Word: hager
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...origins of the Hajj date back to 2,000 B.C. when Ishmael, the infant son of the prophet Ibrahim (Or Abraham, as he is called in the Old Testament) and Ibrahim's wife Hager were stranded in the desert. With Ishmael close to death from thirst, Hager ran back and forth between the hills of Safa and Marwa looking for water until the angel Jibril (Gabriel) touched down to earth and created a spring of fresh water for the baby, known as the Well of Zemzem...
...Mohammed led a group of Muslims there in the first official Hajj, destroying the idols placed there by polytheistic worshipers and re-dedicating the site in the name of Allah. The path that Mohammed and his followers traveled is retraced as part of the Hajj rituals which include making Hager's walk between Safa and Marwa, stoning the wall of Satan that tempted Ibrahim to defy God, slaughtering an animal in honor of the sacrifice that Ibrahim made to save his son and climbing the Mount of Arafat from which Mohammed made his last sermon...
...think one of the most important things in life is to be open-minded.' JENNA HAGER, daughter of former President George W. Bush, on becoming a correspondent for NBC's Today show...
What one role in the history of film do you wish you could have played? -Josiah Hager in Bath, N.Y.I think in another lifetime I would have loved to have been Spencer Tracy. I admire his stillness, his massive reserves of energy. The closest we have now is Tony Hopkins. Nearly all his movies, were in black and white and I love black and white. I would love to have been an actor in the black and white...
...grossly disproportionate to the threat it faces. To see that, one need only compare casualty figures of the two countries. As one who still believes in international law, I can only hope that those who have perpetuated or assisted in this tragedy will be held accountable. L. Michael Hager Former Director General International Development Law Organization Washington...