Madhya Pradesh Haj Qurrah 2020 results today, Check here
18 January 2020

Madhya Pradesh Haj Qurrah 2020 results today, Check here

Madhya Pradesh Haj Qurrah 2020: The Madhya Pradesh State Haj Committee is holding today i.e. Saturday January 18, 2020 the Haj Qurrah or draw of lots to finalise the list of pilgrims who will embark on Haj journey this year.

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Algerian-Saudi Negotiations To Raise Algeria's Quota To 41,000 Pilgrims
17 January 2020

Algerian-Saudi Negotiations To Raise Algeria's Quota To 41,000 Pilgrims

The deadlines for registration for the Hajj lottery 2020-2021 seasons will end on Saturday, amid great hopes for raising Algeria’s share this year to 41,000 pilgrims after it did not exceed 36,000 for decades, despite the high number of residents in Algeria, where a preparatory delegation moved a few days ago to Riyadh to negotiate the files of hajj quota and prices for this year.

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Currency devaluation does not allow further Hajj subsidy
17 January 2020

Currency devaluation does not allow further Hajj subsidy

Noorul Haq Qadri on Friday said that the dismal situation with regards to currency devaluation does not allow further subsidy on Hajj.

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Hajj and Umrah officials meet Benin delegation
17 January 2020

Hajj and Umrah officials meet Benin delegation

The undersecretary of the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah for Hajj affairs, Hussein Al-Sharif, received Benin’s head of the pilgrim affairs’ delegation, Samo Saido Adambi, at the ministry’s headquarters in Jeddah.

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Cost of performing haj will remain reasonable despite anticipated rise
17 January 2020

Cost of performing haj will remain reasonable despite anticipated rise

Companies holding the Tabung Haji’s (TH) Haj Pilgrimage Operator (PJH) licence will ensure that the cost of performing the haj for the pilgrims will remain reasonable despite the anticipated rise in the overall cost of haj management.

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Makkah launches project to improve checkpoints for pilgrims
15 January 2020

Makkah launches project to improve checkpoints for pilgrims

The Makkah Region Development Authority (MRDA) has begun a modernization project of checkpoints for pilgrims undertaking Hajj and Umrah, which should reduce waiting times significantly, it has announced.

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Scam victim over the moon after man offers to pay for her umrah
15 January 2020

Scam victim over the moon after man offers to pay for her umrah

After her dream trip to Mecca was dashed, umrah scam victim, Nerima Hendricks, says a generous Daily Voice reader has restored her faith in humanity.

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Hajj Expenses to Increase to Rs. 500,000 in the year 2020 – Research Snipers
15 January 2020

Hajj Expenses to Increase to Rs. 500,000 in the year 2020 – Research Snipers

Hajj is getting expensive in the year 2020, as pilgrims to Makkah would have to pay over Rs. 500,000 to perform the pilgrimage. Recommendations have been sent by the religious ministry in the Hajj police in 2020 to the formulation committee.

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Awqaf ministry warns against fraudulent Hajj registration sites
14 January 2020

Awqaf ministry warns against fraudulent Hajj registration sites

The Ministry of Awqaf has warned citizens planning to perform Hajj (the greater Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca) this year against registering through unofficial parties, stressing that the only way to do so is through its official website.

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Renovated historic mosques in Saudi Arabia reopen to worshippers after 6 decades
14 January 2020

Renovated historic mosques in Saudi Arabia reopen to worshippers after 6 decades

Worshippers have started returning to five Saudi historic mosques restored to their former glory after being out of use for up to six decades.

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Saudi Arabia presents compensation to families of Makkah crane collapse victims
14 January 2020

Saudi Arabia presents compensation to families of Makkah crane collapse victims

Saudi Arabia today presented compensation to the families of seven Malaysian pilgrims who were killed when a crane collapsed onto the Grand Mosque in Makkah during the 2015 haj season.

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Cape imam accused of conning umrah tour groups out of R1.3m
13 January 2020

Cape imam accused of conning umrah tour groups out of R1.3m

A group of Imam Fasiegh Adams’ alleged victims are asking members of the public to come forward and join them in taking legal action against him. Adams, who runs the Masjied / Madrassah Tul Uloom charity in Mitchells Plain, is accused of conning at least two tour groups out of R1.3 million.

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