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A Hezbollah member reacts while Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah talks on a screen during a televised speech at a festival celebrating Resistance and Liberation Day, in Nabatiyeh May 24, 2015. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho
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King Salman Bin Abdulaziz during a Saudi cabinet meeting at Al-Yamamah palace in the capital, Riyadh, on October 12, 2015. (Saudi Press Agency)
Saudi King rejects politicization of Hajj tragedy
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...Caption:
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi speaks during celebrations to mark the October 1973 (Yom Kippur) War with Israel, in Cairo, Egypt, on October 5, 2015. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Egypt’s Sisi rejects criticism of Saudi Arabia over Hajj tragedy
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...Caption:
Muslim pilgrims circle counterclockwise Islam’s holiest shrine, the Kaaba, at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia’s holy Muslim city of Mecca late on September 26, 2015. (AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH)
Muslim leaders reject Iran’s “politicization” of Hajj tragedy
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...Caption:
A handout picture released by the official website of the Center for Preserving and Publishing the Works of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, shows him delivering a speech in Tehran on September 27, 2015, during which he demanded Saudi Arabia apologize for a stampede that killed nearly 770 pilgrims at the Hajj, at least 144 of them Iranians. (AFP Photo/HO/Khamenei.ir)