How open is the Saudi invite for Qatar's Hajj pilgrims?

The Saudi king reopened the border to allow Qataris to attend Hajj, but some are still being turned away.

Almost three months after Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Egypt cut off diplomatic ties with Qatar, Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has appeared to offer a small step towards reconciliation.

King Salman ordered the reopening of the border with Qatar to Hajj pilgrims on Thursday.

The invitation comes a day after the United States described the Gulf crisis as being at a stalemate.

Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani welcomed the move, but said it was a "politically-motivated decision".

In reality, at the border crossing, some Qataris are still not being allowed to make the journey.

What's behind the demand to shut down Al Jazeera?

The Saudi-led group appears to be backing down on its demand to shut down Al Jazeera.

The Saudi-led group that has imposed a political and economic blockade on Qatar appears to be backing down from its demand to shut down Al Jazeera Media Network.

It has been more than 40 days since Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut off ties with Qatar.

Noura al-Kaabi, the UAE minister for the federal national council, said the Emirates sought "fundamental change and restructuring" of Al Jazeera rather than to shut it.

Al Jazeera calls it another attempt to "throttle" its independence and rejects any external intervention in its work.

Is anti-Qatar quartet spreading hate speech in mosques?

Saudi Arabia and its allies appear to be using mosques to spread hate speech against Qatar

Clerics in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt are praising the isolation of Qatar.

State TV in Saudi Arabia broadcast prayers by cleric Abdelrahman Al-Sudais during the holy month of Ramadan, which included comments about "terrorist funders" and social media activists said he was alluding to Qatar.

Other videos and Twitter feeds of clerics in Saudi Arabia were circulated online in what appears to be a mobilisation campaign against Qatar.

Gulf crisis: Al Jazeera in the crosshairs

We examine what Al Jazeera symbolises in the GCC political crisis. Plus, a war of buzzwords in South Africa's media.

Gulf Crisis: Al Jazeera in the Crosshairs

A coalition of countries led by Saudi Arabia is demanding that, along with making significant changes to its regional and international policies, the government of Qatar must shut the Al Jazeera Media Network, which it funds. Qatar refuses and says the future of Al Jazeera is non-negotiable.

Can diplomacy solve the crisis in the Gulf?

Qatar says diplomatic talks can resolve the Gulf crisis but there is no foundation for dialogue yet

It has been a week since one of the worst diplomatic disputes in the Gulf regionbegan and there have been developments almost every hour.

Qatar's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani was on a diplomatic tour in London and Paris on Monday.

US President Donald Trump initially took to Twitter to support the embargo, but then called the Emir of Qatar days later offering to mediate, only to criticise the Gulf nation at a news conference on Friday.

But that same day, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was urging the Gulf Cooperation Council countries to find a diplomatic solution.

Can the GCC still be relevant?

The ongoing Gulf rift is not the first crisis to hit the bloc, but what is the impact going to be this time around?

The Gulf Cooperation Council is in its worst crisis ever after three of its six members cut ties with Qatar.

The Emir of Kuwait was in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday and in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday.

He is plane-hopping around the Arabian Peninsula, hoping to mediate in what's being called the Qatar Crisis.

Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE, as well as Egypt, have severed ties with Qatar, closing land and sea borders and airspace.

They say Qatar is supporting "extremist groups" in Iraq and Syria, which Qatar strongly denies.

They have also had disagreements over its alleged ties with the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas.

Does the Muslim world have the leaders it needs?

Members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation meet in Istanbul.

As more than 30 leaders from Islamic countries gather in the Turkish city of Istanbul, the main message has been one of unity.

But many say it's hard to disguise the fact the Muslim world is deeply divided.

The leaders of two of the biggest countries in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia and Iran, are locked on opposing sides of the conflicts in Syria and Yemen.

Meanwhile, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and its ideology threatens to destabilise or consume nations around the world.