A new charitable organisation has been launched called the Council of British Hajis: The CBH is a not-for-profit voluntary charity whose aims are to work for the welfare of British Hajjis and to ensure that they are relieved of any distress and to ensure that Hajj service providers perform their obligations towards the pilgrims making the experience an enjoyable one. See http://www.the-cbh.org.uk/ for more details.
I hate Facebook. That’s right, I hate it, but I still use it, it is compulsive, compelling, addictive, it is pointless, waste of time, redundant, everyone uses it and everyone wants to be your friend. It has pointless add-on applications and a ridiculous “Poke” feature that once you poke someone you can’t stop. Currently I am a couple of weeks in sending Pokes to Azhar Usman as we send pokes back and forth, if someone pokes you, you just have…
Just a thought…. The Hajj is as physically demanding as it is spiritually uplifting. It is amazing how even the most ill and infirm of people, the most frail and weak seem to be given an injection of life in these places. Even those of us who are able-bodied seem to get this spurt of energy that enables us to walk 10 or 12 kilometres and not get exhausted. I have witnessed, with my own eyes, this phenomenon. It would…