The map below shows the location of Mecca and Medina. The blue line represents the straight line joining these two place. The distance shown is the straight line or the air travel distance between ...

Pakistan made headlines for all the wrong reasons when Saudi authorities issued us a stern warning, not over weapons or geopolitical alliances, but a deluge of beggars. Rightly so, as the Kingdom, ...

One of the most efficient and comfortable ways to travel between Mecca and Medina the Haramain High-Speed Railway - a modern and reliable alternative to road travel. Launched in 2018, the Haramain ...

(AFP) Hajj 2025: The number of annual Hajj pilgrims to Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia from Jammu and Kashmir has reduced by about 70 per cent in last two years, officials said. The decline in ...

Most Westerners, even diplomats, haven’t either. Al-Hudaybiyah is a small location between Mecca and Medina in modern-day Saudi Arabia. In 628 CE (year 6 of the Islamic calendar), a key ...

Jeddah is also significant as the gateway to Mecca and Medina, the two holiest cities of Islam and sites of the annual Hajj pilgrimage. "The significance of the connectivity between India and ...

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It is not a subsidy either. The Vice President intervened because most of the pilgrims make purchases in the streets of Mecca or Medina, and they do not need debit cards to make their purchases.

For many, this day marks when the Prophet Muhammad migrated from Mecca to Medina and observed the Jews of that city fasting in honor of God’s deliverance of Moses and the children of Israel from the ...