Three emergency centres are operating inside the Grand Mosque, Islam's holiest site in the Saudi city of Mecca to serve worshippers converging on the place from inside and outside the kingdom.

Hajj 2025: Hajj is the annual pilgrimage by the Muslims to Masjid al-Haram in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. It is considered as one of the five pillars of Islam. The Hajj pilgrimage takes place during the ...

Newsweek has reached out via email to the Saudi Arabia government for comment. Muslim pilgrims at the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on June 18, 2024, at the end of the ...

Saudi Arabia has implemented a strict entry ban to Makkah for expatriates without valid Hajj permits, effective April 23, 2025. This measure aims to streamline the pilgrimage, enhance crowd ...

Mohamad Nor Adha Abdul Karim has been part of the Masjidil Haram expansion project in Mecca for ... In October 2022, Saudi Arabia’s minister of haj and umrah Tawfiq Fawzan Al Rabiah described ...

AI harnessed for smooth entry traffic, crowd management at revered site Muslims performing prayers in the Prophet's Mosque in Medina are keen to visit Al Rawda ... in the Saudi city of Mecca ...

Iran is set to begin sending pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for this year’s Hajj starting next week, according to the head of ...

Hajj 2025: Hajj is the annual pilgrimage by Muslims to Kabba, also known as Masjid al-Haram, in Makkah or Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Kabba is Islam's most sacred site, and Hajj is considered one of the ...