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The Hajj (Arabic: حج Ḥaǧǧ "pilgrimage", also spelled haj and hadj) is the pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is one of the largest pilgrimages in the world, and is the fifth pillar of Islam, a religious duty that must be carried out at least once in their lifetime by every able-bodied Muslim who can afford to do so. The Hajj is a demonstration of the solidarity of the Muslim people, and their submission to God (Allah in the Arabic language).
The pilgrimage occurs from the 8th to 12th day of Dhu al-Hijjah, the 12th and last month of the Islamic calendar. Because the Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar, eleven days shorter than the Gregorian calendar used in the Western world, the Gregorian date of the Hajj changes from year to year. Ihram is the name given to the special spiritual state in which Muslims live while on the pilgrimage.
The Hajj is associated with the life of Islamic prophet Muhammad from the 7th century, but the ritual of pilgrimage to Mecca is considered by Muslims to stretch back thousands of years to the time of Abraham (Ibrahim). Pilgrims join processions of hundreds of thousands of people, who simultaneously converge on Mecca for the week of the Hajj, and perform a series of rituals: Each person walks counter-clockwise seven times around the Kaaba, the cube-shaped building which acts as the Muslim direction of prayer, runs back and forth between the hills of Al-Safa and Al-Marwah, drinks from the Zamzam Well, goes to the plains of Mount Arafat to stand in vigil, and throws stones in a ritual Stoning of the Devil. The pilgrims then shave their heads, perform a ritual of animal sacrifice, and celebrate the three day global festival of Eid al-Adha.
Maulana Tariq Jameel (Urdu: مولانا طارق جمیل) (born 1953) is an Islamic scholar from Pakistan. His native town is Tulambah near Mian Channu. His father was an agriculturist who belonged to the Muslim Rajputs community.[citation needed]
Tariq Jameel was born and raised in Mian Channu. In his childhood he lived a relatively modest life but religion was not a major part of his life and his family in particular. It wasn't until he pursued his M.B.B.S. in Lahore that his focus shifted towards Islam. After completing his Higher Secondary School education (a.k.a. F.Sc in some regions of Pakistan) in pre-medical (equivalent to A 'levels') from Government College, Lahore, he took admission in King Edward Medical College in Lahore. He intended to do his M.B.B.S., but he soon switched to Islamic education. He then went on to receive Islamic education from Jamia Arabia, Raiwind (near Lahore), Pakistan where he studied Quran, Hadith, Sharia, Tasawwuf, logic and Fiqh.[citation needed]
His proclivity towards Islam grew during hostel life in Lahore and can mainly be attributed to the group members of Tablighi Jamaat who he became friends with during his college life.[citation needed]
Aamir Hussain Khan (pronounced [ˈaːmɪr ˈxaːn]) (born 14 March 1965) is an Indian film actor, director and producer who has established himself as one of the leading actors of Hindi cinema.
Starting his career as a child actor in his uncle Nasir Hussain's film Yaadon Ki Baaraat (1973), Khan began his professional career eleven years later with Holi (1984) and had his first commercial success with Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988). He received his first National Film Award as a Special Jury Award for his roles in the films Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988) and Raakh (1989). After eight previous nominations during the 1980s and 1990s, Khan received his first Filmfare Award for Best Actor for his performance in the major grosser Raja Hindustani (1996) and later earned his second Best Actor award for his performance in the Academy Award-nominated Lagaan, which also marked the debut of his own production company.
Following a four-year break from acting, Khan made his comeback playing the title role in the historical Mangal Pandey: The Rising (2005), and later won a Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor for his role in Rang De Basanti (2006). The following year, he made his directorial debut with Taare Zameen Par, for which he received a Filmfare Award for Best Director. This was followed by Ghajini (2008), which became the highest grossing film of that year, and 3 Idiots (2009), which became the highest-grossing Bollywood film of all-time, unadjusted for inflation. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 2003 and the Padma Bhushan in 2010 for his contributions towards the arts.
