Saudi Arabia now also allows women to attend the hajj unaccompanied by a male relative, a requirement that was dropped last year
04 Jul 2022 12:33 PM
Saudi Arabia said only a very limited number of people currently living in the kingdom may take part in Haj
23 Jun 2020 12:55 PM
In total some 2.5 million faithful, the majority from abroad, will undertake the pilgrimage this year, according to local media.
09 Aug 2019 12:40 PM
Riyadh, Tehran cut ties months later, after execution of a Shiite cleric in Saudi Arabia sparked attacks on diplomatic missions in Iran.
30 Aug 2017 3:15 PM
'We are tired of responding to false information and stories invented from nothing,' Sheikh Mohammed told Al Jazeera TV.
31 Jul 2017 12:20 PM
The children also threw pebbles at a wall during a practice version of the ‘stoning of the devil’, another of the hajj rituals.
24 Jul 2017 3:51 PM