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The European Saudi Organization for Human Rights revealed that Murtaja Qureiris who was sentenced to death, considered by lawyers and activists to be the youngest Shia political prisoner in Saudi Arabia, has been released. According to CNN, the case of…

The religious pilgrimage mission of the Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, received in Medina, religious and cultural figures, professors and students of the seminary, and general believers. The official website of the religious authority stated in…

The Hajj Pilgrimage Mission of His Eminence, the Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, arrived in Medina in Saudi Arabia, to provide services to the pilgrims. The official website of the Shirazi Religious Authority stated in a…

In a ceremony on Sunday, the holy Kiswah of the Kaaba was raised by three meters as an annual custom at the beginning of Hajj season. Preparing the holy mosque for the 1443 Hajj pilgrimage, Saudi officials raised the Kiswah…

The first group of Hajj pilgrims traveling by ship arrived in Jeddah from Sudan on Friday. Jeddah Islamic Port said there were 1,519 people aboard the “Amana” and they were received by the port director-general, Majed bin Rafed Al-Arqoubi, and…

The International Nonviolence Organization, Free Muslim, called on the leaders of the Gulf states, Iraq, Jordan and Egypt, scheduled to meet in Saudi Arabia on the 15th of this month, to discuss opportunities for regional and global peace and to…

Saudi Arabia has lifted a mask mandate for indoor spaces even as COVID-19 infection numbers steadily climb past 1,000 new cases a day after reaching double-digit lows just two months ago. Monday’s move comes as the kingdom prepares to welcome…

A group of Hajj pilgrims from Indonesia has landed in the city of Medina from where they will be travelling to the holy city of Mecca, marking the arrival of the first batch of pilgrims from outside the kingdom after…

For the first time this year, it is expected that the sun will be perpendicular to the Kaaba at noon next Saturday, May 28, 2022. The sun will be aligned vertically above the Kaaba, causing the Kaaba’s shadow to completely…

Saudi Arabia has banned its citizens from travelling to 16 countries following the re-outbreak of COVID-19. The General Directorate of Passports in Saudi Arabia said the countries include Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, India, Yemen, Somalia, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of…