Saudi government to increase Haj quota (Sri Lanka)
Post, Postal services and Muslim Religious Affairs Minister M H Abdul Haleem said that the Saudi government has decided to increase Haj quota up to 3500 for Sri Lanka this year.
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‘How to set an example’ initiatives promote social responsibility among pilgrims
JEDDAH: Jeddah College of Technology has launched four initiatives as part of the Makkah Cultural Forum titled “How to set an example,” intended to help pilgrims performing Hajj and Umrah. “These initiatives include a number of goals that serve the Hajj and Umrah sector and contribute to the improvement of the services provided to pilgrims,” Abdulrahman bin Saeed Al-Sarei,
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Interviews for Khadim-ul-Hajaj to start from Jan 17
The interview of candidates who have applied for selection as Khadim-ul-Hajaj shall be held at Hajj House, Bemina here from January 17, 2019.
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SA Hajj Registration List to Undergo Audit
The South African Hajj and Umrah Council (Sahuc) says in keeping with its policy of transparency, the current Hajj registration list will be removed from its website on the 21st of January for audit purposes.
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Malaysia: Ex-Tabung Haji Chief Arrested for Suspected Money Laundering
Malaysia’s anti-graft agency said Tuesday it had arrested the former chairman of a state fund whose mission is to help Muslims save for their pilgrimage to Mecca following an investigation into alleged money laundering.
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GACA provides support to aviation security & safety regionally and globally
Al Tamimi also discussed the Kingdom’s interest in the Muslim population around the world and the effort put in facilitating the performance of Haj and Umrah. He cited the data that showed pilgrims arriving from outside the Kingdom making up to 94% of all pilgrims, and Umrah takers which amounted to 10.3 million in 2017. Moreover, according to the Kingdom’s Vision 2030, that number would increase to 30 million per year.
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FNC urges the expansion of Hajj quota for Emiratis
The Federal National Council has urged officials to request a larger quota for Emiratis to perform Hajj. Each year, Hajj officials in Saudi Arabia allow each country a certain number of pilgrims. In 2018, the UAE was allowed to send 6,228 pilgrims, and in 2017 they were allowed 4,631.
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Jabal Omar, Northacre form strategic partnership
Jabal Omar Development Company (JODC), one of the biggest real estate developers in the Kingdom, and the Saudi stock exchange (Tadawul) recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the British company Northacre, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Financial Group. The MoU was signed by the CEO of JODC Yasser bin Faisal Al-Sharif and CEO of Northacre Nicolo Barateeri. This
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Work to widen western plaza of Prophet’s Mosque begins
According to the authority, the demolition work will continue for 15 days and all gates of the external courtyard from exit No. 8 to exit No. 15 will remain closed during the period.
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Umrah ship carrying 317 Egyptians arrives in Yanbu
Meanwhile, Minister of Haj and Umrah Dr. Mohammed Benten received separately in Makkah on Monday Ahmed Hamza Al-Mahdi, chairman of Libyan Pilgrims Committee and a member of the presidential council, and Sri Lankan Minister of Posts, Postal Services and Muslim Religious Affairs Mohamed Hashim Abdul Haleem.
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Umrah pilgrims unable to board PIA flight
Eighty pilgrims were stopped from boarding a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight for Umrah because their seats had not been confirmed, but half of them were allowed to travel after their travel agent paid for their tickets.
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Palestinians, Israeli police scuffle at Jerusalem holy site
JERUSALEM: Scuffles broke out at the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem’s Old City on Monday after guards at the mosque refused to allow an Israeli policeman to enter for a routine security check because he was wearing a Jewish skullcap known as a kippah. Firas Dibs, a spokesman for the Islamic authority that oversees the site, says dozens of worshippers scuffled with police after
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