The Taliban announces 30,000 Afghans will perform Hajj in Saudi Arabia this year, with costs totaling over 7.8 billion Afghanis.
Saudi Arabian authorities have stopped over 269,000 individuals without the necessary permits from entering Mecca ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage, officials announced on Sunday. The Saudi ...
The final month of the Islamic calendar, Dhul Hijjah, has begun. Some Muslims will prepare to make their way to Saudi Arabia to perform an obligatory spiritual journey called Hajj, or pilgrimage. The ...
A federal high court in Abuja has granted Yahaya Bello, former governor of Kogi state, permission to travel to Mecca, Saudi ...
New Delhi: In 1979, a few hundred followers of Al-Jama'a Al-Salafiya Al-Muhtasib nearly captured Mecca. They nearly overthrew the Saudi monarchy, potentially leading to the collapse of Saudi Arabia.
FILE - Muslim pilgrims use umbrellas to shield themselves from the sun as they gather outside Nimrah Mosque to offer the noon prayers in Arafat, on the second day of the annual hajj pilgrimage, near ...