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

Hajj is the fifth pillar of Islam and one of the most significant religious obligations for Muslims. It is a sacred five-day ...

Hajj is one of the five institutional pillars of Islam. Almost everyone travels to this holy land at least once or twice in their life. It can be considered as one of the most sacred occasions for the ...

State governors across Nigeria, including the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have been urged to prioritise the renovation of Hajj transit camps in their jurisdictions ahead of the ...

Free-of-charge reservation cancellation should be made by April Pilgrims perform prayers at the Grand Mosque in the Saudi holy city of Mecca ahead of the Hajj pilgrimage, on June 19, 2023.

The foundation of religious life for Sunni Muslims, who comprise around eighty-five percent of Muslims worldwide, is known as ...

The nickname Yasir or Yasser means “easy-going” in Arabic. Arafat acquired it as a teenager. Arafat’s alias, Abu Ammar, was adopted in the mid 1960s. 1950s – After graduating from college ...

The Directorate General of Indonesia's Hajj and Umrah Agency (PHU) has signed agreements with Lion Air, Garuda Indonesia, and Saudia, to participate in the country's official 2025 Hajj pilgrimage ...

Mountain police in Italy have urged tourists not to get too close to Mount Etna's lava flows, as people flock to the area following the volcano's latest eruption. Restrictions in force require ...

The pilgrims performed the main ritual of Hajj "Waqoof-e-Arafat" today, where they listened the sermon delivered at Nimra Mosque and offered Zohr and Asr prayers together. The pilgrims spent time in ...

As Italy's Mount Etna continued to erupt, three daredevil skiers were captured skiing down the snowy slopes. Video footage shows the skiers coming down the slopes with glowing, molten lava flowing ...