Hajj
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Photo/ Eid al-Adha celebration around the Globe
Millions of Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha that marks the end of Hajj, the five-day pilgrimage Muslims undertake to Islam’s holiest city, Mecca, and surrounding areas of western Saudi Arabia to cleanse the soul of sins and instil a sense of equality and brotherhood, a religious holiday which in Arabic means the “festival of the sacrifice”.
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Muslims can virtually touch Kaaba's black stone from home
We have great religious and historical sites that we must digitise and communicate to everyone through the means of latest technology.
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Muslim pilgrims perform last Hajj ritual in Makkah
According to the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA), after completing the major pillar of Hajj, the pilgrims descended Thursday from Mt. Arafat to the plain of Muzdalifah, where they spent the night, before heading in the morning to Mina, east of the holy city of Makkah.
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The Islamic nation’s cry for unity should fall on the heads of the US & its chained dog, the Zionist regime
Today, as has been the case always and all the time, the Islamic Ummah’s interests clearly lie in unity: a unity that can let out a thunderous cry at the embodiment of Satan – transgressing America – and at its mad dog, the Zionist regime.
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Muslim pilgrims arrive in Mecca for hajj amid COVID-19 pandemic
The hajj, which begins on Wednesday, normally draws around 2.5 million people for five intense days of worship in one of the world’s largest gatherings of people from around the world.