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Interrogating the Global Rise in cost of 2023 Hajj
By Ibrahim Muhammed National Coordinator Independent Hajj Reporters Makkah, Saudi Arabia +2348037024356 +966548329579 The astronomical increase in the cost of performing 2023 hajj is giving hajj participating countries a serious course of concern. Analysing or discussing the dynamics of the cost of hajj or the financial…
Read More »Qiblah direction can be located via Tawakkalna app – Saudi Arabia
The Tawakkalna Services app has revealed the way of benefiting from the feature of Qiblah direction (the direction toward which Muslims must pray). RIYADH — The Tawakkalna Services app has revealed the way of benefiting from the feature of Qiblah direction (the direction toward which Muslims must pray). The feature…
Read More »Hajj 2023: High Cost of accommodation in Makkah poses serious challenge – Niger Pilgrims’ Boss
Press Release The Executive Secretary Niger State Pilgrims Welfare Board, Alhaji Umar Makun Lapai, said he envisaged that intending pilgrims from Nigeria and other parts of the world might encounter serious accommodation challenges during the 2023 Hajj exercise in Saudi Arabia. Alhaji Makun Lapai, who was in…
Read More »RAMADAN: Grand Mosque’s new expansion Opens for worshipers
Several plans have been prepared to facilitate the movement of visitors to the Grand Mosque in Makkah in the new Saudi expansion. The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) published an infographic detailing the preparations carried out by the General Presidency in the northern expansion of the Grand Mosque to provide…
Read More »Saudi Arabia issue new Hajj, Umrah photography rules
The updated guidelines were issued taking into account the sanctity of the sites The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah issued new guidelines for pilgrims regarding photography and videography at the Grand Mosque in Makkah and the Prophet’s Mosque in Madina. The new rules have been announced with consideration…
Read More »Ramadan: Haramain Train operates over 100 trips per day
The Haramain High-Speed Railway management has increased the number of daily train trips between Makkah and Madinah to more than 100 during the holy month of Ramadan. The Haramain High-Speed Railway management has increased the number of daily train trips between Makkah and Madinah to more than 100…
Read More »Umrah pilgrims’ accident Update: Death toll rises to 21; Identification process begins
Mahayil Governor Muhammad Al-Qarqah, accompanied by Mahayil Police Director Brig. Gen. Mubarak Al-Qahtani, visited the injured and reassured them, wishing for their speedy recovery. The death toll in the horrific traffic accident on Monday at Aqaba Shaar in the southern Asir region rose to 21. The health authorities…
Read More »updated: How 20 Umrah pilgrims lost their lives in Bus Crash in Makkah
Twenty pilgrims were killed and another 29 were injured in a fiery bus crash while on their way to perform the Umrah pilgrimage in Mecca on Monday, local media reported. The death toll may increase, Al Arabiya cited unnamed sources as saying. The pilgrims included Saudi nationals…
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