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Dubai: Health authorities in the UAE have issued a health advisory for pilgrims returning from Hajj 2025 in Saudi Arabia. The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) and the Dubai Health ...
Timely exit not only legal obligation but also sign of respect for Kingdom’s regulations Dubai: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has called on all pilgrims to leave the Kingdom before ...
After a successful Hajj season in 2025, authorities in UAE announced registration for the next 2026 season. For citizen interested in the pilgrimage, the registration will open in September 2025 ...
Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony has established a dedicated Hajj helpline for prompt registration, guidance and resolution of the complaints of intending pilgrims of Hajj 2022.
More than 1.5 million people traveled to Saudi Arabia this year for the hajj. Only three of them rode on horseback all the way from Spain, recreating the pilgrimage of Andalusian Muslims centuries ...
This pause in visa issuance does not equate to a travel ban and such seasonal curbs are a regular feature during Hajj to manage the enormous influx of pilgrims and prevent overcrowding, sources said.
LAGOS — The first batch of Lagos State pilgrims who participated in the 2025 Hajj pilgrimage to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has safely returned to Nigeria. The group, comprising 423 pilgrims ...
PM Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday directed the Ministry of Religious Affairs to formulate a detailed action plan with timeline for the next year's Hajj without any delay. The PM, chairing a review ...
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A total of 183 Indonesian pilgrims are declared dead as of June 9, 2025, or on day 40 of this year's hajj season. According to the head of the Hajj Health Center of the Ministry of ...
The Saudi Government has granted special permission to Pakistani Hajj pilgrims stranded at Pakistani airports to arrive in Jeddah Airport by 12th hours tonight (Wednesday). Spokesman for the Ministry ...
Early reports indicate this year's death toll at the Hajj pilgrimage is dramatically lower than last year's, but climate change still presents a major risk.
A total of 18.5 million pilgrims from various parts of the world performed Hajj and Umrah during the year 2024. An overwhelming majority of these pilgrims, 16.92 million in number, came to perform ...