During Ramadan, followers of Islam have no choice than to change their eating habits. They have to abstain from food from dawn to dusk. It can take time for the body to adjust to this new routine....
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) threatened to impose an economic embargo against Qatar while Bahrain said "any options" were on the table as the crisis in the Gulf showed no signs of abating on...
Alhaji Bature Iddrissu, Managing Editor of the Al Hajj Newspaper has warned former President Jerry John Rawlings to be careful with his public commentary on the past administration before he strips...
Egypt is closing its airspace to Qatari planes in a growing diplomatic row, with Saudi Arabia and Bahrain expected to do the same on Tuesday. Several countries have cut ties with Qatar, accusing it...
Qatari planes are to be banned from Egyptian and Saudi air space, as a growing diplomatic row in the Gulf threatens large-scale air disruption. Several countries have cut ties with the tiny Gulf...
Egypt is closing its airspace to Qatari planes in a growing diplomatic row, with Saudi Arabia and Bahrain expected to do the same on Tuesday. Several countries have cut ties with Qatar, accusing it...
The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has indicated that government has put measures in place to address the challenges that have marred previous Hajj pilgrimages. According to Dr. Bawumia, the...
He lives only a 20-minute drive from Jerusalem but for Palestinian Abu Bashir the city and its sacred sites might as well be a world away. "The whole world goes to Jerusalem but we who live a few...
The first batch of Muslims embarking on this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, will leave Ghana on August 10, 2017. The National Hajj Board has said a total of six flights will fly directly...
The world's most expensive footballer is on a pilgrimage to Islam's holiest city as he marks the start of Ramadan. French international Paul Pogba shared a picture of himself in Mecca on Sunday,...
Adventurer, Orientalist, spy: the remarkable story of Spanish explorer Ali Bey al-Abbassi is to be told on the silver screen for the first time, two centuries after his death. Born in Catalonia in...
The world's most expensive footballer Paul Pogba has posted pictures of himself at the holiest site of Islam, days after helping Manchester United to victory in the Europa League final. He also...
The first batch of Muslim pilgrims performing this year’s holy exercise (Hajj) in the Muslim Republic of Saudi Arabia will leave Ghana on August 10, 2017. According to arrangements made by the...
The new Hajj Board Chairman, Shiehk I. C. Quaye who made this known said negotiations were still underway with government to consider airlifting them to perform the pilgrimage. Last year, the...
Chairman of the Hajj Board Sheikh I. C Quaye has revealed that six flights will take off from the Tamale International Airport at the 2017 Hajj Pilgrimage while a total of 6,200 pilgrims will be...
Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamadu Bawumia has assured the Muslim Community that the Government would organise an incident-free hajj this year by improving on what the previous government had done. He...
Israeli Culture Minister Miri Regev triggered a social media storm on Thursday after she attended the Cannes film festival in an evening dress featuring a Jerusalem Islamic shrine. Several tweets...
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has charged the Ghana Hajj Board to ensure that this year’s pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia is bereft of disturbing shortcomings such as pilgrims going through the...
Artists in Saudi Arabia are pushing boundaries as the kingdom undergoes rapid change and tries to boost its cultural offerings, a Saudi artist who has exhibited worldwide told AFP. Conservative...
A Saudi appeals court has ordered about a dozen people accused of negligence in a deadly 2015 crane collapse at Islam's holiest site to stand trial again, newspapers reported on Wednesday. By a vote...
