Saudi Arabia enforces ban on political chants and flags during Hajj 2025, urging pilgrims to focus on spiritual obligations and religious rites.

Dubai: Saudi Arabia’s General Directorate of Civil Defence has urged all pilgrims performing Hajj 2025 to familiarise themselves with the location of emergency exits at their accommodations ...

Cairo: For the first time, Saudi Arabia has set up temporary sheltering facilities for Muslims trying to illegally access the holy places to perform the Hajj pilgrimage without an official permit.

In 2025, approximately 1.8 million Muslims will undertake Hajj, a mandatory pilgrimage to Mecca, scheduled from June 4-9. Saudi Arabia's Nusuk Hajj pl ...

Saudi Arabia is resuming issuing Umrah visas from today, 10 June, a day after the conclusion of the Hajj 2025. Over 1.6 million Muslims from more than 150 nations prayed in Mecca during the annual ...

Hajj 2025: The Hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam and must be undertaken at least once by all Muslims who can afford the travel costs to Saudi Arabia from their home countries.

Saudi officials said they had stopped 269,678 people without permits from entering Mecca, and blamed overcrowding at the Hajj on unauthorized participants. It also says they made up large numbers ...

An estimated 1.8 million Muslims are preparing to embark on the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca which begins on June 4. The Hajj is the largest annual gathering of Muslims from all over the world and a ...

First batch of 401 Hajj pilgrims return to Chennai after completing their journey to Mecca and Medina with government subsidy. June 23, 2025 e-Paper LOGIN Account ...

The start of Dhul Hijjah leads to the Hajj, a holy pilgrimage for Muslims, and Saudi Arabia has confirmed the Hajj start date. Here's when it begins.

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 ...

From June 4-8, millions of Muslims will be performing the annual Hajj, a once-in-a-lifetime pilgrimage for all adult Muslims who are physically and financially able to undertake the journey. But ...