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Pilgrims start second downsized Hajj rituals amid COVID pandemic, restrictions
Jul 18, 2021 10:40A few thousand pilgrims have streamed out of the holy city of Mecca to perform the annual Hajj pilgrimage for the second downsized rituals staged during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Iran protests Saudi’s decision to bar pilgrims from Hajj over coronavirus
Jun 16, 2021 18:32Iran’s top government authority on Hajj has protested against a recent decision adopted in Saudi Arabia to impose restrictions on the annual pilgrimage for a second year over coronavirus concerns.
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Saudi Arabia bars foreign Muslims from Hajj for 2nd years
Jun 13, 2021 13:45Saudi Arabia has for a second consecutive year barred foreign Muslims from annual Hajj rituals due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Leader: US sanctions 'a crime against Iranian nation'
Jul 31, 2020 08:02Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has slammed US sanctions on Iran as "a crime against the Iranian nation".
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Happy Eid-e Qurban
Jul 31, 2020 07:49Congratulations to you on the auspicious feast of Qorban or Eid al-Azha that marks the culmination of the Hajj pilgrimage and commemorates Prophet Abraham's great sacrifice of his son, Ishmael, who by the command of God Almighty was saved at the last moment.
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5th anniv. of Mina tragedy, Mecca crane collapse: Iran says is pursuing victims’ rights
Jul 30, 2020 11:16Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization and the Representative of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in Hajj Affairs have issued a joint statement ahead of the fifth anniversary of the Mina disaster and the Mecca crane collapse, saying Tehran is seriously pursuing the rights of victims.
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Significance of the Day of Arafah
Jul 30, 2020 09:42Welcome to a special programme on the occasion of the Glorious 9th of Zi’l-Hijjah, the Blessed Day of Arafah when Hajj pilgrims assemble on the plain of the same name, southeast of the holy city of Mecca, to observe special rituals of this day on which we ought to instill in ourselves the proper cognizance of God Almighty, as the Prophets had done.
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Hajj, practice of servitude (3)
Jul 29, 2020 13:23In ayah 27 of surah Hajj, God commands the Iconoclast Abraham to proclaim among the people to rush towards the Symbolic House of God to perform Hajj. That’s why Prophet Abraham stood and called loudly, “O people! God has called on you to perform Hajj; so, hurry up towards the Ka’aba!” People heard his voice around the globe and joyfully said, Labbayk Allahumma Labbayk.
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Leader: The Islamic Ummah’s cry for unity should fall on the heads of the US & its chained dog, the Zionist regime
Jul 29, 2020 12:29The following is the full text of a message delivered on July 28, 2020, by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on the occasion of the annual Hajj pilgrimage.
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Scaled back Hajj pilgrimage begins amid Saudi restrictions
Jul 29, 2020 07:00The annual Muslim Hajj pilgrimage has begun with only a small number of worshipers this year, as Saudi Arabia has barred international pilgrims from entering the kingdom due to the coronavirus pandemic.