Saudi Arabia: Hajj 2016 receives 1.8 million pilgrims
The General Authority for Statistics in Saudi Arabia said that this year’s Hajj has seen a total of 1,862,909 pilgrims, of whom 1,325,372 pilgrims came…
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Three Things to Know About This Year’s Eid al-Adha
It is the second of the two Eid holidays and considered the holier of the two This Monday, nearly 1.6 billion Muslims across the world…
Grand mufti: Focus on Haj
Grand Mufti of the Kingdom Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh confirmed that any attempts or policies that want to derail the holy Haj rituals away from…
5% of murders committed by women
Statistics about the motives presented by sociology researcher Sarah Al-Juweir revealed that the murders committed by women in the Kingdom is estimated to be about…
Religion meets realpolitik
Centuries ago a group of people made their way towards Mecca. They were unarmed and wanted to go to the Kaaba for pilgrimage. In spite…
Saudi Arabia Ignores Existence of 9/11 Victims, ‘Very Afraid’ of Them: Survivor
Saudi Arabia is ignoring the victims of the 9/11 attacks, but is also “very afraid” of them, a survivor told RT, adding that the US…
Theodore Karasik: Tehran seeks to make the Hajj political
After a stampede during the Hajj killed a large number of Iranian citizens, Tehrani accusations against Saudi Arabia do not cease. September 5 the supreme leader…
Iranians protest Saudi Arabia ahead of hajj pilgrimage
Thousands of Iranians marched through the streets Friday to protest Saudi Arabia ahead of the hajj, a sign of soured relations between the two countries…
Iran: Arab League’s One-Sided Support Has Made Saudi Regime More Brazen
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi slammed the Arab League for its blind support for massacre of civilians in the region at the hands of…
How many Yemenis need to die before we stop selling arms to Saudi Arabia?
With US lawmakers gearing up to block a proposed billion-dollar sale of US arms to Saudi Arabia over concerns at mounting civilian deaths in Yemen,…