Allah Almighty says: ﴿وَلِلّهِ عَلَى النَّاسِ حِجُّ الْبَيْتِ مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلاً﴾“And [due] to Allah from the people is a pilgrimage to the House – for whoever is able to find thereto a way.”]Al-i-Imran: 97[. Anas ibn Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, arrived in Medina during two days in which they were celebrating. The Prophet said, «مَا هَذَانِ الْيَوْمَانِ؟»“What are these two days?”

The Ministry of Haj and Umrah in Saudi Arabia has announced a 12-hour ban on grouping of regular pilgrims from their tents in Mina to the Jamarat area to throw pebbles at the pillars symbolizing Satan during the three days from Dhul Hijjah 10-12 (Sept. 11-13).

On Saturday 30 July, a hot air balloon crashed in Texas killing in the process all 16 people on board. According to Google News, over two million news articles covered this event.

On 18 August 2016 the Telegraph Newspaper, along with many other news outlets reported that Ismail Berdiyev, a senior Muslim cleric from Dagestan has advised that “all women” should be subjected to the practice of Female Circumcision to eliminate immorality in society.