What you can do if you want to cancel your Umrah trip and how to stay safe. First Published 5th March 2020 Effective from the 27th of February 2020, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has temporarily suspended Umrah and Tourist visas for all nationalities (including Britons) for the purpose of Umrah pilgrimage
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CBHUK Signs MOU with the National Committee for Hajj & Umrah (KSA)
A historic Memorandum of Understanding signing took place between the Council of British Hajjis (CBHUK) and the National Committee for Hajj & Umrah (Saudi Arabia) for mutual cooperation on Hajj & Umrah matters at the Makkah Chamber of Commerce headquarters in the holy city of Makkah, Saudi Arabia in the
Aerial View of Masjid Al Haram, Makkah – Ramadan 1438H / 2017
Amazing Aerial View of Masjid Al Haram Makkah taken during Ramadan 1438H / 2017. Source: SPA
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Press Release: Makkah crane accident 11/9/2015
London, Sunday 13th September 2015 As thousands arrive in Makkah (Mecca) ahead of this year’s Hajj, a crane smashed through the roof of the grand mosque on Friday 11th September killing dozens and injuring more than a two hundred. Eyewitnesses say extreme weather caused the accident. Rashid Mogradia, CEO of
Ottoman portico surrounding Kaaba to be protected
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz has ordered the preservation of the Ottoman portico within the Masjid al-Haram (Grand Mosque) in Mecca during a project to expand the prayer area in the mosque, a Turkish daily reported on Sunday. The project will increase the size of the mosque to
Masjid Al Haram – Mataf Expansion Project
The proposition of a project to increase the capacity of the mataf was shown to King Abdullah in Ramadhan 1432 Hijri who directed to start implementing it. -King Abdullah assigned the Ministry of Higher Education, General Authority of Masjid al Haram and Masjid al Nabawi and Saudi Bin Laden Group
The Dutch spy who helped preserve Makkah’s history
MAKKAH – A Dutchman played a huge role in preserving Makkah’s history in the 1880s, according to a curator of oriental manuscripts and rare books at Leiden University in the Netherlands. In his lecture organized by Prince Salman Bin Abdul Aziz’s Chair for Makkah History Studies at Umm Al-Qura University