Aqeeq Pond in Madinah province
Aqeeq Pond was once a principal stop on the ancient Darb Zubaidah pilgrimage route. The large, square-shaped water station is located 45 kilometers northeast of the Daribbah antiquity site on the western slopes of Al-Aqeeq Valley in Madinah province.
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260 buses daily transport 10,800 workers in Haram
As many as 260 buses daily transport a total of 10,800 workers in the expansion project of the Grand Mosque to their homes and back every day, according to Makkah daily on Saturday.
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Over 2.2m Umrah visas issued in four months
The Ministry of Haj and Umrah has issued a total of 2.21 million Umrah visas in four months since the season started, a weekly statistical report said.
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Hajj services agreement inked with Saudi Establishment of South Asia
KABUL: The Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs has signed agreement with the Saudi Tawafa Establishment for South Asian Pilgrims to provide basic facilities for Afghan pilgrims in upcoming Hajj ritual, a statement said on Friday.
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PAC body seeks list of officials who performed Haj, Umrah more than once
ISLAMABAD: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Subcommittee Thursday sough the list of those officials of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Inter-Faith Harmony who went to perform Haj and Umrah for more than once and foreign trips on government expenses.
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‘How politicians engaged in bribery with Hajj, Ummrah offers’
Politicians and business men engage in corruption and bribery with offer of Hajj and Ummrah to people in exchange for contracts or speed up payments, a chieftain of Amnesty International, Akhbar Satar, has said. Satar who doubles as President, Malaysian Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, noted that Malay-Muslims and others are engaging in the act, which he considered bribery.
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Pilgrimage to be easier, Dhaka, Riyadh take steps to ensure hassle-free Hajj from this year
Both Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia have taken steps to ease systems so that Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrims can perform their pilgrimage next year without any hassles. The Saudi government has increased the quota for Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrims by 10,000.
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Makkah development schemes turning holy city into global cultural landmark
An ambitious development scheme to improve quality of life for residents and visitors in Makkah is helping establish the holy city as a global cultural landmark, a project leader has revealed. Ongoing works to meet the service requirements of pilgrims and citizens, particularly in the area surrounding the Grand Mosque, have been taking place for more than five decades.
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Ivory Coast delegation in Makkah to discuss pilgrims’ affairs
Deputy Minister of Hajj and Umrah Abdulfattah bin Sulaiman Mashat has welcomed the Ivory Coast’s General Director of Religious Rites Pampa Masamba, his Malian counterpart Ibrahim Jabbie, and other accompanying delegations at his office in Makkah. Many issues of common concern in the field of pilgrims’ affairs were discussed during the meeting.
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Airlift of 2020 Hajj Pilgrims to Begin on June 22
Olawale Ajimotokan in Abuja National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has announced that the outbound flight of Nigerian pilgrims for the 2020 hajj exercise would commence on June 22, 2020.
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Haj Package 2020 likely to increase by Rs63,000
The Sub-Committee of the Senate’s Standing Committee on Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony on Wednesday was told that the Government Scheme Haj package for the year 2020 was likely to increase by Rs63,000.
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Fresh interpretation needed
IT may be said at the outset that in discussing haj related issues, one runs the risk of touching on public sensitivities as haj is part of the devotional aspects (‘ibadat) of Islam and not as open to rational enquiry in the same way as are matters of concern to civil transactions (mu‘amalat).
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