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Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Receives Scholars and Imams of Grand Mosque and receives Minister of Hajj and Umrah (SPA)

Custodian of Two Holy Mosques Receives Phone Call from British PM

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 16, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Mecca – Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received a telephone call on Thursday from British Prime Minister Theresa May and he offered condolences for victims of the fire that burst in one of the buildings in the capital,...

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Belgian police officers and firefighters stand outside the Grand Mosque in Brussels, Belgium November 26, 2015. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

Belgian Minister of Interior Denies Link between Capital’s Mosque, Extremism

by Abdullah Mustafa | Jun 29, 2016 | World

The Belgian Minister of Interior Jan Jambon has denied the recent news on the export of extremist intellect from the Grand Mosque located at the Islamic Cultural Center in Brussels. In November, after Paris Attacks, the minister stated that he demanded a report on...

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Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques receives Princes, Kingdom’s Grand Mufti and Scholars. SPA

King Salman Receives Scholars, Imams of Grand Mosque

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 26, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Mecca- Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received at Al-Safa Palace before sunset on Saturday a number of scholars, General President of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque Sheikh Dr. Abdulrahman bin Abdulaziz Al-Sudais,...

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Saudi emergency teams stand next to a construction crane after it crashed into the Grand Mosque of Saudi Arabia’s holy Muslim city of Mecca on September 11, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / STR)

Dozens killed in Mecca crane collapse

by Sa'ed Al-Abyadh | Sep 12, 2015 | Middle East

Jeddah, Asharq Al-Awsat—A giant construction crane toppled over at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Friday, killing at least 107 people and injuring 238, Saudi Arabia’s Civil Defense authority said. A spokesman for the administration of the mosques in...

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Major-General Yahya Al-Zahrani demonstrates part of the Grand Mosque’s surveillance system (AAA)

Guarding the Grand Mosque

by Said Al-Abyad | Jun 2, 2013 | Interviews

Mecca, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Grand Mosque of Mecca is unique in many ways. Aside from its role in the religious life of the world’s Muslims, it’s sheer size—planned to reach 400,000 square meters by the end of the decade—represents a huge challenge for those...