TEHRAN (IQNA) – Eid Al-Adha will begin on Tuesday, July 20, corresponding to the 10th of Dhul Hajja, Jordan’s Grand Mufti Mohammad Khalaileh said on Saturday.
News ID: 3475207 Publish Date : 2021/07/11
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Saudi Arabia’s General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques said it has conducted maintenance and operation work for all electronic equipment in the Grand Mosque in Mecca, in preparation for this year’s Hajj season.
News ID: 3475200 Publish Date : 2021/07/11
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Eid al-Adha will be celebrated in Saudi Arabia on July 20, the country’s supreme court announced.
News ID: 3475184 Publish Date : 2021/07/10
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A health escort will be designated for every 20 pilgrims in the annual Hajj season due later this month, according to a Saudi official, as the kingdom has ramped up efforts for organizing the Muslim pilgrimage curtailed due to COVID-19.
News ID: 3475181 Publish Date : 2021/07/08
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Pilgrims from 120 nationalities will perform Hajj this year, Saudi Arabia’s Central Hajj Committee said.
News ID: 3475160 Publish Date : 2021/07/06
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Anyone found attempting to access Mecca’s Grand Mosque, the area around it and the holy Hajj sites without a permit from Monday till the end of the annual pilgrimage will be fined SR10,000 ($2,666).
News ID: 3475149 Publish Date : 2021/07/05
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The governor of Medina region in Saudi Arabia tasked all agencies involved with Hajj to review and enhance their preparations for welcoming pilgrims to the Prophet’s Mosque, and to other mosques and Islamic sites in the region.
News ID: 3475091 Publish Date : 2021/06/29
TEHRAN (IQNA) – People who have received their Hajj permits for this year’s pilgrimage should visit their nearest vaccine center to receive their second jab within 48 hours of the permit being issued, the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah said.
News ID: 3475078 Publish Date : 2021/06/28
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah will start sending text messages to registered recipients between the ages of 41 and 50 to acquire a Hajj permit.
News ID: 3475066 Publish Date : 2021/06/27
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A total of 558,270 applications have been received from the pilgrims across Saudi Arabia aspiring to perform Hajj 2021, the country’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah said Friday.
News ID: 3475057 Publish Date : 2021/06/26
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Rajab Rama, a 48-year-old businessman in Kenya, was left disappointed after learning he would miss the chance to go for Hajj, the Muslim pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, which is mandatory to perform at least once in a lifetime.
News ID: 3475010 Publish Date : 2021/06/21
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Saudi Arabia has curtailed male guardians of Muslim women wishing to perform this year’s Hajj, which will be limited to Saudi citizens and foreigners residing in the kingdom due to COVID-19.
News ID: 3474995 Publish Date : 2021/06/20
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Iran’s top government authority on Hajj protested against a recent decision adopted in Saudi Arabia to impose restrictions on the annual pilgrimage for a second year over coronavirus concerns.
News ID: 3474968 Publish Date : 2021/06/17
TEHRAN (IQNA) – An electronic portal for domestic pilgrims received more than 450,000 applications within 24 hours of opening, the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah said.
News ID: 3474960 Publish Date : 2021/06/16
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The deputy head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization regretted the recent decision by Saudi Arabia to allow only those residing in the kingdom to perform Hajj for the second year.
News ID: 3474949 Publish Date : 2021/06/15
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Saudi Arabia announced Saturday it will allow 60,000 residents vaccinated against COVID-19 to perform this year's Hajj, but Muslims from abroad will be barred for a second straight year.
News ID: 3474937 Publish Date : 2021/06/13
TEHRAN (IQNA) – An official with the Iranian Red Crescent Society said Iran will likely send some 2,000 pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for Hajj this year.
News ID: 3474860 Publish Date : 2021/06/01
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Pakistani Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Noorul Haq Qadri said that Hajj this year would be a bit costlier.
News ID: 3474853 Publish Date : 2021/05/31
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Pakistan’s Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Noor-ul-Haq Qadri said the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has not taken a final decision on the number of pilgrims and Hajj-related safety measures yet.
News ID: 3474803 Publish Date : 2021/05/24
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Saudi Arabia will announce Hajj policy 2021 for foreigners on May 27 and Pakistani pilgrims would be vaccinated on priority if COVID vaccination is set as a precondition for the pilgrimage, Pakistani officials were quoted as saying.
News ID: 3474770 Publish Date : 2021/05/19