Hajj and Umrah News - South Africa

29 May 2019

Saudi Arabian Airlines, Haramain High-Speed Railway sign deal on services

RIYADH: Saudi Arabian Airlines and Haramain High-Speed Railway (HHSR) have signed an agreement to provide integrated transport services. Passengers will benefit from services such as an app to manage travel procedures and direct baggage transfer from HHSR stations to airports. The agreement will also allow the airline to open offices in HHSR stations in Makkah, Madinah,

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28 May 2019

Rise in Makkah Grand Mosque’s quota of Zamzam water

MAKKAH: Pilgrims and visitors to the Grand Mosque who want to drink the Zamzam water and buy bottled Zamzam water for their families and friends have just received a helping hand. The General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques is providing the Grand Mosque with 10,000 new containers of Zamzam water through its Suqiya Zamzam department. The number of containers

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28 May 2019

Why Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque matters for Muslims

AMMAN: “There is a spot just in the center of Al-Qibli Mosque where you feel so light when you stand in it.” This is the way Wasfi Kailani, of the Hashemite Fund for the Restoration of Al-Aqsa Mosque, describes his favorite spot within Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque, the UNESCO World Heritage site also known to Muslims and Palestinians as Al-Haram Al-Sharif. The spot that Kailani

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