A day-long downpour fouled the start of the annual hajj on Wednesday, soaking thousands of people as they walked from Mecca to Mina, ...
Muslim pilgrims circled Islam's holiest site, the Kaaba, on Wednesday in traditional white robes, with new additions — umbrellas and face masks — ...
An estimated 2.5 million Muslims have converged on Mecca for the annual hajj pilgrimage, as workers toil round the clock to complete construction projects designed to avoid deadly stampedes. All of this year's pilgrims were due in the holy city by the ...
RIYADH (Reuters) - More than two million Muslims gather this week for the annual haj pilgrimage to Islam's holy city of Mecca, where Saudi authorities hope to minimize spread of the H1N1 virus and prevent any political demonstration. The haj, one of ...
Swine flu has killed four pilgrims in Saudi Arabia for the annual hajj, health authorities said on Saturday only a few days before the massive Muslim gathering reaches its peak. An Indian man, a Moroccan woman and a Sudanese man -- all ...
Swine flu has killed four pilgrims in Saudi Arabia for the annual hajj pilgrimage, the health ministry said in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency on Saturday. It was the first reported news of fatalities from the disease among ...
Days before a forecast three million Muslim pilgrims pack Mecca to begin the holy ritual of the hajj, the spectre of a possible outbreak of swine flu seems to be fazing few of them. There might be posters in the streets, plastered ...
Saudi health officials announced the first deaths from swine flu of this year's annual pilgrimage to Mecca, as four pilgrims succumbed to the disease soon after arriving in Saudi Arabia. The Health Ministry said none of the victims had been vaccinated and ...
Saudi Arabia won't bar those at high-risk for swine flu from performing hajj pilgrimage The Saudi health minister said Saturday that the kingdom will not bar anyone considered high-risk for swine flu from performing the hajj pilgrimage this year, though he urged ...
Saudi Arabia said Monday it is to vaccinate all its residents attending the hajj against swine flu, pressing ahead with plans to host millions of the world's Muslims despite a heightened pandemic alert. The kingdom has received the first tranche of 11 ...
Four children died of swine flu on Monday in Turkey, bringing the country's death toll to eight, the Health Ministry said. The victims included a 22-month-old baby as well as a 4-year-old and a 14-year-old — both suffering from chronic illnesses, the ...
Saudi Arabia's top cleric has warned against politicising the hajj amid a war of words between Riyadh and Tehran over the annual pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca, Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat reported on Saturday. Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh told the ...
