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Saudi Arabia: 100,000 troops to secure the Hajj
Units deployed during the annual Islamic pilgrimage include an elite counterterrorism unit, police and emergency civil defense teams Home Page -
Saudi Grand Mosque to have four floors for pilgrims circling Kaaba
The Grand Mosque will have four floors of mataaf by early September Features -
Saudi Arabia issues tough warning to pilgrim smugglers
The Ministry of Interior issued a stern warning to motorists transporting people who intend to perform Hajj without permit Middle East -
Saudi king inaugurates Grand Mosque expansion projects
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz on Saturday inaugurated five new projects part of the third expansion of the Grand Mosque Middle East -
Unified system for foreign hajj pilgrims ready, says ministry
The Ministry of Hajj has completed all requirements for a unified system for foreign pilgrims for the upcoming Haj season Features -
Free Wi-Fi in Saudi Arabia’s Makkah Haram courtyard
Pilgrims and visitors to the Grand Mosque in Makkah can take advantage of free Wi-Fi service in the courtyards of the mosque Technology -
1,600 buses to transport 25 million worshipers in Makkah
Emir of Makkah has assigned five transport companies to provide public transport services to about 25 million pilgrims to the Grand Mosque Middle East -
Umrah stay cannot exceed 15 days, says Haj Ministry
The Haj Ministry has informed 145 Umrah service-providing companies of the maximum stay Middle East -
Agreements inked to provide services to Indian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia
The Saudi Tawafa Organization for the South Asian Pilgrims signed agreements with the Indian Central Hajj Committee for the expected 100,000 Indian pilgrims Middle East -
Saudi Arabia may soon issue e-bracelets for all hajj pilgrims
The Ministry of Hajj will soon ask all pilgrims to wear electronic bracelets containing important information Variety -
Jeddah awaits 15,000 pilgrim over next few months
The airport’s Haj and Umrah Director Khalid Al-Harby said on Tuesday all flights with pilgrims will be directed to the Haj Terminal Aviation & Transport -
Obama’s grandmother visits Makkah
Obama’s step grandmother Sara Omar attended an exhibition detailing life of Prophet Mohammad at the end of her pilgrimage Variety -
Saudi barred Iranian plane from entering airspace
The planed was banned ‘because there is not permission issued by the authority that allows the plane to fly into Saudi Arabia’ Middle East -
Iraq’s Karbala registers record number of pilgrims
To welcome the pilgrims, the country had to revise its security plan and open new access routes to Karbala Middle East -
Holy Kaaba cloth weaver dies after 47 years of service
Rajab Mahoos Al-Malki had spent over 47 years of his life doing the same job he was proud of, weaving Kaaba’s black cloth Features -
Makkah entrances ‘should have multi-lingual signs’
Several citizens have called on local authorities to add signs in different languages at the entrance of the Makkah boundaries in the Al-Omrah neighborhood Middle East -
Saudi Arabia to test smart carts for pilgrims with special needs
A study is under way to use smart golf carts to help special needs people and the elderly perform the circumambulation of the Kaaba and Saee Middle East -
Saudi ministry: Umrah season begins on Nov. 23
A total of 6.15 million foreign pilgrims took part in last year's Umrah season Middle East -
Hajj fraud: UK victims speak out
One elderly man was scammed out of $6,100 and fears he has lost the chance to make his final journey to Makkah Features -
Pilgrim’s body found after four years near Makkah
The decomposed body of a pilgrim who was on hajj four years ago was found on Saturday behind a mosque in Muzdalifah, an open area near Islam’s ... Middle East -
Woman attends hajj accompanied by her eight sons
All the eight sons are competing with each other to take good care of their 70-year-old mother to make her pilgrimage as comfortable as possible Hajj 2014 - Special Coverage -
Paying money for hajj rituals by proxy illegal, scholar claims
Some make thousands of dollars every hajj season for offering to undertake hajj rituals for others Hajj 2014 - Special Coverage -
Two million Muslim pilgrims nearing end of hajj
The stoning rite, taking place in Mina Valley, continued for a third day before many of the pilgrims move to nearby Makkah Hajj 2014 - Special Coverage -
Pakistani man sells home to undertake hajj to honor dead wife
The money Ashraf Rahmah had collected from selling the house and his goats enabled him to undertake the pilgrimage Hajj 2014 - Special Coverage -
Hajj pilgrims snap selfies between prayers
Inside the Grand Mosque you occasionally hear a cleric urging selfie takers: “Focus! Prayer is more important.” Variety -
$533 mn project to turn Arafat into a smart city
Muhammad al-Qarni, adviser to the Minister of hajj, said it was high time such a project is implemented Economy -
Eid begins as Muslim pilgrims conclude hajj
Pilgrims had moved to Mina overnight Friday on foot, motorbikes, and buses from Mount Arafat Middle East -
Hajj 2014: Warnings over UK ‘rip off’ agents
Makkah pilgrimages mark big business for British travel operators, amid warnings over fraudsters offering scam packages Features -
Saudi Arabia expands hajj sites
The vast construction projects began in 2008, when the government began a three-decade, $227-billion plan to revamp Islam’s holiest sites Hajj 2014 - Special Coverage -
Over 2 million Muslims mark peak of Hajj
Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims arrived at Arafat on Friday carrying suitcases and other luggage Middle East