Saudi Arabia will allow around 1,000 pilgrims residing in the kingdom to perform the hajj this year, a minister said Tuesday, after it announced the ritual would be scaled back
Saudi Arabia is set to inform its decision next week on whether hajj will be performed or not this year. The hajj is supposed to start from July 28 this
The number of coronavirus cases in Saudi Arabia surpassed 100,000 on Sunday, the health ministry said, amid a new surge in infections just weeks ahead of the start of the
State Minister for Religious Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah on Friday said Saudi Arabia, the host country of Hajj, is likely to take a decision over this year’s congregation by June
Saudi Arabia announced that the Prophet’s Mosque, also known as Al-Masjid Al-Nabawi in Madinah, will gradually open to the public starting Sunday. Mosques across the Kingdom, except for those in
The holy Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest religious festival of Muslims, will be celebrated in the country tomorrow if the moon of Shawwal month is sighted in the sky of Bangladesh today.
Jumatul Wida, the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan, will be observed across the country on Friday with due religious solemnity and reverence. Thousands of Muslim devotees will
Although millions of Muslims across the world, including those from Bangladesh, have eagerly been waiting to perform hajj in late July this year, uncertainty looms large over their largest congregation
Many Muslims in the capital took part in Jum’a prayers at mosques on Friday, a month after the restriction on congregations was withdrawn subject to abiding by necessary medical advice.
The government has once again extended the deadline for hajj registration until April 30 considering the outbreak of coronavirus. The Religious Affairs Ministry issued a notice on Thursday in this