Mecca’s Grand Mosque, the World’S Holiest Muslim Site, is Under Attack by Locusts
BY TOM O’CONNOR ON 1/11/19 AT 11:45 AM The holiest site in Islam, the Grand Mosque in Saudia Arabia’s sacred city of Mecca, has been bombarded by a swarm of insects, and local authorities are struggling to clean up the mess. Droves of insects identified as black grasshoppers descended on Mecca earlier this week, bugging worshippers at the Grand Mosque. […]
More than two million Muslims begin Hajj pilgrimage
Pilgrims gather in Mina valley, just outside Mecca, for start of the annual pilgrimage. More than two million Muslims have started the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. The five-day pilgrimage must be performed by all Muslims, who are financially and physically able, at least once in their lives. On Sunday, pilgrims started gathering in […]
Indonesian youth: Saudi Arabia has ‘politicised’ Hajj
Depok, Indonesia – Saudi Arabia has “politicised” access to the Hajj, according to organisers of a Muslim youth conference in Indonesia. Ziyad Abdul Malik, chairman of the Muslim Students Association’s (HMI) branch in South Jakarta, lambasted the kingdom for using the pilgrimage to Mecca, considered Islam’s holiest city, to impose its policies on other Gulf […]
India ends government subsidies for Hajj pilgrimage
New Delhi, India – The Indian government has announced the end of a decades-long policy of giving subsidy to thousands of Muslims heading to the holy city of Mecca to perform the the annual Hajj pilgrimage. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, India’s minister for m inority affairs, said on Tuesday that the move was part of “a […]
New Hajj Costs Anger Muslims
Leaders within the Muslim community in South Africa are questioning the motive behind a proposal to increase visa fees for those traveling to Saudi Arabia for annual religious pilgrimages to the holy city of Mecca. The price hike would make it more difficult for Muslims to attend Hajj and Umrah, officials said during an urgent […]
9 Fast Facts About Hajj
The hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca, began Saturday. It changes every year depending on the location of the moon, but always happens during the eighth and the 12th of the month of Dhul Hijjah, the last month of the Islamic calendar. To find out more information about the […]
Hajj 2016: Millions of Muslims start arriving in Mecca
Millions of Muslims from around the world have started arriving i n the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage, a central pillar of the Islamic faith that re-enacts the actions of the Prophet Muhammad from more than 1,400 years ago. Worshippers from more than 150 countries began gathering on Friday […]
Hajj 2016: Pilgrims gather at Mount Arafat for key rite
Nearly two million Muslims have gathered in the vast Saudi plain of Mount Arafat for the most important ritual of the Hajj, an annual pilgrimage that re-enacts the actions of the Prophet Muhammad from more than 1,400 years ago. Worshippers from more than 150 countries converged at the 70-metre hill at sunrise on Sunday, some […]
Muslim Pilgrimage Draws Millions To Mecca
One of the world’s most historic and religious mass gatherings began Friday. Millions of Muslims made their Hajj pilgrimage this week to the Islamic holy city of Mecca, Al Jazeera reported. The pilgrimage is an important spiritual journey meant to cleanse faithful Muslims of sin and to bring them closer to God. The annual journey […]
Ayatollah Khamenei: Hajj Hijacked by Oppressors, Muslims Should Reconsider Management of Hajj
TEHRAN (FNA)- Because of Saudi rulers’ oppressive behavior towards God’s guests, the world of Islam must fundamentally reconsider the management of the two holy places and the issue of hajj, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said in his message to the hajj pilgrims. Imam Khamenei’s Hajj Message – 2016 In […]