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Eight flights carrying a total of 476 pilgrims departed Friday, marking the start of the repatriation process following the completion of this year's Hajj rituals.
Millions of pilgrims gather at Arafat as Saudi authorities intensify heat safety measures during Hajj.
The Assistant Minister of Interior for Administrative Affairs and Head of the Executive Committee of the Ministerial Hajj Committee announced the commencement of transporting pilgrims to Mount Arafat.
The Assistant Minister of Interior for Administrative Affairs and Head of the Executive Committee of the Ministerial Hajj Committee has announced the commencement of departures for this year's lottery pilgrims to the Holy Land.
Nearly 1,000 pilgrims from the official lottery Hajj mission arrived in Mecca on Monday according to Major General Ashraf Abdel-Moetti, assistant minister of interior for administrative affairs and CEO of the Egyptian Hajj Mission.
Out of these, 8,490 pilgrims received services in Mecca, and 1,797 in Medina.
EgyptAir has released guidelines for pilgrims traveling from Egyptian airports to the Holy Lands for this year's Hajj pilgrimage.
The pilgrims expressed their thanks and appreciation for what the Ministry of Interior is doing to provide all aspects of care and attention during their departure to perform the rituals of Hajj [pilgrimage], according to a statement from the Ministry of Interior.
Preliminary information shows that three were killed including two Egyptians and 40 people were injured in a bus accident that took place in Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
For the first time in the history of Africa, senior muftis, Ulamas and ministers of religious affairs in African countries met.
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On May 19, 1971, the first celebration of the Malcolm X Day took place, to become a holiday in some states of the North American Union that commemorates and honors the path of the famous Islamic preacher.
The pilgrims of the Sacred House (Holly Kaaba) began early Thursday morning, to arrive at Mount Arafat to perform the greatest pillar of Hajj.
The birth of Prophet Mohammed, peace be upon him, represents a major event in the history of all humanity, not only in the history of Muslims.
Saudi Arabia announced on Saturday that land crossing with the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Saudi Arabia on Friday reopened Al-Haram Mosque in the holy city of Mecca and Al-Masjid Al-Nabawi in the holy city of Medina after temporarily closing them for one night for sterilization, reported state TV Al-Ekhbariya.
The Egyptian embassy in Kuwait called its nationals to be vigilant and avoid crowded places in the Gulf State where the number of infected cases with deadly coronavirus is increasing.
Egyptian authorities on Thursday ordered to oblige travel agencies and airlines organizing Umrah pilgrimage or visits to the Prophet's Mosque in the western city of Medina to promptly refund fees of bookings to their customers.
