Mask-clad Muslims circled Islam's holiest site along socially distanced paths on Sunday, as Saudi authorities partially resumed the year-round umrah pilgrimage amid extensive health precautions after ...

A view of Mecca and the Kaaba from the skies as the annual haj pilgrimage concludes DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian pilgrims will for the first time in eight years begin regular travel to Saudi Arabia from ...

DUBAI, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Iran hopes technical problems preventing Iranian Muslims from making the Umrah pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia will soon be resolved, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani ...

Saudi regulations require Umrah travel operators to be officially licensed by the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah. Pilgrims are ...

Saudi Arabia will open the Umrah pilgrimage to Mecca for Muslims from other countries from Nov. 1, Saudi media reported on Thursday, as the kingdom relaxes measures it had taken to check the spread of ...

Hyderabad: Prominent city scholar Maulana Mohammad Hissamuddin Hassami Sani Jafar Pasha has highlighted the vital importance ...

RIYADH, SA / ACCESS Newswire / April 29, 2025 / The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah is the official government entity in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia responsible for regulating and overseeing the Hajj and ...

Dozens of Iranians headed to Saudi Arabia on Monday to perform the umrah pilgrimage for the first time in nine years, in the latest indication of improved relations between Riyadh and Tehran. A group ...

The Federal Government of Nigeria and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have strengthened collaboration to enforce the “No Hajj ...

(RNS) — Medina, where Muhammad is buried, is not part of the official pilgrimage but offers contentment. (RNS) — Muslims are taught that when they make the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca for the first time ...