anbar Province. It was designed to commemorate former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's self-proclaimed victory in the Gulf War (1990–1991) and was intended to serve as a personal tribute to Saddam himself. It is located in the Sunni-populated al-Adel area of western Baghdad. Although never confirmed by the regime or himself during his lifetime, there has been speculation that it was intended to have been Saddam's final resting place. History The mosque cost 7.5 million to build, the mosque's cornerstone was laid on Saddam Hussein's 61st birthday on 28 April 1998. It was formally completed on 28 April 2001 in time for the ten-year anniversary of the Gulf War. The mosque was a part o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markaz-e-Taiba
Muridke ( Punjabi / ), is a city and headquarters of Muridke Tehsil of Sheikhupura District in Punjab, Pakistan. It is the 37th largest city of Pakistan by population. Muridke is a commercial area situated near the city of Lahore, at an elevation of 205 m (675 ft). Geography It situated on the Grand Trunk Road. The city occupies a strategic position, with an interurban highway linking cities such as Lahore, Gujranwala and Sheikhupura. It is located at an altitude of 215 meters above sea level, with the land around being largely flat. Murīdkeat Geonames.org (cc-by) The area is largely agricultural and is serviced by nearby canals. Temperature The average temperature is 23 °C. The hottest month is May, at 33 °C , and the coldest is January, at 11 °C. The average rainfall is 955 millimetres (37 in) per year. The wettest month is September, at 289 millimetres (11 in) of rainfall, and the driest is November, at 11 millimetres (0.5 in). History The city, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
