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A plan was announced by Saudi Arabia’s Medina Region Development Authority (MRDA) for implementing the first phase of a project for the Quba Mosque Expansion. With the new expansion that includes developing the mosque’s surroundings, the total area of the…

The International Shia Rights Watch organization denounced the arbitrary rulings issued by Saudi courts against Shia clerics, calling on the authorities to review their condemned authoritarian policies.  In a strongly worded statement, the organization said that it had received “news…

An awareness film that tells the details of Hajj and Umrah called “The Journey of a Lifetime” is being shown on 144 Saudi aircrafts in nine languages. The launch of the film comes within the framework of the effective strategic…

Saudi Arabia announced that four million Umrah visas have been issued for pilgrims since the start of the Umrah season in 2022. This is according to figures announced by Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah. The ministry has ramped…

Uyghur Muslims face mass atrocities, if not genocide, at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). With Chairman Xi Jinping visited Saudi Arabia last week to meet with Arab leaders, these Muslim-majority countries had an opportunity to advocate for…

The Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah is organizing a conference and exhibition for Hajj and Umrah services, ” Hajj Expo 2023″, next January. The exhibition will be held in Jeddah to showcase innovative services and solutions to facilitate the…

The US “Bloomberg” news agency criticized what it described as the “shameful silence” of the Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, in not addressing the suffering of millions of Uyghur Muslims in the Chinese “Xinjiang” region, during his lengthy and…

Today, the sky of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, will witness the perpendicularity of the growing gibbous moon to the Kaaba. The head of the Astronomical Society in Jeddah, Majid Abu Zahra, explained that the moon will rise in Mecca from the…

The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced a mechanism for obtaining a “personal visit” visa, which enables visitors to enter the Kingdom’s lands to visit their friends or acquaintances who are Saudi citizens, with the possibility of traveling between the…

Saudi authorities have reportedly arrested the wife and daughter of a jailed dissident, as a crackdown led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman against political opponents, scholars, human rights activists and pro-democracy campaigners widens in the kingdom. According to media…