By Neelam Rahim On Sunday, 3 million Zamzam water bottles a day in Grand Saudi Arabia’s General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques launched its operational plan for this year’s Hajj season, which mobilizes 10,000 male and female employees and workers...

By Neelam Rahim For Muhammad Fauzan, the lifetime spiritual journey of Hajj was arduous on a bicycle. He travelled nearly 5,000 kilometres from Indonesia to Saudi Arabia on a bicycle, taking more than seven and a half months. The young Indonesian travelled from...

By Neelam Rahim Shihab Chottur started his journey on June 2 from Athavanad near Velancheryin Malappuram district of Kerala. A 30-year-old man from Kerala commenced his 8,640 km long journey on foot to perform Haj. Yet he says no amount of planning will help him while...

By Neelam Rahim Saudi authorities have determined to implement the ‘mahram legislation’ (accompanied by a male guardian) for girls under 45 years of age visiting to carry out Hajj in response to the Basic Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA). Per the latest...

By Neelam Rahim In April 2022, Saudi Arabia announced that it would reopen to Hajj pilgrims but only allow one million triple-vaccinated pilgrims. Thousands of Muslims have seen their plans to participate in the hajj disrupted after Saudi Arabia introduced its new...

By Neelam Rahim Many emotional farewells and tears at the OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, where the first batch of Hujaj have bid farewell to their loved ones as they left to embark on a once in a lifetime journey to the holy lands of Makkatul...