{"id":5726,"date":"2023-06-21T08:26:43","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T20:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=5726"},"modified":"2023-06-21T08:26:43","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T20:26:43","slug":"the-beloved-birds-of-the-grand-mosque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=5726","title":{"rendered":"The beloved birds of the Grand Mosque"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Flocks of pigeons at Makkah\u2019s Grand Mosque roam the courtyards, flapping their wings as they receive Hajj and Umrah pilgrims.<\/p>\n<p>The birds are known by many names, including sanctuary pigeons, fever pigeons, and quiet pigeons.<\/p>\n<p>Samir Ahmed Barqah, a researcher specializing in Makkah\u2019s history, said: \u201cPigeons of the Grand Mosque are called fever pigeons because of how they hover around God\u2019s safe sanctuary; they\u2019re called sanctuary pigeons because of how reassured those pigeons are of their safety in Makkah.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\">\n<div data-afp-iib=\"637769d6d43c1010d49d0492\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/sites\/default\/files\/userimages\/1347\/dst_1864115_3867344_26_5_2023030316404674.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-afp-place-status=\"empty\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-109681369_142=\"3515\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-109681369_142=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-109681369_142=\"1\" \/><\/div><figcaption>Pigeons have become one of Makkah\u2019s most famous landmarks and can often be seen in the courtyards of the Grand Mosque where pilgrims feed and interact with them. (SPA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe distinctive features of sanctuary pigeons differ from the other types of pigeons and other birds in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These features include their beautiful shape, unique colors, drawn eyes, and long necks.<\/p>\n<p>The pigeons do not fear visitors, no matter how packed the area becomes.<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE ARAB NEWS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flocks of pigeons at Makkah\u2019s Grand Mosque roam the courtyards, flapping their wings as they receive Hajj and Umrah pilgrims. The birds are known by many names, including sanctuary pigeons, fever pigeons, and quiet pigeons. Samir Ahmed Barqah, a researcher specializing in Makkah\u2019s history, said: \u201cPigeons of the Grand Mosque are called fever pigeons because [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":5727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5726"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5728,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5726\/revisions\/5728"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}