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| <option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=The Story of Umm Qirfa|2=[[File:Umm-Qirfa tied between two camels-pictorial-Islam-small.jpg|300px|link=The Story of Umm Qirfa]]|3=Umm Qirfa was an old Arab woman contemporaneous to Muhammad, the prophet of Islam. She belonged to a pagan tribe named Banu Fazara at Wadi Al-Qurra. This old woman who was also a chief of her clan was killed when Muhammad’s followers raided her tribe and won over them. She was tied between two camels which were driven in opposite directions and her body was split apart. Later her decapitated head was presented to Muhammad as a gift who ordered it to be paraded throughout the streets of Medina. ([[The Story of Umm Qirfa|''read more'']])}}</option> | | <option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=The Story of Umm Qirfa|2=[[File:Umm-Qirfa tied between two camels-pictorial-Islam-small.jpg|300px|link=The Story of Umm Qirfa]]|3=Umm Qirfa was an old Arab woman contemporaneous to Prophet Muhammad. She belonged to a pagan tribe named Banu Fazara at Wadi Al-Qurra. This old woman who was also a chief of her clan was killed when Muhammad’s followers raided her tribe and won over them. She was tied between two camels which were driven in opposite directions and her body was split apart. Later her decapitated head was presented to Muhammad as a gift. He then ordered it to be paraded throughout the streets of Medina. ([[The Story of Umm Qirfa|''read more'']])}}</option> |
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Revision as of 18:13, 20 May 2013
Also see: Template:Pictorial-Islam
Drinking Zamzam Water and its Health Risks
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Millions of Muslims visit the Zamzam well in Mecca each year while performing the Hajj or Umrah pilgrimages, in order to drink its water and, in many cases, to take home some of its water for distribution among friends and relations believing the well and the water which it pumps to be miraculous.
As with urine, milk, and alcohol, Muslims often make claims of their religious beliefs being backed by science. However, in May 2011, a BBC investigation found that genuine Zamzam water taken from the well contained arsenic levels three times the legal limit, something which could contribute to increasing people's risk of cancer. In addition to the dangerous arsenic levels, the holy water contained high levels of nitrate and potentially harmful bacteria. (read more)
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