Tag: Mecca

The Umrah (the meaning in Arabic is literally '"to visit a populated place"') is an Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca.

Israeli Jews will be permitted to travel to Saudi Arabia in order to conduct business but will require an official invitation to enter the kingdom.

The IDF Arabic-language spokesperson posted a possible message from the Kaaba.

Nearly 1,100 Gazans will board planes to Saudi Arabia from Cairo for the minor pilgrimage to Mecca known as “Umrah.”

The New York City Mayor’s Office, said 19 passengers were sick, with 10 admitted to Jamaica Hospital in Queens and nine who refused medical attention.

“The size of the object, its shape, and the text on it indicate that it was apparently used as an amulet for blessing and protection.”

"We reserve the right to respond to anyone who is working on the internationalization of the holy sites,” said Saudi Arabia.

'I am deeply sorry for the pain I have caused. The last thing that I would do is intentionally hurt anyone, Muslim, Jewish or otherwise. It is not in my heart.'

External forces are linked with Arab leaders in Israel in efforts to start a new wave of violence.

The Hamas affiliates denounced the move as political blackmail, especially after the PA had just cut off the salaries of 227 freed prisoners.

According to a 2004 Chicago Tribune article, Muslim American Society is another name for the US chapter of the Muslim Brotherhood.

The Bedouins physically blocked the surveyors, who called the PA Police, and only an IDF intervention prevented what would have become a bloodbath.

Egypt's President El-Sisi was allegedly targeted in two plots by ISIS in Mecca and in Egypt by terrorist assassins.

He joined an estimated 100 thousand Brits who have embraced the religion of Mohammad, including, possibly, the late Sir Winston Churchill.

The health ministry launched an awareness campaign before the Hajj to alert Egyptians as to ways of preventing infectious diseases during pilgrimage.

For the record, Iran now believes there are three Satans: the Great Satan (US), Little Satan (Israel), and Puny Satan (Saudi Arabia).

Gaza-based Hamas PM Ismail Haniyeh is traveling to Mecca for the annual Hajj pilgrimage -- and then to Doha and Ankara.

Egypt has opened its sole crossing with Gaza to allow Muslims to travel to Mecca for the Hajj.

These smart parasols will help pilgrims not get lost, and any family participating in the pilgrimage will be able to trace all of its members by networking their parasols.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Iranian authorities had threatened to hurt Amiri's family if he did not return to Iran.

"A terrible poison is spreading," the French PM cautions. "Slowly, insidiously, against the background of influences from abroad ... developed against a model of society which contradicts the Republic and its values."

Saudi Arabia denies other claims that more than 1,000 were killed. Iran says the stampede killed 200 Iranians.

At least 107 people are dead and hundreds more are wounded after a crane collapsed Friday at the Grand Mosque in Mecca.

Jerusalem only seems important in the Islamic world when non-Muslims control or capture the city.

This blithely written book presents Jerusalem as the home of all monotheistic faiths, disregarding the unique bond between Jews and their ancient capital.

A Saudi Arabian man was arrested near the Grand Mosque in Mecca after local police discovered papers indicating that he was seeking a Jewish bride.