Hajj and Umrah News - South Africa

6 May 2019

Eye from the sky

The General Command of the Air Security has started air surveillance of the Grand Mosque, the city of Makkah, and its adjoining areas for the safety and security of hundreds of thousands of pilgrims and visitors who have flocked to the holy city in Ramadan.

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4 May 2019

Read all about it: 13 centuries of Islamic heritage under one roof

MAKKAH: The library of the Grand Mosque is one of the oldest in the Islamic world. It is a prominent landmark in the city, the birthplace of the Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him), and contains more than 350,000 rare books and manuscripts. The library was established during the reign of the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mahdi in 160 AH (776 CE) and is located in the neighborhood of

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