Tag: hajj
The death toll after this year’s Hajj rises
At least 1,300 pilgrims died during this year’s Muslim Hajj pilgrimage. This is stated by Saudi authorities in the first official statement from the country since the information about a…
Travel company threatened with prosecution after fatal hajj
The hajj pilgrimage is one of the five pillars of Islam, which form the foundation of the religion. The others are the confession of faith, prayer, almsgiving and fasting. Mecca,…
We did not fail with hajj
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left fullscreen Muslim pilgrims use umbrellas as protection from the sun and heat during the hajj. The picture was taken on Tuesday. Photo: Rafiq Maqbool/AP/TT Saudi Arabia is…
no Eid al-Adha or Hajj for Gazans
In more than eight months of war, Gazans have already spent Ramadan and Eid under bombs. And since yesterday, in these same disastrous conditions, they have been celebrating the second…
Hajj decision for women from Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia took a new decision on Hajj in 2023. Saudi Arabian Deputy Minister of Hajj and Umrah Abdulfettah Maşat said in a statement to Al-İhbariye television that the requirement…
Soukaina Habiballah and Hanane Hajj Ali: words from women in the Arab world
Women from the Arab world in the spotlight at the Avignon festival. 2022 is practically the first year where parity is respected. Advertising The project Sheirat (“poets”) introduces us to…
a hajj too expensive for many devotees
Niger, due to the high cost of the 2022 hajj and the quota for the number of pilgrims revised downwards by the Saudi authorities, several hundred Nigeriens were unable to…