Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Earlier this year, my mother asked me to take her to Mecca in western Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah, or the ...

Guidance, Quran sessions planned for performers of spiritual Islamic rite A pilgrim prays amid heavy rains in the Grand Mosque in Mecca ... Holy Mosques/file Cairo: Saudi authorities have ...

The Hajj is a pilgrimage made by millions of Muslims every year to the holy city of Mecca in western Saudi Arabia, a journey they are expected to make at least once in their lives. This year it ...

Saudi news agency SPA Cairo: More than 1 million pilgrims benefitted from a cart transportation service provided in the Grand Mosque, in Mecca, during this past sacred month of Ramadan ...

The kingdom is home to Islam's holiest cities, Mecca and Medina. Saudi Arabia is bordered by the Red Sea, Jordan, Kuwait, and Iraq while surrounded to its east by Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

Saudi Arabia has launched the “Road to Makkah” initiative in five countries, including Pakistan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Morocco and Bangladesh for the fourth consecutive year since its launching for the ...

The growth in religious tourism aligns with Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 strategy, which aims to diversify the Kingdom’s economy. Infrastructure projects such as the Makkah Route Initiative and the ...

Eid ul Fitr 2025: When is Eid, March 31 or April 1? As the holy month of Ramadan approaches its final stage, the curiosity among Muslims around the world to know the answer to this question is ...