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Saudi Arabia, Nigeria sign MoU, okay 95,000 slots for 2023 Hajj

Saudi Arabia, Nigeria sign MoU, okay 95,000 slots for 2023 Hajj

January 10, 2023

Ahead of 2023 Muslim pilgrimage (Hajj), the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Nigeria have signed a much-anticipated memorandum of understanding ...

Muslims ‘stone the devil’ as almost million-strong hajj winds down

Muslims ‘stone the devil’ as almost million-strong hajj winds down

Muslims ‘stone the devil’ as almost million-strong hajj winds down Muslim pilgrims cast pebbles in the “stoning of the devil” ...

Saudi Arabia has limited the annual pilgrimage due to the Covid-19 outbreak. PHOTO: Getty images

Saudi Arabia opens Hajj to foreign participation after two-year hiatus

by AFP

Pilgrims performing lesser hajj After two years of restriction, Saudi Arabia has confirmed the participation of foreign pilgrims from around ...

(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 3, 2020 Muslim worshippers walk around the sacred Kaaba in Mecca’s Grand Mosque, Islam’s holiest site, during the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic. – Saudi Arabia is expected to scale back or call off this year’s hajj pilgrimage for the first time in its modern history, a perilous decision as coronavirus cases spike. With the annual ritual in doubt, Muslim nations are pressing Riyadh to give its much-delayed decision on whether the hajj will go ahead as scheduled in late July. But as the kingdom negotiates a call fraught with political and economic risks in a tinderbox region, time is running out to organise logistics for one of the world’s largest mass gatherings. (Photo by – / AFP)

Nigerians miss out as Saudi Arabia limits Hajj 2021 to nationals, residents

(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 3, 2020 Muslim worshippers walk around the sacred Kaaba in Mecca’s Grand ...

(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 3, 2020 Muslim worshippers walk around the sacred Kaaba in Mecca’s Grand Mosque, Islam’s holiest site, during the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic. – Saudi Arabia is expected to scale back or call off this year’s hajj pilgrimage for the first time in its modern history, a perilous decision as coronavirus cases spike. With the annual ritual in doubt, Muslim nations are pressing Riyadh to give its much-delayed decision on whether the hajj will go ahead as scheduled in late July. But as the kingdom negotiates a call fraught with political and economic risks in a tinderbox region, time is running out to organise logistics for one of the world’s largest mass gatherings. (Photo by – / AFP)

Only residents of Saudi Arabia will perform Hajj 2020 – Official

Saudi Arabian authorities Monday said only residents of the country will be permitted to undertake the annual Hajj pilgrimage next ...

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