Open only six weeks each year, Hajj Terminal is rated one of the world’s best and busiest. Dozens of gleaming white tents form a bold roofline covering 120 acres of passenger services; sustainable magnificence created by visionary architects Skidmore, Owings…
Astronomical time savers, renewable faith and eco-terrorism. Another year has passed of the Islamic calendar. Over a thousand years since the first eco-mosque, but are Muslims any more greener at the end of it?
Wudhu (woo-dhoo) is a Muslim’s ritual wash before any act of worship. Wudhu is a control switch, a health check, a reminder of liquid blessings. But how can wudhu make the Islamic faith even greener?
The hideous Mekkah Clocktower may have been the final straw – officials now state that any additions will be more in tune with traditional architecture It seems that the powers that be in Mekkah (Mecca) are finally listening. After widespread…
Sacrifice is Muslims’ way of giving back to community, the poor and God. But consumerism had turned the Eid-ul-Adha festival into another “Eid-mas”. See our doable ideas on what you could be giving up after Hajj season and share your own.
We speak to Dr Husna Ahmed, the co-author of the newly launched Green Guide to Hajj about the role Muslims can play in protecting nature As part of its work to encourage green religious pilgrimages worldwide, the Alliance of Religions…
Prince Naif Bin Abdul Aziz, KSA’s Minister of Interior has approved the world’s first Hajj security plan which will provide pilgrims basic services and shelter centers in the event of any emergencies.
With the nearing of the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Makkah, Middle Eastern leaders and the ‘Ecomuslim’ aim to launch an official green guide to Hajj at the House of Lords, London.
Saudi Arabia’s Water and Electricity Minister reveals its SR700 million Zam Zam Water Project, a 42 outlet distribution plan to bottle the cleaner Zam Zam water in Madinah.
A recent report by the BBC has revealed that holy water from Mecca known as ‘Zam Zam’ is contaminated with high levels of arsenic It seems that these days nothing is holy. First the holy waters of the River Jordan…
