The Jigawa government has approved a N1.8 billion loan for the Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board to settle dues for the intending ...

The Jigawa government has set aside N90 billion for social welfare programmes in the 2025 fiscal year. Gov. Umar Namadi stated this ...

The Jigawa government has approved a N1.8 billion loan for the Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board to settle dues for the intending pilgrims for the 2025 Hajj exercise. This is contained in a statement by ...

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

Before today’s Sambhal, there was an Uttar Pradesh that understood and allowed for communal sensitivities. That was in 1999, ...

New Delhi, It was Holi of 1999, the very day Haj pilgrims were to take a train from Uttar Pradesh’s communally sensitive town of Mau to Delhi. The situation was fraught - till the administration ...

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

A former official with the government’s Pilgrim Experience Programme tells me there must also be a focus on education.

As the holy month of Ramadan approaches, Muslims around the world begin planning their spiritual journey and seeking ...

Mansa Musa, emperor of Mali, is deemed the richest man in history, with wealth so vast that historians struggle to quantify it accurately.

The objective of the project, according to the authorities, is to ease airport congestion during the Muslim pilgrimage season ...

Saudi Arabia has also launched a global initiative to distribute 1.2 million copies of the Holy Qur’an worldwide.