Umrah keeps travel agents busy in Hyderabad
Despite Ramzan two months away, tour and travel operators have begun efforts to attract people intending to undertake the Umrah pilgrimage
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Pilgrims May Enjoy Advantage of New Enhanced Passports, Reduction of Airport Screening Time in Nigeria
Nigerian pilgrims to 2020 Hajj may benefit from a newly enhanced international passport booklet preliminarily released in Abuja, Kano, Lagos and Port
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Marwan Al-Sulaimani, director general at the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah in Jeddah
Marwan Al-Sulaimani has been the director general at the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah in Jeddah since April 2017. Al-Sulaimani said that smart technology is being adopted to help pilgrims at all stages of their religious journey in Saudi Arabia.
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Malaysia pushes back against claims that 4 Tabung Haji hotels shut and DAP chief is leading agency
The Malaysian government has pushed back against viralled claims on social media that Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng had ordered the closure of four hotels operated by pilgrimage fund Tabung Haji, and that the non-Muslim ethnic Chinese minister chaired its meetings.
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Register to this year's Hajj from UAE via App
The General Authority for Islamic Affairs and Endowments in Abu Dhabi has announced that it has officially opened registration for those seeking to perform the Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia this season. Registration can be done through the authority’s application “Awqaf UAE” that can be found in IOS and Android app and play stores.
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2020 Hajj: NAHCON Inaugurates Pre-Hajj Team
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has inaugurated a pre-Hajj team for inspection and negotiation of rates for 2020 pilgrims’ accommodation and feeding in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Priority in census for people at Haram, hospitals
The field work for the census started on Feb. 3 and it will run through until March 6. The 33-day exercise would cover the phase of numbering of buildings, residential units and enumeration of households.
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'PM Imran Khan willing to establish Malaysian-led model of Hajj fund'
Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Noorul Haq Qadri said on Wednesday that Prime Minister Imran Khan is willing to establish a Malaysian-led model of Hajj funds for facilitating pilgrims across the country
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Netanyahu promises direct Mecca flights – deletes post
A Facebook post promising the flights, written in Arabic and Hebrew, was deleted moments after going live online.
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Saudi government agencies discuss Hajj 2020 plan
The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah hosted on Tuesday the first meeting of a joint work team in charge of supervising the pilgrims grouping system. Several security entities involved in the Hajj system attended the meeting, where they discussed the 2019 Hajj season and addressed its biggest challenges.
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Help dahl tannie's Mecca dream come true
Religious leaders are calling on Capetonians to help a Manenberg mother, who feeds about 800 hungry residents each week, achieve her dream of visiting Mecca and do her umrah.
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2020 Pilgrimage to Mecca to Cost Moroccans MAD 50,445
The cost for Moroccans to perform the pilgrimage has increased from MAD 49, 906 in 2019 to 50,445 this year.
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