ITC Hajj & Umrah

19/07/2016

JEDDAH Vice Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Mohammed bin Naif who chaired the weekly Cabinet...

01/06/2016

MAKKAH — The Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques is geared up with unprecedented arrangements to receive hundreds of thousands of Umrah pilgrims and worshippers during the holy month of Ramadan, which marks the peak annual Umrah season. Sheikh Abdurahman Al-Sudais, head of the Preside...

17/05/2016

JEDDAH The new King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah is 80 percent complete and would be...

11/05/2016

MAKKAH Makkans are looking forward to the new train station in Al Rusaifa neighborhood which they...

04/05/2016

Abdulaziz Al-Rubaie MAKKAH — The technical committee of the project of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to expand the Grand Mosque has rescheduled its program to complete the removal of the temporary mataf (circumambulation area around the Holy Kaaba) on May 17 instead of the previous date of M...

07/04/2016

Mohammed Sumaih MAKKAH — The dismantling of the temporary mataf, which was built about three years ago to facilitate circumambulation around the Holy Kaba, has been completed by about 30 percent in its first of eight stages, according to the chairman of the technical committee of the project Faisal…

25/03/2016

MAKKAH — Haj seasons will come in hot weather for the next 10 years and many pilgrims may be subjected to sun strokes, warned a study carried by Makkah daily on Monday. The study, conducted by the Institute of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques for Haj and Umrah Research, said the Haj seasons

09/03/2016

PUTRAJAYA: Muslims are advised to be wary of offers of umrah packages which are below the ceiling price of RM4,900 approved by the Umrah Regulatory Council (MKSU), Tourism and Culture Minister Datu…

23/02/2016

قَالَ عَلِيٌّ (ع): أَللٌّهُ أَللٌّهُ فِي بَيْتِ رَبِّكُمْ لاَ تَخْلُوهُ مَا بَقِيتُمْ فَإِنَّهُ إِنْ تُرِكَ لَمْ تُنَاظَرُوا.

Imam ‘Ali Ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him) has said, “By Allah, by Allah, keep the House of your Lord in mind. Do not disregard it as long as you remain (alive) because surely if it is ignored, then He shall not look towards you (with His Mercy).”

19/02/2016

MADINAH: Madinah Gov.

14/02/2016

JEDDAH: The Ministry of Haj will put in place new measures for issuing Umrah visas for pilgrims from outside the country with the coordination of the Saudi embassies abroad, a local newspaper reported

08/02/2016

MADINAH/JEDDAH: Pilgrims and visitors performing tawaf (circumambulation) of the Holy Kaaba or praying around it may look forward to relief from the blazing sun, as a proposal to shade the Mataf area

31/01/2016

MAKKAH: A British firm, Mossessian Architecture, is set to build a cultural museum in Makkah called “The Oasis of Faith.”

31/01/2016

RIYADH: The Ministry of Health (MoH) announced here on Saturday that the results of the research on vaccines for the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) will be released shortly.

31/01/2016

JEDDAH: The Kingdom issued 2.182 million Umrah visas for pilgrims until Thursday.

31/01/2016

31/01/2016