'One Day in the Haram'
A FILM showing the inner workings of the Grand Mosque in Makkah aims to present a new face of the holy house that is unfamiliar to many.
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Siblings unite on Hajj after 15 years of no contact
Samir reunites with his sister, Bushra, 15 years after fleeing from Palestine to Australia. They met in Saudi Arabia at the Grand Hajj this year. Samir was forced to flee the country when...
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Sutra Travel says its Umrah portal is a world’s first
Sutra Travel & Tourism Management Group in Malaysia has soft launched a portal targeted at Umrah pilgrims at the 8th Muslim World Biz Exhibition & Conference 2017 held in Kuala Lumpur this week.
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Thursday was the first day of Muharram
The Supreme Court has announced that Thursday, Sept. 21, was the first day of Muharram, marking the beginning of the Hijri year 1439.
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Haj exhibition open in Dubai
The exhibition highlights the challenging routes that pilgrims travelled, some across continents, to reach Makkah.
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NWC: Water management in Haj a resounding success
The management of water distribution in the holy sites this year was the most successful ever, according to Muhammad Al-Moukli, CEO of the National Water Company (NWC).
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Al-Mabiyat gets a facelift
THE Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH) started the development and renovation of the Al-Mabiyat archeological site as part of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques program to take care of the cultural heritage of Saudi Arabia and renovate archeological sites listed in the national transformation program.
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Pilgrim guides now and then
TALAL Mahboob has been a Haj guide serving pilgrims from India and Pakistan for the last 50 years. He is the head of Field Service Office No. 57 run by the South Asian Pilgrims Establishment.
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Peace, comfort prevail as over 1.5m pray in Makkah, Madinah
OVER 1.5 million pilgrims, visitors and worshipers performed Friday prayers at the Grand Mosque in Makkah and the Prophet's Mosque in Madinah in peace and comfort after successfully completing their Haj rituals.
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Sightseeing after Haj
SAUDI tour guides volunteered to host 260 Indian pilgrims for sightseeing in historic Jeddah last Saturday.
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ICC lauds successful effort of British delegation
The British Haj Delegation in collaboration with the Islamic Cultural Centre in London celebrated the successful end of the delegation that oversaw the health, welfare and safety of the over 24,000 pilgrims from Britain.
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What now that the Haj is over
THE Haj for 2017 is over. The grueling and arduous journey for many in the late summer heat has finally drawn to a close. Along with it begins preparations for hundreds of thousands of Muslims to return back to their home countries.
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