TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) expressed deep sorrow over the deaths of dozens of Hajj pilgrims in the collapse of a crane in the holy city of Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
News ID: 3362378 Publish Date : 2015/09/14
TEHRAN (IQNA) – 124 Quran activists from 66 countries have expressed their readiness to participate in the 37th edition of international Quran memorization, recitation and interpretation competition in Saudi Arabia.
News ID: 3361717 Publish Date : 2015/09/13
TEHRAN (IQNA) – At least 107 pilgrims were killed and 238 people injured when a crane fell on Hajjis in the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Makkah, Saudi Arabia, on Friday.
News ID: 3361466 Publish Date : 2015/09/12
TEHRAN (IQNA) – An Iranian citizen was among at least 107 Hajj pilgrims who lost their lives when a crane fell on Hajjis in the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
News ID: 3361352 Publish Date : 2015/09/12
TEHRAN (IQNA) – At least 62 people are killed as a crane falls on Hajj pilgrims in the Grand Mosque of Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
News ID: 3361258 Publish Date : 2015/09/11
TEHRAN (IQNA) – An international forum titled “Muslim Youth and New Media” will be held on September 16 and 17 in the holy city of Makkah.
News ID: 3361086 Publish Date : 2015/09/10
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Putting final touches on Pakistan's Hajj mission, officials announced that a total of 143,368 Pakistani pilgrims will perform the life-time journey this year, as the first flight is planned to arrive in Madinah, Saudi Arabia, from Karachi on Sunday.
News ID: 3344691 Publish Date : 2015/08/16
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Saudi daily al-Riyadh has published recently-taken aerial photos of Masjid al-Haram in the holy city of Makkah.
News ID: 3337636 Publish Date : 2015/08/01
TEHRAN (IQNA) – There are about a million copies of the Quran placed in as many as 3,750 shelves in the Grand Mosque in Makkah for the use of pilgrims and visitors.
News ID: 3330225 Publish Date : 2015/07/20
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Turkey’s Presidency of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) has recently published century-old photos of the sites in the holy city of Makkah.
News ID: 3320793 Publish Date : 2015/06/29
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A rare copy of handwritten Quran was donated to the Astan Quds Razavi by a family living in Mashhad, northeast of Iran.
News ID: 3317706 Publish Date : 2015/06/23
TEHRAN (IQNA) - A project has been approved to install about 300 sunshades in the courtyards of the Grand Mosque in Makkah, similar to the ones at the Prophet’s (PBUH) Mosque in Madinah.
News ID: 2618746 Publish Date : 2014/12/16
Saudi Arabia has so far barred 98,000 would-be pilgrims from reaching Makkah after they failed to show the documents that would allow them to enter the sacred city in the western part of the kingdom during the Hajj season.
News ID: 1456134 Publish Date : 2014/10/01
A teaching program titled "Correct Tilawa" or how to correctly recite some verses of the Holy Quran, kicked off at the holy grand mosque in Makkah for non-Arabic speaking Muslims.
News ID: 1455529 Publish Date : 2014/09/30
The construction of the world’s two highest minarets at the Grand Mosque in Makkah has ignited debates after experts warned that the new constructions could dry up Zamzam water resources.
News ID: 1437103 Publish Date : 2014/08/09
Pilgrims performing umrah in the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Makkah have been given a surprise after heavy rain fall swept Makkah and Hail, as overjoyed pilgrims circumambulated the Ka`bah chanting “Allah Akbar”.
News ID: 1405574 Publish Date : 2014/05/11
Director of the Holy Qur’an and religious books department of the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Makkah announced that 12 various translations of the Divine Book are available for the pilgrims of the holy site.
News ID: 1350383 Publish Date : 2014/01/04
85 contenders competed in the final round of Saudi Arabia’s International Holy Quran Contest.
News ID: 1325619 Publish Date : 2013/11/30
Qatari representatives at the 35th international Quran contest in Saudi Arabia succeeded to win top ranks in two categories of the preliminary stage of the competition.
News ID: 1324147 Publish Date : 2013/11/26
The 4th edition of an international educational course on judgment skills for Quran contests is being held from November 23 in Saudi Arabia.
News ID: 1321779 Publish Date : 2013/11/24
