Makkah Deputy Gov. Prince Badr bin Sultan presided over a meeting to discuss the latest developments related to the third expansion of the Grand Mosque, which is being carried out by 5,000 workers.
Read more The train trips were suspended for about 50 days following the fire which burnt down the Jeddah railway station at Sulaimaniyah District.
Read more The official, who was elected to lead the largest Muslim organisation in the country two years ago, revealed that his suspension was driven by alleged misappropriation of Hajj funds and debt that has lasted for years.
Read more The Ministry of Religious Affairs said the assets of First Travel should be returned to would-be pilgrims who failed to go on pilgrimage.
Read more JEDDAH: In November 1979, the Middle East was already on a knife edge. For the citizens of Saudi Arabia, however, the greatest shock was yet to come. The sacrilegious storming of the Grand Mosque in Makkah by armed fanatics that month sent shockwaves through the entire Islamic world.
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