Hajj Policy Announcement Likely By Mid December
The three years Policy for Government Hajj Scheme 2020 would be announced by mid December following the approval of the federal cabinet, said official source in the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony
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Mali’s Mansa Musa was the richest man ever
Ask anyone who the world’s all-time richest person is and you’ll probably hear Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Gates or Warren Buffett - but that is of course, wrong. Mansa Musa was an African Muslim king, whose 4,000-mile trip to Mecca accompanied by a caravan of 60,000 people and thousands of servants, went down in history.
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Five Years Hajj Policy Announcement Urged
The new Hajj policy should be announced for five years for providing better facilities, ensuring better arrangements for pilgrims in Makkah and Madina and reducing expenses, President Rafiq-e-Hujjaj Committee, Babu Imran Qureshi said on Monday.
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No measles cases took place during 2019 Hajj
Much to their relief, experts are reporting that no measles cases were reported during and after the 2019 Hajj even though it was a time when the infection was surging globally.
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Filmmaker Spike Lee Opens Up About Filming in Makkah
To create the sequence in which Malcolm, portrayed by actor Denzel Washington, fulfills his life-changing pilgrimage to Hajj, an all-Muslim movie crew was hired and given permission to bring their cameras into the city.
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Etihad first foreign airline to operate flights to Jeddah's new terminal
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, has received a special reception - welcomed by a traditional water cannon salute - at Jeddah's new Terminal 1. The inaugural flight was operated on Etihad's Dreamliner with the distinctive Kingdom of Saudi Arabia livery.
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Number of Hajj agencies set to be winnowed down
The government has taken various steps, including enacting a new law and reducing the number of Hajj agencies by cancelling their licences, to regularise Hajj and Umrah arrangements for pilgrims and to weed out unscrupulous agency owners.
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Taj, Jaiz, NAHCON Explore Hajj Savings Scheme
Interest in the promotion of Hajj Savings Scheme in Nigeria has continued to gather pace as two Islamic non-interest banking institutions, Taj Bank and Jaiz Bank have met the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on its feasibility.
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1.1 million pilgrims have arrived in Kingdom since start of Umrah season
The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has announced that 1,339,376 Umrah visas have been issued so far for Hijri year 1441, which started on August 31, 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. The number of pilgrims coming to Saudi Arabia has reached 1,133,365 with 297,491 pilgrims currently in the Kingdom and 835,874 pilgrims having left.
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Hajj Corporation sets quota for terminally sick pilgrims
Maldives Hajj Corporation decided to allocate five percent of their quota for terminally ill
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Maleesha owner sentenced to eight years over Hajj fraud
Maleesha took more than MVR8 million (US$518,800) and failed to reimburse customers who were not taken to perform the Hajj, according to the verdict. The company’s disgraced owner was found guilty based on documentary evidence and witness testimony.
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Makkah has largest number of hotels in the Arab World
With about 1,100 hotels hosting millions of occupants every year, Makkah has become the number one city in the Arab World in the number of hotels surpassing Dubai which has for many years topped all the Arab cities in the number of hotels, according to Makkah daily on Saturday.
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