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 Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims walked or rode buses Monday to a giant tented city near Mecca for the climax of the annual hajj that Saudi officials say could break attendance records. After performing the ritual circumambulation of the Kaaba, the giant black cube at Mecca’s Grand Mosque that …

Largest Hajj Since Pandemic Begins   One million Muslim pilgrims were converging on Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca on Wednesday for the largest Hajj since the coronavirus pandemic severely curtailed access to one of Islam’s pillars. Saudi Arabia’s decision to allow some 850,000 Muslims from abroad to make the …

Thousands of Iranian pilgrims have arrived in the holy city of Mecca for the Hajj pilgrimage. This once-in-a-lifetime journey requires spiritual as well as physical preparation. It’s an arduous trip and pilgrims usually start exercising prior to traveling to Mecca to enhance their fitness levels. However, what if pilgrims got …

After two years of major disruption caused by the COVID pandemic, pilgrims of Hajj 2022 from all around the world, started arriving in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia on Friday (01 July 2022). Saudi Arabia, home to Islam’s holiest sites in Mecca and Medina, allowed back foreign …

Saudi Arabia removed ban on live broadcasts of Two Holy Mosques in Mecca and Medina. On Wednesday (23 Mar 2022), the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance announced that Mosques in the country would not be allowed to film prayers or broadcast them to media channels during Ramadhan. The …

Children aged 7 and above are now allowed to enter the Two Holy Mosques in Mecca and Medina for prayers after two years. Only children who are vaccinated and can show proof of their inoculation on the Tawakkalna app can enter the Grand Mosque in Mecca and Prophet’s (PBUH) Mosque in Medina …

Adapted from: “The Uprising of Ashura and Responses to Doubts” by: “‘Ali Asghar Ridwani” From the viewpoint of both Sunni and Shia traditions, it can be inferred that certain parts of the earth, and likewise the people dwelling therein, are endowed with qualities of either wickedness or prosperity and salvation: …

The Hajj rites is being held with a limited presence of Saudi residents for the second year in a row due to the coronavirus epidemic. Sixty thousand fully vaccinated Saudi residents have arrived in Mecca since Saturday to perform the Hajj, and for the second year in a row, this …

Users of social media posted a photo of Mecca and the Grand Mosque (Masjid Al-Haram) by a Japanese astronaut. Japanese astronaut, Noguchi Sōichi has recently published photos from several places in the world on his Facebook’s page. He also posted a picture of Mecca and the the Grand Mosque (Masjid …

Why would the US military want the prayer data of 100 million Muslims?