TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The annual Hajj pilgrimage holds immense potential to foster Islamic unity and support oppressed communities like Palestine, a Malaysian expert said, adding that its full ...

Hajj: The Palestinians deprived of pilgrimage under Israeli travel bans A Muslim pilgrim prays on the Mount Al-Noor in holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia on 4 July 2022 (Reuters) By Aseel Jundi in ...

Sheikh Saleh bin Abdullah bin Humaid, the imam (prayer leader) of Makkah’s Grand Mosque, prayed for the people of Palestine during the Hajj sermon. Around 1.5 million pilgrims from across the ...

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Vast crowds of Muslims gathered for hours under the hot sun atop Mount Arafat Saturday for the high point of the annual hajj pilgrimage, offering prayers including for Palestinians in war-ravaged Gaza ...

King’s directive follows similar one issued in May, bringing total number hosted from Palestine for this year's Hajj to 2,000 - Anadolu Ajansı ...

The sermon took place at Masjid Namirah in Arafat, where over 1.5 million pilgrims from across the globe gathered to perform Waqoof-e-Arafah, the central rite of Hajj.

The specific steps of Hajj are the same as the ones carried out by the Prophet Mohammad in 632 A.D. in what is known as his “farewell pilgrimage.” But the Kaaba was a sacred site before Islam.

More than one million Muslim pilgrims packed a giant tented city near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Friday for a hajj pilgrimage held in sweltering heat and against the grim backdrop of the Gaza war.Robed ...

A pilgrim offer prayers after she cast stones at a pillar in the symbolic stoning of the devil, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, June ...

Extreme heat kills more than 1,300 during Hajj pilgrimage 00:15. More than 1,300 people died during this year's Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced extreme high temperatures at ...

The final month of the Islamic calendar, Dhul Hijjah, has begun.Some Muslims will prepare to make their way to Saudi Arabia to perform an obligatory spiritual journey called Hajj, or pilgrimage.