After spending thousands of dollars to reach Mecca for the hajj, Muslim pilgrims face another unavoidable cost -– for the armfuls of gifts they are expected to take home. Abayas are head-to-toe black ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia, Jan 3, 2007 (AFP) - Hajj pilgrims will head back home from Mecca carrying not just the memory of the ultimate spiritual experience in Islam but also gifts for beloved ones, with ...

After spending thousands of dollars to reach Mecca for the hajj, ... Sidi Mokhtar Dembele from Mali said he has already spent the equivalent of more than $850 on prayer beads, ...

ProtecTasbih, created by Saudia’s creative agency, partners are the first prayer beads that sanitise hands. ProtecTasbih have been distributed among Saudia guests, as they journey to pilgrimage and ...

The annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, required of able-bodied Muslims once in their life, brings the Islamic world together across its many languages, ethnicities and individual beliefs ...

KARACHI: From a distance they seem like ring shops with a variety of gemstones and even glass and plastic nugs ...

KARACHI: “I used to collect tasbeeh,” says the elderly Sultana Begum. “Almost everyone I knew was aware of my ...

MAKKAH: After spending thousands of dollars to reach Makkah for the Hajj, ... Sidi Mokhtar Dembele from Mali said he has already spent the equivalent of more than $850 on prayer beads, ...