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Saudi Arabia to hold Hajj under strict anti-virus guidelines: Ministry

09 May 2021

Gulf Today Report The Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has announced the Kingdom’s intention to hold Hajj ritual for this year. But it will be organised in...

Hajj pilgrims must be vaccinated against coronavirus, says Saudi Arabia

02 Mar 2021

Gulf Today, Staff Reporter The Saudi Arabia's health ministry has announced that pilgrims who want to perform Hajj this year must be vaccinated Local media reports quoted Saudi Health...

An ‘October surprise’ may hit a beleaguered Kadhimi

04 Oct 2020

Ever since the US installed a pro-Iran Shia fundamentalist-dominated regime in Iraq in 2003, Baghdad has struggled to balance ties with Washington and regional rival Tehran while striving for independence...

VIDEO: Makkah Grand Mosque receives first batch of Umrah pilgrims

04 Oct 2020

The Grand Mosque of Makkah receives the first group of Umrah performers, after the issuance of approval of the gradual return of normal life, with the application of the...

An unparalleled spiritual experience

31 Jul 2020

There is no power that can detach the connection between humans and Supreme Almighty. As Muslim pilgrims converged on Thursday on Saudi Arabia’s Mount Arafat for the climax of this...

Pilgrims arrive as Saudi Arabia readies for downsized Hajj

27 Jul 2020

Saudi Arabia on Wednesday begins hosting the annual Hajj pilgrimage, dramatically downscaled due to the coronavirus pandemic that has barred millions of international pilgrims for the first time in...

Coronavirus shatters Hajj dreams of thousands of Indian Muslims

06 Jun 2020

With the Hajj Committee announcing full refunds of the fees for the ensuing Hajj 2020 season, the pilgrimage dreams of thousands of Muslim faithfuls are shattered. From Maharashtra,...

Thousands of pilgrims who returned from Saudi quarantined in Turkey

15 Mar 2020

Thousands of Muslims returning to Turkey from a pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia were being taken into quarantine on Sunday due to concerns about the spread of the coronavirus, Turkish...

VIDEO: Grand Mosque wears a deserted look as Saudi records three new coronavirus cases

05 Mar 2020

Saudi Arabia on Thursday emptied Islam's holiest site for sterilisation over fears of the new coronavirus, an unprecedented move after the kingdom suspended the year-round Umrah pilgrimage. State television...

VIDEO: 'Don't bite!' quips Pope as he kisses nun

09 Jan 2020

Pope Francis warned a nun not to bite him in a joking reference to his run-in with an overly zealous pilgrim last week, which saw him slap the woman's...

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