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 … ]
BY: İbrahim Karagül* The Muslim geography is faced with a serious new threat wave that needs to be taken seriously. The Western invasion and destabilization project that started with Afghanistan, that continued with Iraq and Syria, [ More … ]
BY: İbrahim Karagül* There is no secret left to any of the general plans, programs and projects targeting Turkey and our region. There is nothing left to not understand about the world-scale plans concerning Turkey, [ 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 … ]
BY: İbrahim Karagül* I was considered odd when I listed the threats in store for the region with articles titled, “Before the Mecca wars start” and “Before the tanks reach the Kaaba.” I encountered the rage [ More … ]
BY: İbrahim Karagül* Whichever country remains in defense in Iraq, that country will also be the one to lose. The country that keeps its distance, that is kept distant from Mosul and Aleppo, the country that [ 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 … ]
Close to 2 million people from around the world are performing the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, but notably absent this year are Iranian pilgrims. Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that Saudi [ More … ]
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei renewed criticism of Saudi Arabia over how it runs the hajj after a crash last year killed hundreds of pilgrims, and suggested Muslim countries think about ending Riyadh’s control of [ More … ]
In a statement on his website, Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that Saudi Arabian authorities “murdered” Muslim pilgrims who were injured during last year’s hajj stampede, as Mecca prepares to host the [ More … ]
Sept. 24, 2015, was a tragic day. More than 700 people were killed in a stampede during the annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. The disaster occurred on the first day of Eid al-Adha, when [ More … ]
SAUDI Arabia’s Abraj Kudai was announced to the world with the promise of being the largest hotel the world had ever seen. However, its fate now in under doubt. Soaring high above the desert of [ More … ]
Six Egyptian pilgrims were killed and 14 others wounded in Saturday’s bus crash in Saudi Arabia, the Egyptian Community in Saudi Arabia announced on its Facebook page Sunday. The accident took place on a road connecting [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia has announced plans to introduce electronic identification bracelets for all pilgrims heading to Mecca for Hajj as part of a safety drive. Containing personal and medical information, the e-bracelets will help authorities provide [ More … ]
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