MAKKAH: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Hajj and Umrah Dr. Mohammed Salih Bentin will launch the 44th Hajj Grand Symposium on Aug. 5 under the title “Islam: Coexistence and Tolerance.” The two-day symposium at the Hilton Makkah Convention Hotel will include Islamic thinkers and scholars from the Kingdom and other areas of the Islamic world.
Read more Some 261 Tunisian pilgrims arrived on Sunday at Prince Muhammad Bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madinah within the Makkah Route Initiative (MRI).
Read more This will be for every pilgrim he transports without a Haj permit. The court will demand confiscation of the vehicle in transporting the violators. The violator will be named and shamed.
Read more They will create awareness among the women and families in the Grand Mosque and Makkah and spread the message of moderation and counter extremism.
Read more The plan also includes ensuring that the restrooms in the holy sites are ready for use. They are in the form of 484 complexes containing over 30,000 toilets ready for use by the pilgrims.
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