While South Africans have for the most part concluded their Eid al-Adha celebrations, millions of pilgrims in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are completing the final days of Haj 2016. The approximately 2000 South African hujjaaj observed the most pertinent ritual of haj on Sunday as they stood in earnest[…]
It was a busy day for pilgrims who reassembled in Mina on Monday after spending the night in Muzdalifah. They stoned Jamarat Al-Aqaba (the big Satan), slaughtered sacrificial animals, shaved hairs, and got out of the state of ihram. A large number of them headed toward the Grand Mosque for[…]
Expatriates trying to perform Haj without permit will be deported and banned from entering the Kingdom for 10 years, the Department of Passports (Jawazat) has warned. “Anyone who is caught going to Makkah or the Holy Sites for Haj will be fingerprinted and turned back,” spokesman of the Jawazat Maj.[…]
Is it a matter that concerns the House of Saud only or does it have wider ramifications for Palestinians and Muslims globally? Not much different to slogans in vogue back then such as “Swart deelname meen swart oorname”, warning the Afrikaner volk (clan) that black participation will result in black takeover.[…]
Perhaps the single most challenging aspect of the hajj is the huge distances many have to cover in order to arrive at the holy city of Mecca; and this is likely why it is the final and only optional pillar of Islam. Air travel has doubtless made the journey much[…]
United Nations Chief Ban Ki-moon repeated his call Wednesday for all sides in the conflict in Yemen to “immediately cease all hostilities,” following a devastating series of raids resulting in numerous civilian deaths and injuries. In a statement Ban urged “all parties to the conflict to immediately cease all hostilities[…]
Many things have changed for Sarah Attar since London 2012. For starters, the 23-year-old pioneering Saudi Arabian runner with an infectious smile graduated from Pepperdine University, in California, and began training full-time as a long-distance runner. Attar is now in Rio de Janeiro for her second Olympic experience, leading a team[…]
Saudi Arabia said on Friday it had prevented three Saudi women and seven children from traveling through Lebanon to join the conflict in neighboring Syria, the Saudi state news agency SPA reported. The three sisters and their children were detained by Lebanese authorities in Beirut and flown back to Saudi[…]
As umrah pilgrims resettle in their respective countries, the time has arrived for the first hujjaj to travel to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to perform the fifth pillar of Islam – Haj. While thousands of South Africans yearn to perform the pilgrimage, this year 2000 South African hujjaj will[…]
The Council of Senior Scholars has vehemently condemned Monday’s bombings and sent out a clear message to terrorists: “You failed and lost.” Challenging the troublemakers, the council tweeted: “Wherever you try, you will find us united under one flag. Praise be to God Almighty who saved His worshippers.” Denouncing the[…]
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