Why Nigeria’s hajj services face avoidable challenges
The Managing Director of Habdat Xpress, Alhaji Qasim Alabi, who revealed this in a exclusive chart with The Guardian noted that the nation has improved tremendously in hajj operations, but there are still some avoidable challenges that trailed the holy exercise.
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Pakistan Govt to improve Hajj arrangements
There is still room for making further betterments in Hajj arrangements despite significant improvements in last four years, said an official of Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony. Talking to APP he said the government’s hajj package is not only inexpensive but also best among all countries.
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Indian Draft Hajj policy will directly affect pilgrims; subsidy likely to be abolished
The proposed Hajj policy, drafted by a committee appointed by the Centre, has recommended abolishing of subsidy for Hajj pilgrims and allowing women devotees above 45 to travel in a group of at least four without a male. However this is conditional and will not be applicable to Hanafi and other factions where company of Mahram is compulsory for long journeys.
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Turkish Airlines’ Istanbul stopover offer receives great interest
Turkish Airlines’ stopover service received great interest from passengers. The stopover service is giving privilege free hotel booking and discovering Istanbul to the passengers that depart from Pakistan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Australia, Belarus, Ukraine, Algeria, South Africa, İran, Nijeria and Portugal.
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Iranian Pilgrims Faced No Serious Issues in This Year’s Hajj, Official Says
Iranian officials in charge of Hajj pilgrimage did their best this year to make sure the country’s pilgrims face no serious problems during the Hajj rituals, an official said on Thursday.
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Hafez Yusuf Loonat Achieves Distinction in Qur'an Competition in Makkah
The South African National Qur’an Committee (SANQC) has confirmed that Hafez Yusuf Loonat has passed with the grade of Mumtaz (Distinction) and will be returning to Medina at the request of one of the Qur'an judges.
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3 Saudi women get toppositions in tawafa firm
Three Saudi women are now occupying leading positions in the Unified Zamazma Office, a tawafa establishment in charge of providing Zamzam water to the pilgrims.
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4m trees to be planted in Saudi Arabia by 2020
The Ministry of the Environment, Water and Agriculture aims to plant 4 million trees in the Kingdom by 2020, its undersecretary for environmental affairs, Osama bin Ibrahim Faqiha, told the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
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India drafts proposal to abolish Hajj subsidy by 2018
A five-member panel has also suggested consulting Saudi Arabia for possibility of travel by sea
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SGS concludes departure phase for Hajj 1438
The leading national ground handling Saudi Ground Services Company (SGS) has concluded 1438H Haj, with the departure of the last batch of pilgrims by Thursday, Oct. 5.
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Hajj 2018: Panel proposes women above 45 be allowed to perform Hajj without Mahram
In a move which can stir another round of debate over rights of women in Islam, a committee formed by the Ministry of Minority Affairs to draft the Haj Policy for 2018-22 among other things proposed that women above 45 years of age should be allowed to travel to Makkah and perform Haj without a Mahram.
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Riyadh may increase Russian quota for Hajj to Mecca, Medina to 25,000
Quotas are calculated «one place per one thousand Muslim believers,» and the number of Russian believers has grown greatly in recent years, said Russia’s Deputy Chairman of Council of Muftis
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