Saudi Arabia will limit this year's Hajj pilgrimage to 60,000 residents and nationals living in the Kingdom due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, ...
Foreign umrah pilgrims returned to the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina eight months after their entry was prohibited as a precaution against the ...
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah is preparing its Hajj and Umrah Terminal for foreign Umrah pilgrims after entry was ...
A picture of a woman praying alone in front of the holy Kaaba in Mecca during Hajj – an unusual occurrence at the site that sees over two million ...
Saudi Arabia reported 1,537 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours, which brings the total number of infections in the Kingdom to 277 ...
Muslim pilgrims in Saudi Arabia took part in a symbolic stoning of the devil on Friday, but maintained social distancing in a ritual that usually ...
Saudi Arabia is asking Muslims around the world to be patient and delay their plans for the Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages amid uncertainties surrounding ...
The fifth pillar of Islam, Hajj, or the act "to make pilgrimage," is a mandatory religious duty for Muslims
Saudi Arabia’s suspension of Umrah travel due to the spread of coronavirus has forced some Muslim pilgrims to abandon their plans as airliners ...
A pilot of the newly introduced Hajj Smart ID during this year’s Muslim pilgrimage was praised by a select few who tested it, who said that the ...
As the Hajj season came to an end this week, people continued to share pictures and videos on social media of pilgrims and security staff performing ...
Arab Twitter users are using the hashtag “Tweet like al-Jazeera” to imagine how the Qatari media outlet would have covered this year&rsquo ...
The UAE’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash on Tuesday lauded Saudi Arabia’s management of Hajj, calling it a remarkable ...
Mina, Mecca - As pilgrims on the final day of Hajj began moving toward the Jamaraat Bridge, where they throw seven pebbles at a pillar for the ...
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz received a phone call on Sunday from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan congratulating him on the occasion of Eid ...
Mina, Mecca - Saudi Arabia’s new “White Vests” initiative aims to unify the various overlapping volunteer groups who served pilgrims ...
Saudi Arabia provided over 1,000 different health services free of charge for Hajj pilgrims in Mecca and Medina during the first week of the Islamic ...
Saudi Arabia's King Salman arrived in Mina on Sunday to supervise the services provided during the Islamic pilgrimage of Hajj, according to the Saudi ...
Mina, Mecca - After having spent the previous night camped out in the open air in Muzdalifah, Hajj pilgrims made their way back to Mina and Mecca to ...
Saudi Arabia welcomed all Hajj pilgrims without exception, Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz said in a speech while receiving Hajj security leaders in ...
Saudi Arabia has issued more than 1.8 million electronic visas for this year’s Hajj season, its Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on ...
More than 2.3 million pilgrims clad in white cloth will descend from the tent city of Mina and make their way toward Mount Arafat for the most ...
Muzdalifah, Mecca - Nearly 2.5 million Hajj pilgrims from around the world stayed overnight in Muzdalifah after gathering at Mount Arafat on Saturday ...
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz, and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman congratulated leaders of ...
More than 2 million Muslims gathered Saturday at the sacred hill of Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia for an intense day of worship and reflection on ...
Saudi medical services during this year’s Hajj season have gone digital. New robots can now connect specialized doctors from Riyadh and Jeddah ...
Following the Fajr dawn prayers on Saturday, the ninth day of the Islamic month of Dhu al-Hijjah, the Kiswa (the cloth cover) of the Kaaba will be ...
A group of Qatari pilgrims arrives in King Abdulaziz Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to perform the Islamic ritual of Hajj. Last month, the Ministry ...
The Saudi National Center for Security Operations (911) in Mecca, Saudi Arabia is responsible for the security patrols, road safety, traffic, and ...
Eid al-Salwaawi, 69, paints murals of the rituals of the Hajj pilgrimage on the walls of a house in Cairo’s Sayeda Zainab neighborhood. ...
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