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Hajj 2016

Mohammed Shahid Alam

Saudi security officials deserve accolades for soothing touch

Mahmoud Ahmad

A successful Haj

Pilgrims leave Makkah at the end of the Haj. — AFP

Haj a resounding success

Least number of Hajis this year

Least number of Hajis this year

Tears of joy as Palestinian pilgrim Emaduddin Hamasho hugs his mother in Mina after years of separation. — SPA

Palestinian mother has tearful reunion with son in Mina

Indian Haj Goodwill Delegation leader Zafar Sareshwala, center, chancellor of Maulana Azad National Urdu University, answers a question at a press conference in the Indian Consulate General premises on Thursday. Also seen (from left): Deputy leader of the delegation Mohamadali Kadri, chairman of Gujarat State Haj Committee, Indian Ambassador Ahmad Javed, Consul General Md. Noor Rahman Sheikh, and Deputy Consul General Shahid Alam. – Courtesy photo

Saudis offer world class Haj services: Sareshwala

Preparing to go home

Preparing to go home

Pilgrims circumambulate the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in Makkah. — AFP

Hindu prisoner embraces Islam and performs Haj

Faleh Al-Safi

Saudi hospitality steals the heart of Iraqi Shiite pilgrim

Female guides play with a lost child in their camp in the Holy Sites. — Okaz photo

Female guides ease the suffering of lost children

Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Naif, deputy premier and interior minister who is also the Head of the Supreme Haj Committee, visits the Command and Control Center for the security of pilgrims at the headquarters of the General Security in Mina on Tuesday evening. — SPA

Touched by dedication of security men: Crown Prince

The tent city of Mina awash in crimson light on Wednesday, the second day of Tashriq. — SPA

Hajis start leaving Mina

Makkah Emir Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, who is the chairman of the Central Haj Committee, addresses the media in Mina on Wednesday. — SPA

Islam a religion of peace, Haj gathering proves

A security aircraft hovers over the Holy Sites. — Courtesy photo

Aircraft keep a close eye on the ground

Prophet Mosque

Civil Defense teams inspect housing units as focus now shifts to Madinah

Abdullah Jumaa

Pilgrims from South Sudan applaud King’s timely help

Mediamen covering this year’s Haj from the Holy Sites. — Okaz photo

Ministry to have a new center for Haj coverage

Number of Arab Pilgrims who died during Haj

Arab families prefer to bury their dead pilgrims in Makkah

A young Saudi offers help to a sick pilgrim in Mina. — Okaz photo

Female Saudi volunteers offer help to the sick

Mission accomplished

Mission accomplished