Topic: grand-mosque

Maskless pilgrims launch largest hajj of COVID era

Maskless pilgrims launch largest hajj of COVID era

Mohamad Ali Harissi, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jul 07 12:08 PM

Hundreds of thousands of mostly maskless worshippers circled Islam's holiest site in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, on the first day of the biggest hajj pilgrimage since the Covid-19 pandemic began. Read more »

Grand Mosque in Mecca drops social distancing

Grand Mosque in Mecca drops social distancing

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 17 04:11 PM

The Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia operated at full capacity Sunday, with worshippers praying shoulder-to-shoulder for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began. Read more »

Inauguration of Jameo Mindanao Al-Islamie

Inauguration of Jameo Mindanao Al-Islamie

Presidential Photo
Updated as of Oct 17 11:06 AM

The newly constructed Jameo Mindanao Al-Islamie (Grand Mosque) in Marawi City, in this photo taken on Oct. 16, 2021, was inaugurated by President Rodrigo Duterte and other officials. Read more »

Saudi Arabia scales down Hajj

Saudi Arabia scales down Hajj

AP Photo
Posted at Jul 29 07:30 PM

Hundreds of Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, while observing physical distancing as precaution against the coronavirus, ahead of the Hajj pilgrimage in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday. Read more »

Fajr prayer at the Kaaba

Fajr prayer at the Kaaba

AFP
Posted at Jun 23 10:41 PM

Muslims perform the al-Fajr prayer at the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque complex in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca on Tuesday. Read more »

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