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Hajj is a pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, made by 2–3 million Muslims per year. [5] The 2024 Hajj ran from the evening of 14 June through 19 June [ 6 ] and had 1.8 million pilgrims. [ 1 ]
Mecca (/ ˈ m ɛ k ə /; officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, [a] commonly shortened to Makkah [b]) is the capital of Mecca Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia; it is the holiest city according to Islam. [5] It is 70 km (43 mi) inland from Jeddah on the Red Sea, in a narrow valley 277 m (909 ft) above sea level.
The 2023 Makkah hotel fire occurred on May 19, 2023, when a fire took place in a hotel in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.There were many Pakistani Umrah pilgrims who were among the victims of the hotel fire that killed eight people and injured six others.
Jannatul Baqi graveyard in Medina, Saudi Arabia. The destruction of heritage sites associated with early Islam is an ongoing phenomenon that has occurred mainly in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia, particularly around the two holiest cities of Islam, Mecca and Medina. [1]
Most of the early newspapers in the Persian Gulf region were established in Saudi Arabia. [1] The first newspaper founded in the country and in the Persian Gulf area is Al Fallah, which was launched in Mecca in 1920. [1] All of the newspapers published in Saudi Arabia are privately owned. [2]
Trump would like Saudi Arabia to follow in the footsteps of countries like the United Arab Emirates, a Middle East trade and business hub, and Bahrain which signed the so-called Abraham Accords in ...
The German-based Liebherr Group crawler crane LR 11350 [31] [32] involved in the incident was operated by the Saudi Binladin Group, who are the main organization managing the expansion of the Great Mosque and also responsible for a large amount of major building contracts in Mecca and around Saudi Arabia. A report by Liebherr later stated that ...
One person hoping to profit − not economically − from Trump's visit to Saudi Arabia is Saad Ibrahim Almadi, a 75-year-old dual U.S.-Saudi citizen. He was arrested in Riyadh in November 2021 ...