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Around 800 pilgrims were due to leave Iran on three flights to nearby Medina on Sunday, the director of the hajj at Irans Haj and Pilgrimage Organisation, Nasrollah Farahmand told state media. (Photo: AFP/Representational)

Mystic Mantra: Kaaba House of God

Haj is seen as a chance to wipe clean past sins and start fresh.

19 Sep 2017 9:07 PM GMT

PM Narendra Modi addressing election rally in Haryana. (Photo: ANI)

Anguished by bus crash near Mecca: PM Modi expresses grief on death of...

The passengers included individuals with Asian or Arabic nationalities, the spokesperson for Medina police indicated.

17 Oct 2019 7:20 AM GMT

Pilgrims circle the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, during the minor pilgrimage, known as Umrah, during Laylat al-Qadr, Night of Decree, on the 27th day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in the Muslim holy city of Mecca. (Photo: AP)

Mystic Mantra Adhan: The Muslim call to prayer

The words of the adhan succinctly embody the basic principles of Islam and its teachings.

28 Jan 2019 7:21 PM GMT

A Muslim worshipper prays during Laylat al-Qadr, Night of Decree, on the 27th day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan as pilgrims circumambulate around the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque

Mystic Mantra - Ka'bah: The gateway to Allah

A peaceful mindset is directly related to our behaviour and attitude and unfortunately not many people bother to check...

25 Jun 2019 9:22 PM GMT

A picture shows pilgrims circumambulating around the Kaaba, the holiest shrine in the Grand mosque in the holy Saudi city of Mecca. (AFP)

Hajj 2020: Masked pilgrims throw sanitised pebbles at Satan

Only up to 10,000 Muslims are taking part in the Hajj after millions of international pilgrims were barred due to...

31 July 2020 9:20 AM GMT

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 5:12 AM GMT

Muslims circumambulate the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on March 7, 2020

Coronavirus: Saudi asks Muslims to delay Haj plans

The kingdom's Al Saud ruling family stakes its legitimacy in this oil-rich nation on overseeing and protecting the hajj...

1 April 2020 8:22 AM GMT

Haj victims still await compensation

A total of 238 people were injured, including many Indians in the crane crash.

13 Feb 2017 8:22 PM GMT

Malik ibn Deenar devoted his life to God and made a living as a calligrapher of the Quran.

Mystic Mantra: The last sermon of Prophet Muhammad

He explained that the period of ignorance had come to an end, and so had its practices, its rivalries, and its conflicts...

1 Dec 2017 11:04 PM GMT

Pilgrims circle the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, during the minor pilgrimage, known as Umrah, during Laylat al-Qadr, Night of Decree, on the 27th day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in the Muslim holy city of Mecca. (Photo: AP)

Saudi Police says suicide bomber killed in foiled Mecca plot

The Interior Ministry said an attack on the mosque was being planned by three terrorist groups, two based in Mecca and a...

24 Jun 2017 12:55 AM GMT