Sun 21 July 2019: The Catholic and Protestant churches both lost over 200,000 members last year. The losses have hit the churches hard, as members of both churches pay up to 9% of their taxable income as church taxes. Germany’s Catholic Church lost 216,078 members and Protestant churches lost some 220,000 in 2018, according to data published on […]
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Tents in Mina. (Reuters) Fri 26 July 2019: Several new projects will begin operation during this year’s Hajj to better serve pilgrims and improve services already provided. Among the completed projects are the expansion of several roads in the Mina region and the construction of several pedestrian walkways, said the Development of Makkah Region Authority. […]
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The Secretariat of the Holy Capital has implemented a project to apply a heat-blocking coating to pavement surfaces in pedestrian pathways at holy sites. (Supplied) Fri 26 July 2019: RIYADH: The Secretariat of the Holy Capital has implemented a project to apply a heat-blocking coating to pavement surfaces in pedestrian pathways at holy sites. The first […]
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Wed 17 July 2019: King Salman issues executive order to host 200 Hajj pilgrims from families of victims of Christchurch terrorist attacks Saudi Arabia will host 200 Hajj pilgrims from families of victims of the March twin terrorist attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand, the country’s official news agency reported Wednesday. According to the Saudi Press […]
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Wed 17 July 2019: Saudi Arabia said it will allow some businesses to stay open 24 hours a day, an announcement that triggered puzzlement over whether it was ending rules that require shops to shut for Islam’s five daily prayers. A cabinet decision on Tuesday permitted stores and restaurants to operate all day in exchange […]
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Tue 16 July 2019: Follow these tips so you can spend your time in Saudi Arabia focusing on the true purpose of your trip – worship, rather than rushing around trying to find something you forgot Hajj is the most beautiful spiritual journey that a Muslim can make, but that’s not to say that the […]
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Tue 16 July 2019: TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The simple act of walking has become a display of defiance for a young Iranian woman who often moves in Tehran’s streets without a compulsory headscarf, or hijab. With every step, she risks harassment or even arrest by Iran’s morality police whose job is to enforce the […]
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Tue 16 July 2019: MAKKAH — The Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques has mobilized more than 10,000 men and women staff to implement its operation plans for the upcoming Haj. Sheikh Abdurahman Al-Sudais, head of the presidency, said that the plan covers 140 initiatives in the administrative, service, guidance, engineering, technical, technological […]
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Mon 15 July 2019: MAKKAH — The municipality of Makkah is planning to set up special tracks in a number of streets in Makkah for the blind to use without the need for help from the others, according to Makkah daily on Sunday. The municipality said the special tracks for the blind will be established in […]
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Sat 13 July 2019: The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) has completed massive renovations at a historic mosque in Johannesburg’s Soweto township. “We were approached by leaders of the Soweto Mosque to assist in repairing its roof, but we decided to renovate the entire mosque,” Mehmet Akif Sekerci, TIKA’s coordinator in South Africa, told […]
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