it is presumed by certain historians and biographers that imam husayn left mecca for iraq changing his intention of hajj or major pilgrimage into a minor one. this is the dominant view among them. studying this issue, the present article deals with the traditions relevant to the subject in hadith collections. a thorough examination of historical accounts and reliance on authentic traditions lea...

conclusions there is a need to conduct more comprehensive studies on effect of combination therapy with corticosteroids and antibiotics as well as their short-term and long-term adverse effects on the immune system. while injecting corticosteroids is commonly administered in patients with rti, they are not recommended due to the lack of data on their long-term therapeutic and adverse effects. p...

A recent result by Haggag and Hajj-Boutros [1] is reviewed within the framework of self-similar space-times, extending, in some sense, their results and presenting a family of metrics consisting of all the static spherically symmetric perfect fluid solutions admitting a homothety.

Wang, M., Barasheed, O., Rashid, H., Booy, R., El Bashir, H., Haworth, E., Ridda, I., Holmes, E., Dwyer, D., Nguyen Van Tam, J., et al (2015). A cluster-randomised controlled trial to test the efficacy of facemasks in preventing respiratory viral infection among Hajj pilgrims. Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, 5, 181-189. [More Inf...

Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S 1A4, Canada Urban Transportation Research and Advancement Centre, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S 1A4, Canada Toronto ITS Centre and Testbed, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S 1A4, Canada Center of Research Excellence in Hajj and Omrah (HajjCoRE), Umm Al-Q...

Meningococcal disease is rare in Mauritius; only one case was reported from 1992 to 1999. However, since June 2000, four cases have occurred. Epidemiologic information and typing results indicate that these recent cases probably followed the introduction of Neisseria meningitidis W135 in Mauritius by pilgrims returning from the Hajj in 2000 and 2001.

conclusions none of the foodstuffs distributed among the pilgrims were the reason for this disease, and studying outbreaks in caravans with higher sample sizes is suggested. results only canned rice and fish had a relative risk higher than one, although both were not statistically significant. therefore, it could be stated that the consumed foodstuffs have not caused this outbreak. materials an...

every year, millions of muslims from all over the world, are going to participate in the pilgrimage hajj located in mecca in kingdom of saudi arabia (ksa). the accumulation of many people from all parts of the world in terms of health management is of great importance. in fact, every person could be a carrier of various chronic or acute diseases. this huge population may lead to occurrence of s...