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Joining the Pakistan Boy Scouts Association, transgender youth would get social acceptance, attain confidence, feel secure and move forward. (AP/ Representational Image)

A game changer: In a first, Pak to recruit Transgender Hajj volunteers

'This can be a game changer and can significantly improve the social acceptance of transgender youth in our society.'

18 Feb 2018 3:24 PM IST

The hajj is one of the worlds largest religious gatherings. (Photo: AFP)

Muslim hajj pilgrims ascend Mount Arafat for day of worship

Many walked through the pre-dawn darkness to the hill where the Prophet Muhammad delivered his final sermon some 1,400...

10 Aug 2019 2:05 PM IST

I appeal to all Muslims that on Eid al-Adha, like every year, this year too, the life of only those animals should be sacrificed on which there is no prohibition by government, said, Imam Maulana Khalid Rasheed Firangi Mahali. (Photo: ANI)

On Bakr-Id do not sacrifice animals prohibited by govt: Imam Maulana...

He also appealed to Muslims to not to sacrifice animals on roads, no photos of animal sacrifice should be clicked,...

4 Aug 2019 3:53 PM IST

Saudi police women, who are recently deployed to the service, stand alert in front of the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, during the annual hajj pilgrimage, in Saudi Arabias holy city of Mecca. (AP)

In a first, Saudi female officers allowed to guard Islam's holiest...

This year, 60,000 vaccinated citizens or residents of Saudi Arabia have been allowed to perform the Hajj

22 July 2021 10:15 AM IST

In a cavernous hall in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, thousands of software professionals and students competed in the kingdoms first-ever hackathon, a coding festival ahead of the worlds largest pilgrimage later this month.

Saudi hackathon seeks high-tech fixes to hajj calamities

Thousands of software professionals and students competed in the kingdom's first-ever hackathon.

5 Aug 2018 10:46 AM IST

The festival honours the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to Gods command. Before Ibrahim could sacrifice his son, however, God provided a ram to sacrifice instead.

Eid al-Adha 2018: Here's everything you need to know

According to the lunar calendar, the day falls every year in Dhul Hijja, which is the last month of the Hijri calendar:

22 Aug 2018 9:16 AM IST

Predominantly Muslim Malaysia sends some 27,000 pilgrims to perform the hajj every year. (Photo: AP)

Over 2 million Muslims begin annual hajj pilgrimage

The five-day pilgrimage represents one of the five pillars of Islam and is required of all able-bodied Muslims once in...

19 Aug 2018 10:42 AM IST

The skyline of the city.

Toda Raba, Jerusalem

History resides in the walled city, and so does devout faith...

25 Aug 2017 12:09 AM IST

Predominantly Muslim Malaysia sends some 27,000 pilgrims to perform the hajj every year. (Photo: AP)

Mystic Mantra: Haj To set out for a higher destination

Hajj, has always been seen as a kind of spiritual death, for it is a meeting with God.

24 Aug 2017 12:20 AM IST

Iranian pilgrims will participate in this years annual hajj, Saudi Arabia said on Friday, despite ruptured ties between the regional rivals. (Photo: AP)

Iranians to resume hajj in Saudi Arabia after 2016 boycott

Tensions remain as Saudi accuses Iran of fuelling conflicts by supporting armed Shiite movements in Syria, Iraq, Yemen...

18 March 2017 10:52 AM IST

The Holy Woman by Qaisra Shahraz Tara India Research Press, Rs 395

Book review: A feminist, conditions applied'...

The book is all about izzat, mother's tears, father's pride, a child who needs a mother, a mother who needs the company...

25 Jun 2017 12:57 AM IST