2.5 quake felt in Madinah
The tremor was caused by a blast triggered by a company building a modern highway west of Medina
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India withdraws subsidy for pilgrims travelling to Saudi
India’s central government has said it will withdraw a subsidy given to hundreds of thousands of Muslims for their annual Haj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.
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Age limits set for wheelchair assistants in Makkah's Grand Mosque
Only people aged between 25 and 60 years will be allowed to push the wheelchairs of Hajj and Umrah pilgrims, said the Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques. The age limit is to ensure the health of pilgrims and visitors, and because people outside the age group may have difficulty reaching the elevations of Safa and Marwa while pushing a wheelchair, said the director of mobility services at the presidency, Saleh Hossawee.
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Saudi city of Madinah experiences 2.5 magnitude earthquake
The Holy City of Madinah experienced a 2.5 magnitude earthquake on Tuesday, engineer Hani Zahran of the Saudi Geological Society told Arab News. City officials confirmed that there were no reports of damage from the earthquake. The center of the earthquake was 14km north-west of Madinah at a depth of 7 kilometers below the surface.
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India ends decades-old subsidy for Hajj pilgrims
NEW DELHI: India’s Hindu nationalist government is ending a decades-long policy of offering discounted airfares to Muslims embarking on the Hajj pilgrimage, it announced Tuesday. The right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party has accused its opponents in the Congress party — who introduced the Hajj assistance scheme in the 1950s — of trying to woo Muslim voters through handouts.
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Hajj, Umrah fraud continues
Hajj and Umrah fraud continues to increase among Muslim pilgrims in Cape Town.
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Hajj Watch calls for re-organisation of Hajj Board
Hajj Watch, an Islamic association has called on the Ghana Hajj Board to re-organise the current structure and designations of the Pilgrims Affairs Office of Ghana before the 2018 Hajj season.
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Happy days in Madinah with Quba’s Entertainment Boulevard
The Madinah Development Authority, in cooperation with the Culture and Arts Society, organized the activities of Quba’s Entertainment Boulevard that began last Thursday and witnessed heavy attendance by visitors, Madinah residents and Umrah performers.
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Haramain Express Train conducting weekly test runs
The Haramain Express Train on Saturday continued its weekly test runs between Madinah and Makkah covering a distance of 450 km, according to the Saudi Railway Organization (SRO).
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Benten signs Haj agreementswith Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
Saudi Arabia and Bangladesh signed the bilateral Haj agreement on Sunday night. The agreement related to the arrangements for pilgrims from the south Asian country was signed by Minister of Haj and Umrah Mohammed Saleh Benten and Bangladesh's Minister of Religious Affairs Motiur Rahman at the Haj Ministry's office in Makkah.
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Over 179,000 Pakistanis pilgrims expected to perform Hajj this year
Designated banks start receiving Hajj applications from today (Monday)
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Sonny Bill Williams visits historic mosque in Saudi Arabia
Sonny Bill Williams has made his latest pilgrimage to a historic mosque in Saudi Arabia. The All Black posted a picture of himself on Twitter posing in front of the mosque known as the Prophet's Mosque. "What an amazing feeling visiting the prophets(as) holy masjid in Madinah," he said in the post.
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