Hajj

Under the shadow of the Gaza war, hundreds of thousands of Muslims have come to the Saudi holy city of Makkah for this year’s hajj pilgrimage. Friday marks the official start of one of the biggest...

Ahead of the hajj, which starts next week, Saudi Arabia announced on Saturday that security agents have removed hundreds of thousands of unregistered pilgrims from Makkah. One of the five pillars of Islam, the annual pilgrimage,...

New rules pertaining to the granting of Hajj visas have been announced by Saudi Arabia, which clearly state that the visa is only valid for travel to Jeddah, Medina, and Makkah. The Saudi Press Agency (SPA)...

In an attempt to save hassles at the last minute, the government has once more extended the deadline for 2024 hajj registration to February 6. On Friday, the Religious Affairs Ministry sent a notification about this....

Due to the excessive heat, 91 Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrims have died in Saudi Arabia this year. According to the Ministry of Religious Affairs, the deceased included 22 women and 69 males. The majority of Hajj travelers...

Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims walked or took buses Monday to a massive tented city outside Makkha for the annual hajj, which Saudi officials predict will surpass attendance records. After circumambulating the Kaaba, the massive...

On Sunday, vast numbers of robed Muslim believers made sombre loops around the Kaaba, the black cube at Mecca’s Grand Mosque, to kick off the largest hajj pilgrimage in several years, in the heat of the...

This year’s Hajj has already brought 718,030 pilgrims of various nations to Madinah via land and air ports. According to the Hajj and Visit Committee’s statistics, which track the arrival and departure of pilgrims in Madinah,...

After a 12-year hiatus, Syrians’ Hajj pilgrimage to the Islamic holy towns of Madinah and Makkah in Saudi Arabia will return in 2024, according to Syria’s head of Hajj affairs. The pro-government al-Watan newspaper reported Hassan...

For Bangladeshi Hajj travelers, the Saudi government will begin using a biometric visa system this year. An announcement made today states that under the new system, pilgrims from Bangladesh will have to file their visa requests...