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Millions of Muslims perform Hajj pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca every year. The Hajj is a mandatory religious duty for Muslims that must be carried out at least once in their lifetime by all adult Muslims who are physically and financially capable of undertaking the journey and supporting their family during their absence. The pilgrimage occurs from 8th to the 12th or 13th day of Dhu al-Hijjah, the last month of the Islamic lunar calendar. The Hajj includes a series of rituals such as wearing a single piece of unstitched white clothing (Ihram), circling the Kaaba seven times, walking between the hills of Safa and Marwah, heading to Mount Arafat, spending a night in Muzdalifa, and the symbolic stoning of the devil.

Hundreds of Kenya Muslims have been expressing increasing fears over possibility of missing the life-time journey to hajj this year due to controversial delays by the country's Immigration Department to issue or renew passports for would-be pilgrims.
News ID: 1446771    Publish Date : 2014/09/05

Iran's Quranic convoy to Hajj will include 14 Quran reciters and a Quran memorizer, an official with the Supreme Quran Council said.
News ID: 1439711    Publish Date : 2014/08/16

Pilgrims arriving in Saudi Arabia from different countries are being monitored for the Ebola virus at the airports.
News ID: 1438283    Publish Date : 2014/08/11

As a part of its role to protect pilgrims during Hajj, Saudi Arabia has announced a ban on Muslims from the West African countries that have been stricken with Ebola from performing Hajj this year over infection fears.
News ID: 1436242    Publish Date : 2014/08/05

'Spirituality, Self-confidence, and Islamic Unity' has been selected as the motto of this year's Hajj.
News ID: 1435567    Publish Date : 2014/08/04

13 new Muslim converts from Brazil have travelled to Saudi Arabia on Hajj pilgrimage.
News ID: 1424849    Publish Date : 2014/07/01

A medical official with the Iranian Hajj mission said no cases of MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome) have been reported among Iranian Hajj pilgrims in Saudi Arabia.
News ID: 1412443    Publish Date : 2014/05/31

French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday inaugurated an exhibition titled “Hajj, the Pilgrimage to Mecca”.
News ID: 1398855    Publish Date : 2014/04/23

The 19th volume of Al-Huda Scientific Quarterly was published by Dirasat-ol-Huda Center in the holy city of Najaf.
News ID: 1352662    Publish Date : 2014/01/10

Nigeria’s Kaduna State government has rewarded winners of last weekend's Quranic recitation competition with hajj seats.
News ID: 1351888    Publish Date : 2014/01/07

Saudi Arabia’s Hajj Ministry said the country is ready to have more Umrah pilgrims in this year’s Umrah season.
News ID: 1349690    Publish Date : 2014/01/01

This year some 2400 school students will go on Umrah (minor Hajj) pilgrimage.
News ID: 1331583    Publish Date : 2013/12/04

Registration for Umrah Hajj pilgrimage will start on Wednesday, November 27, in 19 provinces of the country.
News ID: 1324060    Publish Date : 2013/11/26

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution urged that the great potentials of Hajj should be activated against plots aimed at provoking sectarian strife.
News ID: 1316700    Publish Date : 2013/11/11

The last batch of Iranian Hajj pilgrims will return home on Saturday, November 9.
News ID: 1314077    Publish Date : 2013/11/08

Some 181000 university students have registered to go on Umrah (minor) Hajj.
News ID: 1310922    Publish Date : 2013/11/04