Kaaba

April 3, 2023

For the first time, female security personnel organize Umrah at Kaaba

For the first time in the history of Saudi Arabia, female security personnel took part in security and organization of…

April 22, 2022

Many users on social networking websites circulated a photo and video showing traces of blood on the tiles of the…

July 6, 2020

CAIRO (Reuters) — Saudi Arabia announced health protocols to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in the 2020 hajj…

August 9, 2019

Over 2 million Muslims from around the world are beginning the five-day hajj pilgrimage on Friday. They will circle Islam’s…

August 9, 2019

More than two million Muslims begin the annual hajj on Friday as the Saudi hosts seek to deter politicisation of…

August 19, 2018

More than 2 million Muslims began the annual hajj pilgrimage at first light on Sunday in Saudi Arabia, circling…

December 15, 2017

The Saudi Arabian state-run Okaz newspaper said on Friday that Saudi authorities had prohibited filming and photography in the the…

August 27, 2017

Dozens of Saudi craftsmen, mostly in their 40s and 50s, are hard at work in a factory in Mecca preparing…

February 7, 2017

Saudi security forces said Tuesday they had arrested a man for trying to commit suicide in Al-Kaaba, the most sacred…

April 14, 2015

An electronic visa for pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia will be mandatory and strictly applied starting next year, the Saudi Hajj…