The map below shows the location of Mecca and Medina. The blue line represents the straight line joining these two place. The distance shown is the straight line or the air travel distance between ...

The Indonesian Consulate General in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, confirmed that three out of the 14 Indonesians who survived the bus ...

Guidance, Quran sessions planned for performers of spiritual Islamic rite A pilgrim prays amid heavy rains in the Grand Mosque in Mecca ... the Prophet's Mosque in Medina. Itikaf means a Muslim ...

Six Indonesian Umrah pilgrims were killed in a bus accident on the Medina-Mecca highway in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, ...

Ramzan preparations in Telangana, with worshippers planning pilgrimages to Mecca and Medina, facing rising costs and accommodation challenges.

Saudi Arabia on Monday said foreigners are from now on allowed to invest in Saudi-listed companies that own property in Mecca and Medina, Islam's two holiest cities. The decision "aims to ...

On the eve of the 1987 hajj pilgrimage, around 400 people were killed in the clashes between mostly Iranian Shia pilgrims, ...

Aly Goni embarks on a spiritual journey to Mecca and Medina during the holy month of Ramzan, performing Umrah for the third time. Taking a bold step, he decides to shave his head for the first time ...

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