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Minister Of Islamic Affairs Calls For Haj Sans Disorder While the number of pilgrims, who have arrived in the Kingdom from different countries of the world have totaled nearly one million until Sunday, the Minister of Islamic Affairs Dr. Abdullatif Al-Ashe... July 29, 2019 264 Category: CULTURAL

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MRDA Has Recently Approved MRDA’s Operation Plan For The Haj Season Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, emir of Makkah Province and Chairman of the Makkah Region Development Authority (MRDA), has recently approved MRDA’s operation plan for the Haj season, Saudi Press Agenc... July 29, 2019 1090 Category: CULTURAL

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Kaaba Kiswa Is Lifted Up To 3 Meters From The Ground Like every Hajj season, This season also Kaaba Kiswa is raised up to 3 meters from the ground and covered it with white cotton cloth about 2 meters high and 47 meters wide as per the measures of the T... July 29, 2019 432 Category: CULTURAL

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1,084,762 Pilgrims Have Arrived So Far In The Kingdom A total of 1,084,762 pilgrims have arrived so far in the Kingdom, according to statistics issued by the Saudi General Directorate of Passports (Jawazat), Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Monday. ... July 30, 2019 360 Category: CULTURAL

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Saudi Arabia To Sponsor Hajj For NZ Terror Victims' Families Family members of victims from the New Zealand mosque terrorist attack have arrived in Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj. The pilgrims flew into King Abdul Aziz International Airport in Jeddah on Friday. ... August 04, 2019 269 Category: CULTURAL

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Hajj Pilgrims Arrived At Mina On Friday They Remained In City Until Sunrise Over two million pilgrims arrived at Mount Arafat on Saturday as Hajj approached its peak, Saudi state news agency, SPA reported. Security authorities organized the roads and guided pilgrims in ord... August 10, 2019 336 Category: CULTURAL

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Saudi Ministry Of Culture Is Hosting The Flower Men Festival The Saudi Ministry of Culture is hosting the “Flower men Festival,” celebrating an ancient Saudi tradition from the southern Asir region. The flower men — a people descended from ... August 13, 2019 290 Category: CULTURAL

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200000 Indian Pilgrims Perform Haj Successfully “We are happy that this year’s Haj has gone off smoothly and incident-free and a record number of 200,000 Indian pilgrims performed Haj successfully this year,” said the Indian Ambas... August 15, 2019 454 Category: CULTURAL

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More Than Half A Million Pilgrims Offered Friday Noon Prayers More than half a million pilgrims offered Friday noon prayers at the Prophet's Mosque in Madinah amid serenity and comfort. Approximately the same number of pilgrims offered the prayers in total e... August 18, 2019 293 Category: CULTURAL

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43,000 Pilgrims Were Transported Free Of Charge From Mina For the first time during this year’s Hajj season, 43,000 pilgrims from Turkey, Europe, America and Australia were transported free of charge from Mina to the Grand Mosque to perform Tawaf Al-If... August 19, 2019 266 Category: CULTURAL

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Historic Quba Mosque, The First Mosque To Be Built In Islam The historic Quba Mosque, the first mosque to be built in Islam, will accommodate more than 55,000 worshipers after its expansion is completed, according to the Al Madinah Region Development Authority... August 20, 2019 695 Category: CULTURAL

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GACA Has Launched Exhibition Introducing Pilgrims To Saudi Culture The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has launched an exhibition introducing pilgrims to Saudi culture, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The exhibition can accommodate 1,000 people at a time... August 21, 2019 372 Category: CULTURAL

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Worlds Biggest Camel Festival Held In Saudi Arabia The world’s biggest camel festival, held in Saudi Arabia, has smashed another record with a giant model of the revered animal. Prince Fahd bin Jalawi bin Musaed, president of the Saudi Camel Fed... August 29, 2019 403 Category: CULTURAL

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60-Nation Diplomatic Delegation Visits Souk Okaz A delegation of 60 diplomats and their families visited the 13th edition of Souq Okaz as part of the Taif Season on Friday. The delegation was accompanied by Hani bin Abdul Wahab Kashif, chief of prot... August 31, 2019 330 Category: CULTURAL

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Saudi Arabia’s ‘cultural Rebirth’ Spotlight On Saudi National Day A conservative brand of Islam has always existed in Saudi Arabia, one of the many strands of Saudi society. However, in the wake of the 1979 Grand Mosque siege, this school of thought gained increasin... September 23, 2019 854 Category: CULTURAL

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Janadriyah Festival Set For November 2020, To Coincide With G20 The Ministry of Culture has fixed November 2020 as the date for the 35th edition of the National Festival of Heritage and Culture (Janadriyah) after taking over the supervision of the festival from th... October 05, 2019 464 Category: CULTURAL

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Saudi Arabia Deserves Praise For Best Hajj Arrangements On the occasion of India’s 71st Republic Day, I extend my best wishes to my fellow Indian citizens in the western region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. India and Saudi Arabia enjoy cordial a... January 27, 2020 396 Category: CULTURAL

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Modest Clothing Enough For Women Tourists In Saudi Arabia, Abaya Not Required Women Tourists not required to wear Abaya in Saudi Arabia, Modest clothing enough Foreign women visiting to Saudi Arabia will not required to wear an Abaya (The Viel, wear by Muslim women), However... February 10, 2020 4272 Category: CULTURAL

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Why Saudi Arabia's Flag Is Not Allowed To Be Lowered Ever Saudi Arabia's flag is not allowed to be lowered ever, Even at the time of mourning, Lowering the flag would be treated as insulting Islam or Allah or the Almighty. The rule does not apply to any ... February 14, 2020 2675 Category: CULTURAL

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Al-Khateeb- 10,000 Cultural Heritage Sites In Saudi Arabia The Minister of Tourism Ahmed Al-Khateeb revealed that there are 10,000 cultural heritage sites in Saudi Arabia while stressing that the Kingdom is considered a distinctive and unique destination, cha... November 01, 2021 1666 Category: CULTURAL

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