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. […]
Iran pilgrims to join this year’s hajj: Saudi Arabia
Iranian pilgrims will participate in this year’s annual hajj, Saudi Arabia has said, after an absence last year during tensions between the regional rivals. “The ministry of hajj and the Iranian organisation have completed all the necessary measures to ensure Iranian pilgrims perform hajj 1438 according to the procedures followed by all Muslim countries,” the […]