With a fleet of 17 eco-friendly electric trains, each capable of carrying 3,000 passengers, the metro system has significantly reduced traffic congestion and carbon emissions by replacing about 50,000 passenger […]
j By AFP – Aug 20,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Muslim pilgrims pray at Mount Arafat, also known as Jabal Al Rahma (Mount of Mercy), southeast of the Saudi holy city of […]
AFPAugust 23, 2018 Thousands of cleaners are busy separating plastic from other rubbish as more than two million Muslims wrap up a pilgrimage to Makkah that presents a huge […]
A look at the rituals Muslims perform during the annual pilgrimage. Al Jazeera Staff The Muslims pilgrimage is made up of a series of steps that take place in several locations around Mecca [Ahmed Masood/Reuters] Millions of Muslims from around the world gather annually in Mecca in anticipation ofHajj – the Muslim […]
SHARIF M. TAHA | Published — Wednesday 14 September 2016 A Saudi security helcopter flies over Mina. (Reuters) RIYADH: A top official said all security and military units participating in the management of Haj were serving in accordance with security and preventive plans set up before the pilgrimage started. […]
SIRAJ WAHAB | Published — Saturday 10 September 2016 MINA: Pilgrims, both domestic and foreign, have gathered in the tent city of Mina on Saturday as this year’s Haj begins. With prayers on their lips, beads clutched in their fingers, water bottles in their hands, e-bracelets on their wrists and […]
Source: Arab News IN this life people are usually aware of two kinds of journeys; those made to earn a livelihood and those undertaken for pleasure and sightseeing. The Haj […]
MINA: SIRAJ WAHAB Published — Monday 6 October 2014 Haj has never been so organized — from the trains that run on elevated tracks to the extremely helpful security forces […]
This year’s Haj witnessed eight sons of a woman competing with one another in assisting their mother to perform her Haj rituals comfortably. They all wanted to gain special reward […]
MINA: Pilgrims stoned the devil on Saturday in the last major ritual of this year’s Haj in Makkah, and Muslims around the world began celebrating Eid Al-Adha, the feast of […]
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 […]
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 […]
MINA: SIRAJ WAHAB Published — Monday 14 October 2013 Nearly 2 million pilgrims arrived in Mina on Sunday as part of the first phase of Haj 2013. What was a […]
MINA: SIRAJ WAHAB Published — Sunday 13 October 2013 Hundreds of thousands of Haj pilgrims began streaming into tent city at Mina by foot, on buses and in four-wheel drives […]
The move to shift government departments from Mina to a new administration complex in Muzdalifah would create 23 percent extra space in the tent city to accommodate 185,000 more pilgrims […]
Haj Minister Bandar Hajjar has instructed his officials to provide extra space to foreign pilgrims at Mina and other holy sites by allotting them 50 percent of tent space dedicated […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Monday 29 July 2013 Tents in Mina will be allocated to Tawafa organizations and domestic pilgrim agencies several days before the beginning of Haj this year, Haj […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Sunday 28 July 2013 Plans are under way to establish multistory tents in Mina as part of efforts to create more housing facilities for pilgrims in the […]
MINA: SIRAJ WAHAB ARABNEWS Sunday 28 October 2012 .Pilgrims symbolically stoned the devil for a second day yesterday. Chanting “God is Greatest,” pilgrims threw seven small pea-sized pebbles at each […]
By Lynne Nahhas, Abdel Hadi al-Habtoor DAILY STAR LEBANON MINA, Saudi Arabia: Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims began to stone a pillar representing Satan in the Saudi holy city […]