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.

Cairo: The number of worshippers, who prayed in the Prophet's Mosque, Islam's second holiest site in the Saudi city of Medina, during the first half of the current Ramadan surpassed 14 million ...

Cairo: Residents and visitors of the Saudi cities of Mecca and Medina, home to Islam’s two holiest mosque, made more than 320 million phone calls during the first half of the current Muslim ...