The Islamic organizations in East Jerusalem today rejected an Israeli court ruling to close Bab al-Rahma prayer area inside Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s old city, stressing that everything within the walled holy compound is purely Islamic and Israel has no rights or authority over it.
Read more Koran tutor Muhammad Asim should have been packing to leave his Karachi home for Mecca next week to perform one of the most sacred, once-in-a-lifetime obligations for Muslims, the Haj pilgrimage. But that was before COVID-19 hit.
Read more Fines amounting to SR10,000 will be slapped on those who enter the holy sites of Mina, Muzdalifah and Arafat without a Hajj permit, Okaz/Saudi Gazette has learned from well-informed sources.
Read more Reacting to a video clip that recently went viral showing an unidentified person claiming that the Saudi authorities are planning to impose a toll on users of a highway linking Makkah and Jeddah, the ministry official on Sunday denied claims that toll gates will be set up on some roads.
Read more Shirin Nazirmadova, a doctor from southern Tajikistan, has been saving for years to afford the hajj pilgrimage. She will not wait for another year for the chance to visit the Islamic holy sites she hoped to see this year. Instead, she donated the hajj money she saved to her local Farkhor district hospital to buy much-needed supplies to help battle the coronavirus
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