Saudi Arabia has announced a major new project flanking Makkah鈥檚 Grand Mosque, providing 9,00,000 extra praying spaces together with residential and hospitality services for the millions of pilgrims who visit each year.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has requested Hajj pilgrims to contact its Jeddah or Madinah city offices for return flight services this year.
Muslim pilgrims were performing the last major ritual of the hajj -- the 鈥榮toning of the devil鈥� -- on Friday, as Muslims around the globe celebrated the beginning of the Eid al-Adha holiday.
The Ministry of Interior of Saudi Arabia has announced that individuals found performing, or attempting to perform, Hajj without a valid permit between 1 Dhu al-Qi'dah and 14 Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 AH will face fines of up to SAR 20,000, according to the Saudi Press Agency.
Living on canned beans and meat, the 70-year-old Egyptian has been hiding out in a Makkah apartment for weeks, hoping to evade a Saudi dragnet and perform the Hajj pilgrimage illegally...
