In sweltering temperatures, Muslim pilgrims in Mecca converged on a vast tent camp in the desert on Friday, officially opening the annual Hajj pilgrimage. Ahead of their trip, they circled the cube-shaped Kaaba in the Grand Mosque, Islam’s holiest site. Pilgrims leave after offering prayers outside at the Grand Mosque during the annual Hajj pilgrimage …
The Lebanon-based Hezbollah has said that they have fired at least 100 rockets into Israel. The claim of attack comes only a day after Israeli forces reportedly attacked Palestinians worshipping at the Al-Aqsa mosque during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Further, the Israeli military had fired rockets towards Lebanon’s eastern city of Baalbek that …
Palestinians prepared for Ramadan in sombre mood with heightened security measures by Israeli police and the spectre of war and hunger in Gaza overshadowing the normally festive Muslim holy month as talks to secure a ceasefire stalled. Thousands of police have been deployed around the narrow streets of the Old City in Jerusalem, where tens …
The findings of a scientific survey by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on the Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi premises confirmed the existence of a temple before the construction of the mosque. Following ASI’s survey report, the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) urged the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee to consider the new report and “make an …