China on Tuesday announced new rules for Muslims embarking upon the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. Stipulating that the pilgrimage should be organised only by the country's Islamic Association, Bejing has ordered Chinese Muslims not to oppose the regulations.

China announces new regulations for Muslims visiting Saudi Arabia for Hajj

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Only Saudi citizens and residents will be permitted to enter the mosque during this first phase of reopening, and each pilgrim has up to three hours to complete the pilgrimage.

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The Saudi Arabia government has partially resumed Umrah, an Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca that can be undertaken at any time of the year, with strict health precautions.

Saudi Arabia resumes Umrah pilgrimage

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 seven-month coronavirus hiatus.

Mecca reopens for limited 'umrah' pilgrimage

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Saudi Arabia will reopen the Muslim holy places for the year-round umrah pilgrimage on Sunday, scaled back and with extensive health precautions, seven months after coronavirus prompted its suspension.

Mecca to reopen for limited pilgrimages after seven-month pause for coronavirus

Muslim pilgrims circled Islam's holiest site along socially distanced paths Sunday in the final ritual of the hajj, the smallest in modern history as Saudi authorities sought to prevent a coronavirus outbreak.

Saudi Arabia concludes downsized hajj amid coronavirus pandemic

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The annual Islamic pilgrimage of Hajj began on July 29. The holy structure of the Kaaba situated inside Mecca's Grand Mosque was adorned with a new cover called Kiswa (black cloth). A process administered by the staff of the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques following the annual tradition.

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Saudi Arabia’s holy Kaaba in Mecca was adorned on Wednesday (July 29) with a new cover, also known as ‘Kiswa’, marking the beginning of the annual Haj amid tight restrictions and reduced pilgrim numbers due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Saudi Arabia’s Kaaba adorned with new cover as annual Haj commences

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Saudi Arabia reopened Al-Haram Mosque in Mecca and Al-Masjid al Nabawy in Medina, two of the holiest religious sites in Islam, after closing them for days amid the rapidly spreading coronavirus threat, local media reported on Friday.

Saudi Arabia reopens Mecca, Medina holy sites after coronavirus closure: Report

In an unprecedented move, Saudi Arabia will stop Gulf citizens from visiting the holy cities of Mecca and Medina amid coronavirus fears. The kingdom suspended visas for the year-round Umrah pilgrimage yesterday.

Saudi Arabia halts travel to Mecca, Medina amid coronavirus scare

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Hundreds of thousands of white-clad pilgrims, many gripping umbrellas to ward off Saudi Arabia's blistering summer sun, descended on Mecca this week ahead of the annual haj.

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The military parade has been organised on the streets of Mecca. Saudi military shows its preparedness for the Haj. The measure has been taken to ensure the safety of pilgrims. It displays their training exercises.

Saudi security forces' annual military parade before pilgrimage

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit in Mecca condemned a "terrorist attack" on Saudi Arabia's oil pumping stations which targeted global oil supplies, its final statement said on Saturday. The summit also condemned "sabotage operations" against four vessels near the territorial waters of the United Arab Emirates, which it said threatened international maritime traffic safety.

OIC condemns 'terrorist attack' on Saudi oil pumping stations

Security was tight Friday in Bangladesh as hundreds of thousands of people gathered for a Muslim gathering rivalling the Hajj in Mecca for size. The Biswa Ijtema, or the World Congregation, draws up to three million Muslims from Bangladesh and abroad on the banks of the river Turag at the factory town of Tongi.

Security tight for Bangladesh 'mini-Hajj'

Pakistan has the Mecca and Medina for the Sikhs and the country is opening up those sites for the minority community, Prime Minister Imran Khan said in the UAE on Sunday.

Pakistan has Mecca, Medina for Sikhs: Imran Khan in Dubai

Turkey will rebuild a ruined Ottoman port city on Sudan's Red Sea coast and construct a naval dock to maintain civilian and military vessels

Turkey to restore Sudanese Red Sea port, build naval dock

While cholera is nowhere to be found in the gleaming hotels of Mecca, it now afflicts over 500,000 victims in Saudi Arabia?s impoverished southern neighbor, Yemen.

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Saudi Arabia relaxes certain restrictions imposed on Hajj pilgrims from Qatar

Two million pilgrims converge on Mecca for hajj

In dawn raids on Mecca and the Red Sea city of Jeddah officers arrested five suspects, including a woman, before surrounding the bomber's location around the Grand Mosque

Six hurt as suicide bomber targeting Grand Mosque in Mecca blows himself up

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