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Saudi Arabia, Gulf neighbors report more cases of coronavirus
Middle East

Saudi Arabia, Gulf neighbors report more cases of coronavirus

DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s authorities have recorded four news cases of the coronavirus, taking the total of infections to…
Saudi Arabia halts travel to Islam’s holiest site over virus
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Saudi Arabia halts travel to Islam’s holiest site over virus

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia on Thursday halted travel to the holiest sites in Islam over fears…
Photos: German tourist living in South Sinai’s Dahab converts to Islam
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Photos: German tourist living in South Sinai’s Dahab converts to Islam

A German tourist now living in South Sinai’s Dahab, Robert Stephen Williamson, has converted to Islam and changed his name…
Bus near Saudi holy city of Mecca crashes, killing 35 people
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Bus near Saudi holy city of Mecca crashes, killing 35 people

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Authorities in Saudi Arabia say 35 pilgrims have been killed in a bus crash…
Fire breaks out at train station in Saudi city of Jeddah
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Fire breaks out at train station in Saudi city of Jeddah

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A fire broke out Sunday at a train station in the Saudi city of Jeddah,…
Muslim pilgrims pray in Mecca as haj winds down without incident
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Muslim pilgrims pray in Mecca as haj winds down without incident

MINA, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – Millions of haj pilgrims began heading back to Mecca for final prayers on Tuesday as…
Muslim pilgrims converge on Jamarat for ritual stoning of the devil
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Muslim pilgrims converge on Jamarat for ritual stoning of the devil

JAMARAT, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – Muslims from around the world hurled pebbles at a giant wall in a symbolic stoning…
Muslims gather in Muzdalifa to prepare for final stages of haj
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Muslims gather in Muzdalifa to prepare for final stages of haj

MUZDALIFA, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – Nearly 2.5 million Muslims gathered at Saudi Arabia’s Mount Arafat on Saturday for a vigil…
Q&A: The hajj pilgrimage and its significance in Islam
Middle East

Q&A: The hajj pilgrimage and its significance in Islam

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

More than two million Muslims begin hajj pilgrimage

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