Pilgrims gather in the mount Arafa, (12 miles) east of Mecca. , for the annual pilgrimage. Mecca, Saudi Arabia: More than 2 million pilgrims were gathered in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia [ More … ]
For many Muslims, Hajj is the opportunity of a lifetime Saudi controls access to the Muslim holy places. Access to #Hajj should be open to all Muslims and non-politicized. #Saudi started blockade against neighbouring #Qatar [ More … ]
Qatar on Monday denied it had banned flights from Saudi Arabia landing in the emirate to transport Muslim pilgrims to Mecca, after an accusation by authorities in Riyadh. Qatar denied it had banned flights from [ More … ]
Qatar has called on Saudi Arabia to end unjust restrictions imposed of Qataris wishing to perform the Hajj next month. Qatar has called on Saudi Arabia to end unjust restrictions imposed on Qataris wishing to [ More … ]
Egyptian authorities have decided to open the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the besieged Gaza Strip from Monday until Thursday next week to allow the passage of Muslim pilgrims traveling to Saudi Arabia for Hajj, [ More … ]
Qatar denied claims it made calls to internationalise Hajj but did criticise how the pilgrimage was being ‘politicised’ by Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia has described criticisms by Qatar of restrictions on access of its citizens [ More … ]
Qatar has attacked as “politically motivated” a decision by Saudi Arabia to add restrictions on Qatari citizens travelling to the kingdom for Hajj. The state-backed National Human Rights Council (NHRC) said on Saturday that Qataris [ More … ]
Arrangements and deals for Iranians to participate in the upcoming Hajj pilgrimage have been completed, according to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), after the Iranians refused to take part in last year’s pilgrimage. Relations between [ More … ]
Iran said on Sunday there had been a progress in talks with Saudi Arabia on allowing Iranian citizens to join this year’s Hajj, despite some remaining issues. Relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia was strained after [ More … ]
Iran ready to ‘participate in bilateral talks’ with Saudi Arabia about the 2017 Hajj pilgrimage Hajj is an annual pilgrimage to Mecca, and a mandatory religious duty for Muslims that must be carried out at [ More … ]
Egyptian authorities closed the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the besieged Gaza Strip early on Sunday morning, after opening the crossing to allow the return of Palestinian pilgrims who had traveled to Saudi Arabia [ More … ]
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud congratulated Saudi Crown Prince and Supreme Hajj Committee, Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz Al Saud for the success of the season of Hajj 2016, reported The Saudi [ More … ]
By: Merve Şebnem Oruç* Columnist Bekir Develi, who is currently in Mecca to perform the obligatory Hajj, wrote the following lines from his Twitter account: “For the past three days, I have been in the [ More … ]
According to Islamic teachings, the hajj is the annual manifestation of Muslim unity. This is a common theme among Muslim scholars when describing the scene of millions of Muslim worshipers from around the world, all wearing plain white robes and performing the [ More … ]
By: Dr.Hatem Bazian* Unity with diversity and readiness to sacrifice for a higher purpose is the meaning of eid for the Muslim ummah and today is the time to actualize it in intention and deeds [ More … ]
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