A total of 284 Chinese Muslim Hajj pilgrims from Southwest China's Yunnan Province reportedly arrived at the Medina Airport in a chartered flight on Sunday, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Sunday.
Read more Pilgrims visiting Saudi Arabia are usually welcomed in the holy sites by young men from Mecca who distribute Zamzam water to them. Offering water, however, is actually a tradition that has been on for more than 14 centuries as it actually dates to the pre-Islamic era. Water was mainly distributed due to its scarcity.
Read more National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia has prepared 14 wide-body aircraft including three Boeing 747-400, five Boeing 777-300 ER, and six Airbus 330-300 to transport Indonesian hajj pilgrims in 2017/1348 Hijri.
Read more Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal discussed the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture’s plans and preparations for the 2017 Hajj season.
Read more PILGRIMS fund Lembaga Tabung Haji has identified several plots of land in Saudi Arabia offered by the kingdom for the construction of its own complexes, chairman Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim said.
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