{"id":4294,"date":"2015-04-23T16:06:05","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T16:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=4294"},"modified":"2015-04-23T16:06:05","modified_gmt":"2015-04-23T16:06:05","slug":"obamas-grandmother-visits-makkah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/obamas-grandmother-visits-makkah\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama\u2019s grandmother visits Makkah"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Obamas<\/a>Paternal grandmother of U.S. President Barack Obama attended an exhibition detailing the life of the Prophet Mohammad at the end of a pilgrimage in the Saudi city of Makkah, local media reported Wednesday.
\nSara Omar, who is in her 90s, arrived in Makkah – considered in Islam to be the holiest city – with her son and grandson Saeed and Mousa Obama.
\nUnlike the Hajj pilgrimage – a trip to the cities of Makkah and Madinah which every able-bodied Muslim is expected to undertake at least once in their lifetime – Umrah can be undertaken at any time of the year.
\nAfter finishing Umrah, Omar visited an exhibition about the life of the Prophet, commenting that it was a \u201cgood example\u201d of what she called the moderate teachings of Islam.
\n\u201cI am very happy to visit this exhibition, which is a good example for the propagation of Islam in a modern way, supported by scientific and authentic documents,\u201d local daily Arab News quoted her as saying.
\nThe Arabic-language Akhbar meanwhile said Obama\u2019s grandmother cried during her visit to the exhibition.
\nObama is a Christian whose religious views developed in his adult life but his father is of Muslim heritage from Kenya. Obama said both his American mother and Kenyan father were not devout.<\/p>\n

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