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Cohesion of Muslim families compels New Zealand woman to embrace Islam

She has newly embraced Islam and said the happiest day in her life was when she first set eyes on the Holy Kaaba.

First international flights from Jeddah’s new airport on Friday

Ibrahim Al-Ruasa, spokesman of the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA,) said that there will be a flight every day from the new airport to the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Bahrain and four weekly flights to Oman.

More than 920 journalists and 151 radio and TV space channels to cover the Haj

The licenses were granted to 151 radio and TV space channels, 36 international media missions and 923 journalists in addition to the release of 522 filming equipment.

With Brexit looming, British Hajj pilgrims feel the pinch as tour costs jump

LONDON: British pilgrims are struggling to keep up with a dramatic jump in the cost of traveling to Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj. More than 20,000 people make the pilgrimage from the UK every year but spiralling air tickets and hotel prices have ramped up prices in the past five years. The plunge in the value of the pound over concerns about the UK’s withdrawal from the

From Westminster to Makkah: Two British MPs join the Hajj pilgrimage

MAKKAH: Among more than 2 million Hajj pilgrims thronging the holy sites are two British Members of Parliament — Yasmin Qureshi, Labour MP for Bolton South East and Shadow Minister for Justice, and Naz Shah, Labour MP for Bradford West. Both women are members of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Hajj and Umrah, and they work with the British and Saudi governments to ensure