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Qatar denies blocking Saudi Hajj flights

August 21, 2017 MEO Staff

Qatar on Monday denied it had banned flights from Saudi Arabia landing in the emirate to transport Muslim pilgrims to Mecca, after an accusation by authorities in Riyadh. Qatar denied it had banned flights from [ More … ]

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Column: What are you waiting for? ​Take action, at least for Al-Aqsa, for the Kaaba!

July 31, 2017 MEO Staff

BY: İbrahim Karagül*  The Muslim geography is faced with a serious new threat wave that needs to be taken seriously. The Western invasion and destabilization project that started with Afghanistan, that continued with Iraq and Syria, [ More … ]

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Column – The war shifted to the Gulf: The plan is the Mecca wars

June 14, 2017 MEO Staff

BY: İbrahim Karagül*  There is no secret left to any of the general plans, programs and projects targeting Turkey and our region. There is nothing left to not understand about the world-scale plans concerning Turkey, [ More … ]

Can Saudi Arabia and Iran reach agreement finally over Hajj dispute?
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Can Saudi Arabia and Iran reach agreement over Hajj dispute?

March 5, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

Iran said on Sunday there had been a progress in talks with Saudi Arabia on allowing Iranian citizens to join this year’s Hajj, despite some remaining issues. Relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia was strained after [ More … ]

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Column: Before those missiles fall into Mecca…

February 8, 2017 MEO Staff

BY: İbrahim Karagül* I was considered odd when I listed the threats in store for the region with articles titled, “Before the Mecca wars start” and “Before the tanks reach the Kaaba.” I encountered the rage [ More … ]

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Mecca in the south, Istanbul in the north: This is the big plan

October 17, 2016 MEO Staff

BY: İbrahim Karagül*  Whichever country remains in defense in Iraq, that country will also be the one to lose. The country that keeps its distance, that is kept distant from Mosul and Aleppo, the country that [ More … ]

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FETÖ’s overseas structuring

September 15, 2016 MEO Staff

By: Merve Şebnem Oruç*  Columnist Bekir Develi, who is currently in Mecca to perform the obligatory Hajj, wrote the following lines from his Twitter account: “For the past three days, I have been in the [ More … ]

Iran Latest News

About 2 Millions of Muslims Gather on Mount Arafat, Mecca, to Perform Hajj, without Iranians

September 11, 2016 MEO Staff

Close to 2 million people from around the world are performing the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, but notably absent this year are Iranian pilgrims. Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that Saudi [ More … ]

Iran calls to strip Saudi Arabia of organizing annual Hajj
Iran Latest News

Iran calls to strip Saudi Arabia of organizing annual Hajj

September 6, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei renewed criticism of Saudi Arabia over how it runs the hajj after a crash last year killed hundreds of pilgrims, and suggested Muslim countries think about ending Riyadh’s control of [ More … ]

Iran Latest News

Why Iran decided not to send its citizens to “Hajj” this year

September 6, 2016 MEO Staff

In a statement on his website, Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that Saudi Arabian authorities “murdered” Muslim pilgrims who were injured during last year’s hajj stampede, as Mecca prepares to host the [ More … ]

Column: Will film on 2015 hajj disaster increase Iran-Saudi tension?
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Column: Will film on 2015 hajj disaster increase Iran-Saudi tension?

August 15, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

Sept. 24, 2015, was a tragic day. More than 700 people were killed in a stampede during the annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. The disaster occurred on the first day of Eid al-Adha, when [ More … ]

Saudi Arabia: World's largest hotel in Mecca with no certain future
Saudi Arabia News

Saudi Arabia: World’s largest hotel in Mecca with no certain future

August 14, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

SAUDI Arabia’s Abraj Kudai was announced to the world with the promise of being the largest hotel the world had ever seen. However, its fate now in under doubt. Soaring high above the desert of [ More … ]

Iran calls to strip Saudi Arabia of organizing annual Hajj
Saudi Arabia News

Saudi Arabia: 13 killed in a bus crash in Mecca

July 3, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

Six Egyptian pilgrims were killed and 14 others wounded in Saturday’s bus crash in Saudi Arabia, the Egyptian Community in Saudi Arabia announced on its Facebook page Sunday. The accident took place on a road connecting [ More … ]

Iran calls to strip Saudi Arabia of organizing annual Hajj
Saudi Arabia News

Saudi Arabia introduces new safety systems for Hajj rituals

July 1, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

Saudi Arabia has announced plans to introduce electronic identification bracelets for all pilgrims heading to Mecca for Hajj as part of a safety drive. Containing personal and medical information, the e-bracelets will help authorities provide [ More … ]

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