On the eve of the 1987 hajj pilgrimage, around 400 people were killed in the clashes between mostly Iranian Shia pilgrims, ...

Tawaf: circumambulation of the Ka'bah Tawaf Al-lfadha: tawaf for Hajj. Tawaf Al-Wadaa: farewell Tawaf. Uhud: the name of a mountain in Medina and the site of the battle by this name. Umar: the second ...

One of the five pillars of Islam is that each believer is called, at least once in their lives, to make the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage that starts and ends in the holy city of Mecca located in ...

(RNS) — The changes are not only sensible but, after last year's massive loss of life at the Hajj, necessary. (RNS) — Hajj is too expensive. Hajj is too crowded. Hajj isn’t regulated well ...

The latest group of the guests were received at Medina’s Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz ... of the Two Holy Mosques’ Guests Programme for Hajj, Umrah, and Visit. They are hosted in four groups ...

The budget airlines recently announced that it will begin daily return flights from London Gatwick Airport to Medina.

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia has decided to ban children from accompanying Hajj pilgrims. In a statement issued by the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, several new regulations regarding the Hajj ...