Showing posts with label the Hajj. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the Hajj. Show all posts
Thursday, June 20, 2024

After Over 1,000 Deaths: How to Make Hajj Safer in Extreme Heat? | DW News

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Jun 20, 2024 | A searing heatwave in Saudi Arabia has led to the deaths of over 1,000 people in the city of Mecca during the annual Hajj pil...
Wednesday, June 19, 2024

More Than 550 Hajj Pilgrims Die in Mecca as Temperatures Exceed 50C

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THE GUARDIAN: At least 320 of the dead are from Egypt and Saudi officials report treating more than 2,000 people for heat stress At least ...
Friday, July 17, 2020

Saudi’s Missing Pilgrims Cause Firms to Go Bust

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Firms and farms globally are suffering as Saudi Arabia imposes Hajj limitations As Saudi Arabia restricts the annual Hajj pilgrimage to on...
Friday, May 17, 2019

World's Largest Pilgrimage – Hajj Documentary

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We snuck a handicam into Mecca, Saudi Arabia to film the Islamic tradition of Hajj, the world's largest annual pilgrimage and the bigge...
Saturday, August 19, 2017

Inside Story - How Open Is Saudi's Invitation to Hajj Pilgrims from Qatar?

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Almost three months after Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut off diplomatic ties with Qatar, Saudi's King Sa...
Thursday, September 15, 2016

A Prayer for Mecca: The City That Many Hajj Pilgrims Don't See (September 9, 2016)

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As the hajj begins once again, Saudi artist Ahmed Mater has revealed unprecedented changes to the holy city – from flashy new hotels to the...
Saturday, September 10, 2016

Iran-Saudi Arabia Feud Impacts Hajj Ritual | DW News

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One and a half million people have gathered in Mecca for the annual Hajj pilgrimage. But this year Iranian pilgrims are not attending. Iran...
Friday, September 09, 2016

Muslims Gather around the Kaaba Shrine during the Hajj in Mecca

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Muslims from across the world have gathered in Mecca in Saudi Arabia for the annual hajj pilgrimage, and visited the Kaaba, Islam's hol...

Nearly Two Million in Saudi Arabia for First Post-stampede Hajj

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Close to two million pilgrims have converged on western Saudi Arabia for the annual hajj where new measures aim to prevent a recurrence of ...
Monday, September 05, 2016

Iran Urges Muslims to Challenge Saudi Arabia’s Oversight of Holy Sites

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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: The call by Iran’s supreme leader comes days before the start of the annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca DUBAI—Iran’...
Wednesday, March 25, 2015

A Sinner in Mecca (Trailer)

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For a gay filmmaker, filming in Saudi Arabia presents two serious challenges: filming is forbidden in the country and homosexuality is puni...
Thursday, October 24, 2013

Arnoud van Doorn: From Anti-Islamic Film-maker to Hajj Pilgrim

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Hajji Arnoud van Doorn Why is a former member of Geert Wilders' anti-Islamic Party for Freedom – who made a film claiming Muslims a...
Friday, October 18, 2013

Hajji Now

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Arnoud Van Doorn in Mekkah on Hajj After converting to Islam some months ago, Arnoud Van Doorn has just performed the Hajj . He may the...

‘Fitna’ Producer Finds Peace in the Holy Sites

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Arnoud Van Doorn talks to Okaz/SG reporter in Mina SAUDI GAZETTE: MINA — A once strident anti-Islam activist who gained notoriety as t...
Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Hajj Authorities Vigilant Over Virus Scare

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Health authorities are on alert for anyone suffering from MERS which has already claimed 52 lives in the Kingdom.
Thursday, October 10, 2013

Two Die of Mers Virus in Saudi ahead of Hajj

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Mecca's Grand Mosque THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Two more Saudi Arabian citizens have died after contracting the Mers virus, the authoriti...
Saturday, July 13, 2013

Hajj Pilgrims to Wear Masks to Prevent Spread of Mers Virus

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THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Saudi Arabia has issued a series of rules to pilgrims travelling to Mecca for the Hajj that will ban the elderly and...
Wednesday, March 20, 2013

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Hajj - A Journey to the Heart of Islam Prince Charles at the opening of the exhibition: Hajj - a journey to the heart of Islam, at the Bri...
Thursday, October 25, 2012

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Hajj Pilgrims Gather on Mount Arafat Millions of pilgrims gather at Mount Arafat for the annual Hajj, including groups from Syria, who cal...

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Millions of Muslims Gather in the Saudi City of Mecca to Perform the Hajj To the gallery »