Ghilaf-e-Kaaba changing ceremony held at Masjid al-Haram
The new Ghilaf has been prepared at a cost of seven million Saudi Riyal. Six hundred seventy kilogram pure silk, 120 kilogram gold and one hundred kilogram silver have been used in it.
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Man commits suicide at Makkah’s Masjid al Haram
MAKKAH: A man has committed suicide by throwing himself off the roof of the Grand Mosque in Makkah city, Saudi and French officials said on Saturday.
“A foreigner threw himself from the roof of the Grand Mosque in Makkah” to the courtyard below, “resulting in his instant death”, Saudi police told the Kingdom's official SPA news agency.
A French foreign ministry official told AFP in Paris that the dead man was French but gave no further details.
The body was transported to the hospital, with an investigation underway…
Saudi Arabia to restart Masjid al-Haram expansion
DUBAI: Saudi Binladin Group will restart work next month on the $26.6 billion expansion of Masjid al-Haram (the Grand Mosque) in Mecca, nearly two years after work stopped in the wake of a crane collapse at the site that killed 107 people, sources told Reuters on Thursday.
Work will resume after the annual haj pilgrimage, and Saudi Binladin will pay outstanding salaries owed to staff involved in the project beginning on Aug. 20, according to a notice that the company sent to banks and which was seen by Reuters.
Banking…
Free Wi-Fi service introduced in Masjid al-Haram
MAKKAH: In a bid to facilitate pilgrims free Wi-Fi service has been introduce in the Grand Mosque in Makkah.
World’s seven largest Mosques
The newly established Grand Jamia Mosque of Bahria town joins the list of top seven largest Mosques in the world.
Eid-ul-Azha being celebrated in many parts of the world today
KARACHI: Eid-ul-Azha is being celebrated on Saturday with religious zeal and fervor in various countries including Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Canada, United States and Europe, ARY News reports.