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Smart tech paves way for ‘holistic Hajj’
Saudi exhibition highlights major advances for growing numbers of pilgrims
More Than Two Million Muslims Begin Hajj Pilgrimage
More than two million Muslims begin on Friday the annual hajj, which is one of the five pillars of Islam and must be undertaken by all Muslims with the means at least once in their lives. The hajj, one of the world's largest …
Kazakhstan's 300 hajj-goers leave for Mecca
3,000 Muslims from Kazakhstan will make the hajj to Mecca this year, the Caucasus Ministry of Social Development's press service said. First 300 hajj-goers have already left Almaty for Saudi Arabia, Interfax-Kazakhstan …
Ilyas Umakhanov: "Russia will host biggest parliamentary platform in the world"
The Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly, which unites parliaments of most states of the world, will open in in St. Petersburg on September 14
Deaths among Egyptian pilgrims on hajj reaches 35
Egypt's health ministry said Saturday that further deaths among Egyptians while on the hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, and during the first and second days of Islam's major festival of Eid Al-Adha, has brought the total number so far to …
Qatar: Saudi Arabian authorities have politicized religious right
The crisis in the Persian Gulf limits the number of pilgrims from Qatar
Qatar denies blocking Saudi pilgrimage flights
Qatar denied it had banned Saudi Arabian flights from landing in the emirate to transport Muslim pilgrims to Makkah, after an accusation by authorities in Riyadh. Saudi Arabian Airlines on Sunday said Qatari authorities had refused to …
Rushan Abbyasov: everything necessary done for Hajj-2017
All the necessary conditions for performing a comfortable and inexpensive hajj to Mecca have been created for residents of the North Caucasus this year, the First Deputy Chairman of the Russian Spiritual Administration of Muslims …
North Caucasus prepares for Hajj-2017
More than 13.5 thousand inhabitants of the North Caucasus Federal District (NCFD) will fly to Saudi Arabia to perform the Hajj this year. The first flight from Makhachkala will take place on August 14. Pilgrims from Karachay-Cherkessia …
Iran Dispatches first 2017 Hajj pilgrims to Saudi Arabia
Iran is being treated better than Qatar at this year’s pilgrimage
Russia's tour price for hajj lowest in world
The number of pilgrims from Crimea, travelling with Russian passports, is increasing
Dagestan's Hajj quota revealed
6 thousand residents of Dagestan will be able to travel for Hajj this year, region's committee on religious affairs reported. "This is the same quota as last year," the report said. …
Iran and Saudi Arabia discuss Hajj
A Saudi minister held talks with an Iranian delegation in the city of Jeddah about the possibility of Iranian pilgrims rejoining the annual Hajj. The kingdom’s minister in charge of pilgrimages, Mohammed …
Iran and Saudi Arabia to discuss Hajj
An Iranian delegation will visit Saudi Arabia on February 23 to discuss the issue of Hajj with Saudi officials. The Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s representative on Hajj Affairs Ali Qazi …
Karachay-Cherkessia to hold 3rd Quran-reading contest
Karachay-Cherkessia will hold the third “Best reader of the Holy Quran” contest on November 20, organized by the Muslim Administration of Karachay-Cherkessia and supported by the government of the republic. This time …
Saudi Arabia and Iran continue information war
The tensions intensified after accusations in Riyadh's involvement in the death of pilgrims in a stampede at the Hajj last year
Eid al-Adha celebrated in Moscow
Ravil Gaynutdin: "Nobody is allowed to sacrifice people's lives, even if there are motives and political purposes"
Gaynutdin: Hajj ends with no incidents this year
The pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia has ended this year without any incidents, the chairman of the Russian Muftis Council, Ravil Gaynutdin, who carried out a service at the Moscow Cathedral Mosque marking the Eid al-Adha holiday, …
Nearly 2 million in Saudi for hajj
Close to two million pilgrims have converged on western Saudi Arabia for the annual hajj, Zee News reported. Saudi Arabia took new measures aimed to prevent a recurrence of last year`s stampede which killed around …
