This day in history we feature Abdul-Rahman Al-Sudais. One of the nine imams of the Grand Mosque, Masjid al-Haram in Makkah, Saudi Arabia was born on this day in 1960. Trivia – Abdul-Rahman Al-Sudais Abdul Rahman Ibn Abdul Aziz al-Sudais better known as Al-Sudais, is the president of the General Presidency for the Affairs of […]
The distance between a specialist doctor residing in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, and the holy city of Makkah, it did not deter him from saving the life of an elderly woman who suffered a stroke inside the Grand Mosque while performing the all-year pilgrimage known as Umrah. The 62-year-old woman was transferred by local paramedic […]
Makkah – The Technical and Service Authority at the Grand Mosque in Makkah has intensified its preparations for the Umrah season. Sterilisation and perfuming processes of the Grand Mosque and its outdoor parks are going on round the clock to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 4,000 workers are sterilising the Grand […]
Saudi Arabia opened Sunday Islam’s holiest site for prayers for the first time in seven months, and expanded the Umrah pilgrimage to accommodate 15,000 worshippers as it relaxed coronavirus curbs. Mask-clad Saudi citizens and residents of the kingdom were allowed to pray inside the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca, amid what authorities […]
