By Paul DadaA Muslim pilgrim from Plateau State Hajiya Jamila Muhammad, has died in Mecca.This was disclosed by Mr Daiyabu Dauda, the Executive Secretary of the State’s Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, ...

Jamila Muhammad, a Plateau state pilgrim, has died in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, following complications from diabetes.

Today coincides with the martyrdom anniversary of the 5th Imam of Shia, Muhammad al-Baqir. An overview of his life is ...

Hajj is performed between the 8th and 12th (or 13th) days of Dhu al-Hijjah, the 12th and final month of the Islamic calendar.

The Health Ministry stated here on Tuesday that an integrated strategy is necessary to tackle the rising number of pilgrim ...

Mecca, SANA- Director General of Hajj and Umrah, Muhammad Nour Araj said Thursday that that about 14,000 Syrian pilgrims have ...

The pilgrims, after visiting the second holiest Mosque of Prophet Muhammad in Madinah, moved and performed the Umrah in the ...

The first batch of Gombe State pilgrims has departed Medina for Mecca to continue their Hajj rites, the state Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board said on Friday.According to a statement by the board’s media ...

Protests have spread across the Muslim world over the publication in Europe of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. The BBC News website looks at why the depictions have caused such offence. What does ...

Each year, pilgrims travel to this site for Hajj (a mandatory pilgrimage muslims need to make during Dhul-Hijjah at least once in their lifetimes) and Umrah (voluntary pilgrimage that can be performed ...

Rare Islamic artefacts are to go on display in West Yorkshire, including pieces from the tomb of Prophet Muhammad. The ...

Rabbi Mukhayriq announced to his people that he would fight to protect Prophet Muhammad from the pagan Arabs of Mecca; and he did fight and die in battle against the Meccans on that Shabbat.