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Mecca

Everything in Mecca gets 5 stars — and online reviews of other holy sites are wildly inflated, too
Opinion 5 months ago

Everything in Mecca gets 5 stars — and online reviews of other holy sites are wildly inflated, too

Yet online reviewers who have gone to Saudi Arabia before may mislead today’s pilgrims.
Room with a view: Mecca hotels offer VIP haj experience
News 6 months ago

Room with a view: Mecca hotels offer VIP haj experience

Five-star hotels with views of Islam's holiest site and luxury haj pilgrimage packages are ...
Saudi prepares for haj as Gulf tensions persist
World 6 months ago

Saudi prepares for haj as Gulf tensions persist

Crowds of faithful from across the world wore flowing white robes as they descended on the holy city...
Come hell or high water: Pilgrim to go on haj at 107 years old
National 7 months ago

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Come hell or high water: Pilgrim to go on haj at 107 years old

Sumiati, 107, is determined to go on haj despite her declining health.
Mecca Clock turns into tourist draw
News 8 months ago

Mecca Clock turns into tourist draw

Overlooking the Kaaba, a black structure inside the Grand Mosque towards which Muslims around the wo...
Come to pray, stop to shop, Saudis set to triple malls in Mecca
News 1 year ago

Come to pray, stop to shop, Saudis set to triple malls in Mecca

Mecca: Come to fulfill your religious duty. Stay for the shopping.
'Green haj' slowly takes root in Mecca
World 1 year ago

'Green haj' slowly takes root in Mecca

Thousands of cleaners are busy separating plastic from other rubbish as more than two million Muslim...
Lost in translation? Not for Muslim haj pilgrims
World 1 year ago

Lost in translation? Not for Muslim haj pilgrims

Most of the world's Muslims do not speak Arabic -- Indonesia is home to the largest Muslim commu...
Pilgrims descend on Mecca for 'smart haj'
World 1 year ago

Pilgrims descend on Mecca for 'smart haj'

Two million Muslims gather in Saudi Arabia this week for the hajj as the annual pilgrimage becomes i...
Amien Rais flaunts meeting with Prabowo, Rizieq on Instagram
Politics 1 year ago

Amien Rais flaunts meeting with Prabowo, Rizieq on Instagram

Pictures of politician Amien Rais meeting with cleric Rizieq Shihab -- who is currently on the Natio...
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