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Saudi Arabia will consider expanding an “economical package” for domestic pilgrims in next year’s Islamic Hajj pilgrimage, a Saudi official has said, as nearly 2 million Muslims completed the annual rites in the kingdom. “T..
An Egyptian man was arrested after he got caught smuggling 73 snakes into Cairo International Airport. Egypt Independent reported that an airport customs employee discovered snakes after he felt warm objects inside the passenger's bag. Auth..
A Philippines advertising agency has apologised for using footage of other countries in a promotional tourism video. The campaign used images of rice terraces in Indonesia, sand dunes in the United Arab Emirates and an aircraft landing in Switzerl..
India puts on hold taxing international credit card spends, foreign remittances at 20% India has announced it will put on hold its decision to tax international credit card spending at 20 per cent from July 1. It means spending on hotel rooms, ..
Two men stood outside Stockholm's central mosque on Wednesday and burned a Quran, following the go-ahead given by a Swedish court, to coincide with the beginning of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. The man who had requested permission for th..
After staying at Mount Arafat, pilgrims began flocking to Muzdalifah in a third destination of Hajj pilgrimage rituals. After sunset, all pilgrims flocked to Muzdalifah where they will perform Maghrib and Isha prayers, pick up the stones, and stay..
Saudi Arabia's General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) announced today that the total number of pilgrims this year, 1444 AH, amounted to 1,845,045 pilgrims. Of these, 1,660,915 pilgrims came from outside the Kingdom through various ports, while..
Hajj pilgrims start flocking to the holy site of Mina on the day of Tarwiyah in pursuit of the Prophetic Sunnah, but what does the name connote? The day of Tarwiyah is the 8th day of the month of Dhu Al-Hijjah, which marks the beginning of the ann..
Saudi Arabia’s Public Prosecution has pointed out that the law requires all workers in security companies including those on guard duty to be Saudi nationals. The procedures for assigning employment to private civil security companies and in..