Work is completed on world's highest suspended prayer area
The Jabal Omar Development Company has completed installing the world's highest suspended prayer area between its 161 meters high twin towers overlooking overlooking the Holy Kaaba.
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Shuja Shafi – the 75 years old Hyderabadi physician who uses IoT, biometrics to save lives at Hajj
Dr. Shafi’s non-profit organization MGHN recently collaborated with the Telangana Hajj committee on a pilot project that involved accumulation of Medical history of every Hajj pilgrim from Hyderabad. The project is a first of its kind initiative in India, the purpose of this endeavor is to provide medical aid to pilgrims who fall sick during their stay in Saudi Arabia.
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Travel advisory – New Heights Travel
The South African Hajj and Umrah Council (SAHUC) has received a number of Umrah complaints against the aforementioned company. Mu'tamireen have booked and paid for their proposed Umrah trip which did not materialise.
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NAHCON begins license pre-qualification for service providers
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), has, for the First time, Inaugurated Hajj Committee to Pre-qualify Licensing of Service Providers well ahead of time as a way of fast tracking 2020 Hajj Operation.
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Training system for Hajjaj to be improved to paint better image of country abroad
Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony, Noorul Haq Qadri Thursday said Hujjaj are ambassadors of Pakistan and the government will improve training system to paint better image of the country in the world.
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Hajj Board Applauds Gov’t of Ghana
In order to make 2020 Hajj pilgrimage flexible for Ghanaian Muslims, the government has announced its decision to absorb all increment in spite of a decision by Saudi authorities to increase visa charges for the 2020 pilgrimage by some $80.
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Hyatt to open four hotels in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Oman by 2023
The first Hyatt Centric-branded hotel in Saudi Arabia, Jabal Omar Hyatt Centric Makkah Hotel and Residences will be close to the Grand Mosque of Makkah. Set to open in 2023, the hotel will feature 196 guestrooms and suites, as well as 200 residences.
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Govt to improve facilities in coming hajj operation
Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Peer Noor-ul-Haq Qadri said the government is committed to improve Hajj facilities in the coming hajj operation.
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Laying the ghost of 1979 to rest
In an interview conducted last year, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said that before the Iranian Revolution and the siege of Makkah rocked the Muslim world, “we were just normal people developing like any other country in the world until the events of 1979.”
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How the 1979 siege of Makkah unfolded
Throughout October 1979, close to a million Muslims from around the world had flooded into Makkah for Hajj, the pilgrimage to the spiritual heart of Islam that every physically and financially able believer is obliged to complete at least once in their lifetime.
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UAE Issues Stamp Depicting Jerusalem as Palestinian Capital
Emirates Post issued a commemorative stamp in support of Palestine featuring the Dome of the Rock, and stresses that Jerusalem al-Quds is the capital of Palestine.
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Andhra govt extends financial assistance to pilgrims
The Andhra Pradesh government issued a financial order for extending financial assistance to Haj pilgrims for expenses other than travel expenditure.
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