This Is Beirut, 2024-06-19 10:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
An Arab diplomat told AFP on Wednesday that at least 600 Egyptians died during the hajj pilgrimage, citing searing heat that reached 51.8 degrees Celsius (125 degrees Fahrenheit) on Monday. “All of them (the Egyptians) died because of heat,” except for one who sustained fatal injuries during a minor crowd crush, one of the diplomats said, ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-06-16 17:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Pilgrims on Sunday performed the last major ritual of the hajj, the "stoning of the devil", in western Saudi Arabia, as Muslims the world over celebrated the Eid al-Adha holiday. Beginning at dawn, the 1.8 million Muslims undertaking the pilgrimage this year threw seven stones at each of the three concrete walls symbolising the devil in the Mina ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-06-15 10:34 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
More than 1.5 million Muslims will pray on Mount Arafat in soaring temperatures on Saturday, in the high-point and most gruelling day of the annual hajj pilgrimage. Worshippers from all over the world will climb the rocky, 70-metre (230-feet) hill, about 20 kilometres (12 miles) from Mecca, where the Prophet Mohammed is believed to have given his ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-06-14 10:34 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
More than a million Muslim pilgrims were in Mecca Friday for the start of a hajj pilgrimage held against the grim backdrop of the Gaza war and in exhausting summer heat. Crowds of robed worshipers will circle the Kaaba, the black cubic structure at Mecca's Grand Mosque, with many expressing sadness eight months into the Israel-Hamas war. "Our ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-06-13 19:01 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
From misting systems to heat-reflective road coverings, Saudi officials are trying to aid hajj pilgrims in coping with heat, but scientists caution that climate change may outpace these efforts. The annual pilgrimage, one of the world's largest religious gatherings, coincides again this year with the hot Saudi summer, with officials predicting ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-06-12 13:17 - Reading : less than a minute
Mecca Muslims Saudi Arabia the Hajj
The grand pilgrimage, "the Hajj," is one of the most important events for Muslims worldwide. It will take place from June 14 to June 19 in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
This Is Beirut, 2024-06-12 10:23 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Gaza hajj Mecca Pilgrimage Saudi Arabia
Hundreds of thousands of Muslims have flocked to the Saudi holy city of Mecca for the hajj pilgrimage unfolding this year in the shadow of the Gaza war. One of the world's largest annual religious gatherings officially begins on Friday, and Saudi officials are trying to keep the focus on prayers. The Gulf kingdom's minister in charge of ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-26 17:18 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Saudi Arabia named a new ambassador to Damascus Sunday, state media said, more than a year after the two Arab nations resumed ties following a prolonged rift over Syria's war. The official Saudi Press Agency said the government had appointed Faisal bin Saud Al-Mejfel as its ambassador to Syria. The newly appointed envoy, according to the report, ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-22 14:33 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The decision by Ireland, Norway and Spain, announced on Wednesday, to recognize the State of Palestine has sparked a mixture of praise, evasion and fury internationally. The Palestine Liberation Organization and Islamist group Hamas welcomed the decision to recognize a Palestinian state as a boost for their cause. "We consider this an important ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-21 18:29 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler offered reassuring words on Tuesday about the health of the Gulf kingdom's aging monarch, who has a lung infection, state media said. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, first in line to the throne, "reassures everyone about the health of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques," the official Saudi Press Agency said on ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-20 10:41 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu Saudi Arabia
US President Joe Biden's national security advisor briefed Benjamin Netanyahu on the "potential" of a normalization deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia after holding talks in the region, the White House said Sunday. Jake Sullivan also called on the Israeli prime minister to link the military operation against Hamas in Gaza with a "political ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-20 10:38 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Japan's top government spokesman said on Monday that a planned visit this week by Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been postponed "due to the health condition of King Salman." The announcement came hours after the Royal Court in Riyadh said Prince Mohammed's 88-year-old father had a lung infection and was undergoing treatment ...