With global oil prices flailing, Saudi Arabia is turning to another natural resource: billions of dollars gained from religious tourism as the kingdom hosts the annual haj pilgrimage.
Read more The Emir of Makkah and head of the central Haj committee Prince Khalid Al Faisal has announced the success of the Haj season for 2017.
Read more Historic route between Kufa and Makkah was named Zubaida after seventh century caliph’s wife
Read more There are 17,000 South African Muslims on the waiting list to go on the annual Hajj pilgrimage, The South African Haj and Umrah Council (Sahuc) told HuffPost SA on Friday. Many of them have been waiting since 2013 to do the once-in-a-lifetime trip.
Read more The annual Hajj pilgrimage to Islam's holiest site in the city of Mecca is a central part of the religion and one that every adult Muslim with the ability and means must fulfil it once in their life.
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