Hyatt to open four hotels in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Oman by 2023
The first Hyatt Centric-branded hotel in Saudi Arabia, Jabal Omar Hyatt Centric Makkah Hotel and Residences will be close to the Grand Mosque of Makkah. Set to open in 2023, the hotel will feature 196 guestrooms and suites, as well as 200 residences.
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Govt to improve facilities in coming hajj operation
Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Peer Noor-ul-Haq Qadri said the government is committed to improve Hajj facilities in the coming hajj operation.
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Laying the ghost of 1979 to rest
In an interview conducted last year, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said that before the Iranian Revolution and the siege of Makkah rocked the Muslim world, “we were just normal people developing like any other country in the world until the events of 1979.”
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How the 1979 siege of Makkah unfolded
Throughout October 1979, close to a million Muslims from around the world had flooded into Makkah for Hajj, the pilgrimage to the spiritual heart of Islam that every physically and financially able believer is obliged to complete at least once in their lifetime.
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UAE Issues Stamp Depicting Jerusalem as Palestinian Capital
Emirates Post issued a commemorative stamp in support of Palestine featuring the Dome of the Rock, and stresses that Jerusalem al-Quds is the capital of Palestine.
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Andhra govt extends financial assistance to pilgrims
The Andhra Pradesh government issued a financial order for extending financial assistance to Haj pilgrims for expenses other than travel expenditure.
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Hajj charges for 2020 unchanged as gov't absorbs new $80 increment
Ghanaian Muslims planning to embark on the 2020 hajj would not have to bother about cost and rate of exchange as the Hajj Board and government announces a decision to absorb all increment.
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Andhra hikes subsidy for Haj pilgrims, Christians visiting Jerusalem
Continuing the spree of welfare schemes, Andhra Pradesh's Jagan Mohan Reddy government on Tuesday enhanced the subsidy for Muslim and Christian pilgrims. The government issued orders, hiking the subsidy amount for Muslims visiting the holy places in Saudi Arabia for annual Haj pilgrimage and also for Christians going to Jerusalem and other Biblical places.
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Makkah governorate, KSRelief sign deal in crisis and disaster management training
Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal and Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, general supervisor of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief), witnessed the signing of a memorandum of cooperation between the Crisis and Disaster Management Center in Makkah Governorate and KSRelief
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Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah wins big data award
The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah on Tuesday won first place for the best agency implementing big data in the management of operations at the 17th International Operations and Maintenance Conference in the Arab countries being held in Dubai.
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Makkah deputy governor inspects Grand Mosque project
Makkah Deputy Gov. Prince Badr bin Sultan presided over a meeting to discuss the latest developments related to the third expansion of the Grand Mosque, which is being carried out by 5,000 workers.
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Haramain train chugs in at new airport’s station
The train trips were suspended for about 50 days following the fire which burnt down the Jeddah railway station at Sulaimaniyah District.
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