Actors: Sandra Hetzl (producer), Sandra Hetzl (writer), Sandra Hetzl (director), Robert Dahm (miscellaneous crew), Jean-Renè Bilongo (actor), Eugene Muke Jabbie (actor), Abdulkarim Ali (actor), Benedict Osubor (actor), Paul Kalusa (actor), Alhaji Kasim Appiah (actor), Orhan Bayindir (actor), Bismark Bediako (actor),
Plot: Castel Volturno Italy, 2010. Bits of life of Castel Volturno's Black inhabitants, contemporary Argonauts, who crossed the Mediterranean sea on rubber boats, following their European dream. Castel Volturno, an ex-holiday-paradise in Southern Italy, is nowadays a vessel for those Subsaharians who survived the journey through the desert and over the sea. After stranding in Lampedusa and being rejected by the European Commission, the next station is Castel Volturno, without 'papers'. The African reality of Castel Volturno is transported without an objective or analytical narrative, without accusing, but through a texture made of many subjectivities. A texture made of myths, self-suggestion, references and metaphors. The film focuses on the invisible things behind what we already know about this more or less desperate reality.
Keywords: boat-people, migration, west-africaActors: Marie-Noelle Hauville (miscellaneous crew), Alexander Emmert (producer), Aurélien Wiik (actor), Fabien Pondevaux (miscellaneous crew), Moussa Maaskri (actor), Simon Abkarian (actor), Anatole Taubman (actor), Gérard Lanvin (actor), Catherine Hiegel (actress), Mehdi Nebbou (actor), Yves Marmion (producer), Nicolas Marié (actor), Rachida Brakni (actress), Rachida Brakni (actress), Saïd Amadis (actor),
Plot: In France, terrorist groups and intelligence agencies battle in a merciless war everyday, in the name of radically opposed ideologies. Yet, terrorist and secret agents lead almost the same lives. Condemned to secrecy, these masters of manipulation follow the same methods. Alex and Al Barad are two of them. The former is the head of the D.G.S.E.'s (Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure, the French equivalent of the CIA or the MI6) counter-terrorism unit while the latter reigns over a terrorist network, and both fight using the most ruthless of weapons: human beings. Secret Défense (aka Secrets Of State) tells of their secret war through the destinies of Diane, a student recruited by the French secret service, and Pierre, a troubled young man who thinks terrorism will bring him salvation. Trained and indoctrinated for missions which are beyond them, they are both drawn into a chain of events from which they seem incapable of escaping. While they both be sacrificed in the name of their "noble" causes?
Keywords: airport, anti-terrorism, anti-terrorist-squad, bomb, college-student, counter-terrorism, counter-terrorism-unit, counter-terrorist, dog, franceActors: Barbara Eden (actress), George Chakiris (actor), Cecil Kellaway (actor), Bob Henry (director), Hans Conried (actor), José Ferrer (actor), Charles Lederer (writer), Roy Clark (actor), Norman Rosemont (producer), Edward Knoblock (writer), Larry Billman (actor), Jack Regas (miscellaneous crew), Luther Davis (writer), Anna Maria Alberghetti (actress), Bonnie Evans (actress),
Genres: Musical,Actors: Norman Leavitt (actor), Frank Mitchell (actor), Ethan Laidlaw (actor), Jay C. Flippen (actor), John Bleifer (actor), Mike Mazurki (actor), Howard Keel (actor), Jack Elam (actor), David Bond (actor), George Bruggeman (actor), Ted de Corsia (actor), Jamie Farr (actor), Sebastian Cabot (actor), Aaron Spelling (actor), Leonard Mudie (actor),
Plot: Like a tale spun by Scheherazade, Kismet follows the remarkable and repeated changes of fortune that engulf a poor poet. It all happens in one incredible day when Kismet (Fate) takes a hand.
Keywords: 1001-nights, arabian-nights, baghdad-mesopotamia, based-on-play, based-on-stage-musical, based-on-stage-musical-based-on-stage-play, beggar, caliph, dancer, dancingActors: Alexander Hall (editor), Sidney Blackmer (actor), Edmund Breese (actor), Richard Carlyle (actor), Charles Clary (actor), Olin Francis (actor), Otto Hoffman (actor), Sydney Jarvis (actor), Noble Johnson (actor), Montagu Love (actor), Blanche Friderici (actress), Loretta Young (actress), Robert North (producer), Howard Estabrook (writer), Edward Ward (composer),
Plot: Hajj, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to royalty and to win the heart of the queen of the castle himself.
Keywords: arab, arabian-nights, baghdad-mesopotamia, based-on-play, beggar, caliph, camel, castle, cheat, dancer