Saudi regulations require Umrah travel operators to be officially licensed by the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah. Pilgrims are ...

Mask-clad Muslims circled Islam's holiest site along socially distanced paths on Sunday, as Saudi authorities partially resumed the year-round umrah pilgrimage amid extensive health precautions after ...

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Hajj and Umrah suspended 1,800 foreign travel agencies due to service quality and compliance issues. Pilgrims with existing visas are unaffected but agencies have 10 days to ...

RIYADH, SA / ACCESS Newswire / April 29, 2025 / The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah is the official government entity in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia responsible for regulating and overseeing the Hajj and ...

A view of Mecca and the Kaaba from the skies as the annual haj pilgrimage concludes DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian pilgrims will for the first time in eight years begin regular travel to Saudi Arabia from ...

By serving the broader Southeast Asian Muslim community, the year-round demand base would become sufficiently large for kampung haji to stabilize occupancy and smooth seasonal fluctuations.

DUBAI, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Iran hopes technical problems preventing Iranian Muslims from making the Umrah pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia will soon be resolved, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani ...

Saudi Arabia will open the Umrah pilgrimage to Mecca for Muslims from other countries from Nov. 1, Saudi media reported on Thursday, as the kingdom relaxes measures it had taken to check the spread of ...

(RNS) — Medina, where Muhammad is buried, is not part of the official pilgrimage but offers contentment. (RNS) — Muslims are taught that when they make the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca for the first time ...

When Nadia referred to 'strangers,' she was not implying any sense of danger or fear. Instead, she highlighted the experience of traveling with a group of unfamiliar individuals on her pilgrimage.