Imam Nsubuga cautioned Muslim pilgrims intending to perform this year’s Umrah to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina to make ...

The federal government is finalising a new Hajj policy that will request an expanded quota of 255,000 pilgrims for Pakistan ...

RIYADH, SA / ACCESS Newswire / April 29, 2025 / The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah is the official government entity in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia responsible for regulating and overseeing the Hajj ...

The Saudi Arabian government has requested the DNA of the families of the missing Hajj pilgrims to be matched with several ...

Muslim-majority countries like Indonesia and Malaysia have decades-long waiting lists for the Hajj. Indonesia has 5.4 million people awaiting their turn, with the number increasing each year.

Saudi officials said they had stopped 269,678 people without permits from entering Mecca, and blamed overcrowding at the Hajj on unauthorized participants. It also says they made up large numbers ...

Dubai: King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia has ordered that 1,000 Palestinians from the families of martyrs, prisoners, and the wounded be hosted at his personal expense to perform Hajj this ...

The government remains intent on delegating the responsibility of organizing Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages from the Religious Affairs Ministry to the Hajj ...