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A Leeds University PhD candidate focused on healthcare and mother of two has been sentenced to 34 years in Saudi Arabian prison, the longest sentence ever given to a women’s rights defender in the kingdom, researchers and activists say. Salma…

Al-Hamza bin Abdul Muttalib (peace be upon him) mosque in the Saihat region of Qatif, Saudi Arabia, carried out a social experiment among a number of young children working to provide Husseiniyah services to mourners on the painful Ashura commemoration,…

Saudi Arabia has decided after two years to remove the preventive barriers around the Holy Kaaba, allowing worshippers to once more touch the house of Allah. The General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques announced the decision…

The Ithra Center for World Culture in Saudi Arabia inaugurated the first exhibition of its kind dealing with the topic of the Prophet’s migration in a contemporary style, which is hosted in the center’s great hall, under the title “Migration…

The Saudi Astronomical Society announced in Jeddah that the sun will perpendicular to the Kaaba on Friday, at the noon call to prayer, noting that it is the second and last perpendicular during this year. The official account of the…

Guests of the Almighty from different countries of the world gathered at his Sacred House to perform the great Hajj Pilgrimage, despite the challenges they faced this year. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia provided many electronic applications to help pilgrims…

Those holding tourist/visit visas are not allowed to perform the Hajj, Saudi Arabia has announced. According to the Ministry of Tourism, the regulations and instructions in the kingdom prevent the tourist visa holders from performing Hajj, and also prevent them…

The religious pilgrimage mission of the Supreme Religious Authority, His Eminence, Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, hosted a delegation of members from the Hajj Mission of Sheikh Bashir al-Najafi, in Mecca. A statement by the Office of Grand Ayatollah Shirazi, received…

The Kiswa of the Kaaba will be handed over to the senior keeper of the sacred building on Dhu Al-Hijjah 10, the president of the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques announced on Monday. The Kiswa…

The annual Hajj pilgrimage, which is one of the five pillars of Islam, will start on Wednesday with a million vaccinated Muslims from around the world allowed to take part this year. In 2019, some 2.5 million pilgrims from around…