SAUDI ARABIA TARIQ AL-THAQAFI | Published — Monday 28 August 2017 Saudi military police officers assist pilgrim at the Grand Mosque in Makkah on Sunday. (AN photo by Ahmed Hashad) MAKKAH: Economic experts have said Hajj and Umrah revenues are poised to exceed $150 billion by 2022 in light of […]
Reuters International THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON AUGUST 25, 2017 Muslims attend Friday prayers at the Grand mosque ahead of the annual Haj pilgrimage, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia August 25, 2017. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (reuters_tickers) By Mahmoud Mourad MECCA (Reuters) – The imam of Mecca’s Grand Mosque denounced those who […]
Reuters International FEB 22, 2017 An aerial view of the Grand Mosque is seen on the second day of Eid al-Adha, during the annual haj pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca September 25, 2015. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood (reuters_tickers) DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran has sent a delegation to Saudi Arabia […]
ARAB NEWS | Published — Sunday 15 January 2017 A picture taken on October 16, 2013 shows Muslim pilgrims heading to the “Jamarat” ritual, the symbolic stoning of Satan, where they throw pebbles at pillars, in Mina near the holy city of Makkah. (AFP) RIYADH: A senior Moroccan official […]
| Published — Friday 23 September 2016 ALLAH the Almighty decreed acts of worship and obedience for great wisdom and sublime objectives. No wonder, as they strengthen the faith, purify the soul, correct the attitude and refine the morals. If acts of worship did not achieve these objectives, then the […]
SHARIF M. TAHA | Published — Thursday 15 September 2016 CULMINATION OF EFFORTS: Health Minister Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah talks at a press conference in Mina. (AN photo) RIYADH: Health Minister Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah announced on Wednesday that the current Haj season was free from epidemic diseases and that pilgrims […]
SAUDI ARABIA Talks ‘positive’: Iran set to sign Haj pact ARAB NEWS | Published — Thursday 26 May 2016 The Kingdom “welcomes pilgrims from all around the world”. (SPA) JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia said talks on Wednesday with visiting Iranian delegates on arrangements for Iranian Haj pilgrims have been “positive.” Hussein […]
SHARING KNOWLEDGE: The app is in Unicode format which allows users to copy and share any information through WhatsApp, SMS, Facebook and e-mail. ARAB NEWS Published — Tuesday 16 June 2015 Last update 16 June 2015 12:54 am JEDDAH: An Indian scholar has launched an Urdu application for smartphones providing […]
JEDDAH: SIRAJ WAHAB Published — Sunday 19 October 2014 Children below the age of 10 may be barred from performing Haj from next year. According to a report in a […]
Work on the first phase of the SR50 billion King Abdullah Pilgrim City in Madinah has begun as part of the government’s efforts to further improve services being extended to […]
MINA: HANI HAZAIMEH & SIRAJ WAHAB Published — Friday 3 October 2014 In scenes of devotion seen nowhere else on the planet, over two million pilgrims, wrapped in seamless white […]
Say no to Haj selfie! JEDDAH: AFIFA JABEEN QURAISHI ARAB NEWS Published — Tuesday 30 September 2014 They can be seen video recording themselves walking around the Kaaba, kissing […]
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR ARABNEWS.COM Published — Tuesday 30 September 2014 More than 1.4 million foreign pilgrims are expected to perform Haj this year, said Haj Minister Bandar Hajjar. “About […]
Haj is one of the five pillars of Islam. Muslims declare that there is no god worthy of worship but Allah and that Muhammad is His messenger; they pray, they […]
More than 1.3 million foreign pilgrims are expected to perform Haj this year, according to the Haj Ministry. South Asian countries will send the largest contingent of 410,000 Hajis followed […]
A new state-of-the-art navigation system is being introduced to help Indian pilgrims to find their way to their places of accommodation in Makkah during Haj, Indian Consul General B. S. […]
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR Published — Friday 25 April 2014 Haj Minister Bandar Hajjar announced Wednesday that his ministry would begin allocating spaces for pilgrims at the holy sites of […]
Al Arabiya – As this year’s hajj pilgrimage nears to an end, some 1.2 million Muslim pilgrims on Tuesday began the symbolic rite of stoning the devil. The pilgrims headed […]
By Omar Hasan – Agence France Presse MOUNT ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia: Some 1.5 million Muslim pilgrims thronged Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia Monday for the high point of the annual […]
MINA: SIRAJ WAHAB Published — Monday 14 October 2013 The tent city of Mina remains deserted throughout the year. It comes to life only during the five days of each […]