Nollywood actress Mercy Aigbe and Kazim Adeoti embark on the 2025 Lesser Hajj (Umrah), with Kazim calling Ramadan’s last 10 ...

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Cairo: Saudi Arabia has advised pilgrims to be vigilant against financial fraud as increasing numbers of Muslims are ...

When it finally sounds, the room falls silent as people break their fast together eating dates and drinking water, a daily ...

I was in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) last year for Ummra, and enjoyed a ride in the high speed train from Madinnah to ...

Arafat Day, also known as the Day of Arafah, falls on the 9th day of the Islamic month of Dhul Hijjah. Eid al Adha directly follows. Here's our guide.

Dubai: Sermons and religious lessons from the Grand Mosque in Mecca are now being translated into 11 languages, to make ...

Thus, India will celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr 2025 on either March 31 or April 1, depending on when the crescent moon is sighted.

Burak Öztürk, a 26-year-old Turkish cyclist, set off from Germany to perform the Hajj pilgrimage, receiving a warm welcome in Sarajevo, the capital ...

Once the Hajj is over, men will shave their heads and women to snip a lock of hair in a sign of renewal. Most of the pilgrims then leave Makkah for Medina to pray in Prophet Muhammad’s mosque.

The Grand Mosque in Mecca has recorded unprecedented numbers of worshippers and visitors during the first 10 days of Ramadan, ...

A meeting of the Central Hajj Committee reviewed the crowd management plans in the wake of the expected huge influx of pilgrims and worshipers to the Grand Mosque in Makkah during the last ten days of ...