by Waleed Abdul Rahman, Sawsan Abu Husain and Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 8, 2016 | Middle East
Cairo, Riyadh, Beirut-The Lebanese so-called Hezbollah has joined Iran in boycotting the Hajj season, Lebanese sources confirmed to Asharq Al-Awsat. One source said that a “directive” was circulated among party members not to participate in the Hajj pilgrimage,...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 13, 2015 | Middle East
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Criticism of Saudi Arabia over the Hajj tragedy that killed and injured hundreds last month will not deter the Kingdom from performing its duty of organizing the annual Muslim pilgrimage, Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz said on Monday. The King...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 6, 2015 | Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi on Monday praised Saudi Arabia’s role in organizing the annual Hajj pilgrimage and rejected criticism of the Kingdom regarding the deadly stampede that occurred during this year’s Hajj last month. Speaking...
by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Sep 29, 2015 | Middle East
Cairo, Brussels and London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Muslim leaders around the world have strongly rejected what they called “politicization” of last week’s Hajj tragedy by Iran, which blamed Saudi Arabia—the organizer of the annual Muslim pilgrimage—for the incident that...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 28, 2015 | Middle East
Ahvaz, Asharq Al-Awsat—Several Iranian officials have criticized Tehran’s response to last week’s Hajj stampede that killed 769 pilgrims, with some claiming Iran is attempting to score “political points” by blaming Saudi authorities for the tragedy. Iran’s Supreme...
