Ministry bans collection of donations, entry of motorcycles and bicycles into Haram area Umrah pilgrims at the Grand Mosque in Mecca. AFP file Dubai: As millions of pilgrims begin to converge on ...

KUWAIT CITY, March 11: The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, through the Mosques Directorate, has allocated WhatsApp numbers for emergency cases to facilitate communication between worshippers and mosque ...

Colour indicator in Nusuk app helps pilgrims perform Umrah with ease Worshippers and pilgrims cramming the courtyard around the Holy Kaaba in the Grand Mosque during the Friday prayers.

KUWAIT CITY, Mar 10: The Mosques Sector of the Ministry of Islamic Affairs has called on imams and muezzins to comply with a fatwa issued by the Ministry’s Iftaa Authority, which prohibits the use of ...

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, approved today, February 20, 2025, the Saudi riyal symbol; a historic move that will reinforce the Saudi currency's identity.

Mosques were once a rare sight in Japan, but no longer. The latest, Masjid Istiqlal Osaka, opened in Osaka’s Nishinari Ward last year. It is housed in a former factory building.

Since January 2011, a Council of Europe Office in Tirana is set up as a new institutional form of co-operation. As representative of the Secretary General in Albania, the Office works to promote the ...

In Tirana, Albania’s capital city, thousands normally congregate to wish each other “Eid greetings” in the city square. Similar traditions exist in other Albanian cities. Throughout the country, ...

The Council of Europe (the Council) is currently implementing the project “Sustaining Public Administration Reform at Local Level in Albania”, funded by the German government, throughout a period of ...