Chants of ‘Labbaik Allahumma Labbaik’ (O God, here I am answering your call) and ‘Allah-o-Akbar’ (God is Great) reverberated as about 2 million pilgrims, wearing the ihram or a two-piece seamless white garment, began moving to Arafat, about 15 km east of the holy city of Makkah on Friday. VOC[…]
Marking the beginning of the annual pilgrimage of Haj on Thursday, around two million pilgrims headed through packed streets of Makkah and surrounding cities including Jeddah and Taif to the enormous Tent City of Mina, located 7 km north east of the Grand Mosque. In a dense sea of humanity,[…]
As Muslims around the world mark the month of Dhul Hijjah, one of the most sacred months of the Islamic year, all roads lead to the holy cities in the Saudi Kingdom for the annual haj pilgrimage on Thursday. Millions of pilgrims will don the ihram on the eighth day[…]
Hajj, one of the five main pillars of Islam, has a message for the benefit and wellbeing of all people of the world, be they Muslim or not. It has a further mission towards all creatures, including animals, birds, plants, etc. It is an annual celebration that gathers millions of[…]
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