OGPA opens Travel Agencies’ application for 2019 Hajj
Office of The Gambia Pilgrim Affairs (OGPA) says it is inviting all interested travel agencies that would like to take part in 2019 Hajj operation to send their applications to the Office.
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Jabal Omar Address Makkah opens sale of hotel units
Saudi real estate developer Jabal Omar Development Company has launched the sale of luxury hotel units in Jabal Omar Address Makkah, as part of its ongoing marketing campaigns across Saudi Arabia. In a three-day exhibition in Alkhobar, the company offered customers and visitors promotions and soft-selling programs for the 741 units of Jabal Omar Address Makkah, diversified
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In a first: Haj and Umrah aspirants can get visa in Srinagar
In a first, Srinagar based travel agency -Raj Baba tour and travels has been authorized to issue visa for Hajj and Umrah aspirants of the Valley. This is the first time that any travel agency has been granted the permission to issue visa else the aspirants had to apply for Visa in New Delhi.
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Indian residents detained by Saudi police for taking pictures with tri-colour in Mecca
An Indian national and his son were detained by the Saudi Arabia police for posing and taking pictures with the Indian flag inside the Haram in Mecca.
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Hajj Corporation says all monies collected from pilgrims are safe, refutes transition committee's claims of mismanagement
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Making peace with death
I have found myself contemplating death ever since I returned from Hajj a few months ago. People perform Hajj to fulfill a religious obligation to God, to renew their faith in God, and to experience a sense of community with Muslims from around the world. In this sense, Hajj is life-affirming, yet my time in God’s House has brought death to the forefront of my mind.
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Qatar’s Haj operators suffered over QR30m losses in 2017
Haj tour operators working in Qatar faced losses amounting to over QR30m during the 2017 season of Haj due to siege, said Yousef Ahmed Al Kuwari, spokesman for the Haj and Umrah agencies of Qatar.
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Govt seeks nominations for new Hajj DG
Official will be responsible to formulate Hajj plan and resolve problems of pilgrims
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Indian mission begins Haj preparations 3 months earlier
Sheikh said there would be special new baggage tags for the pilgrims after their arrival in the Kingdom. “There will be different colored tags for different states and so it will be very easier to identify them apart from mitigating chances for losing baggage,” he said, while unveiling plans to introduce new device for locating maktabs in Mina in addition to including more features in the mobile App.
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Saudi envoy denies ban on Palestinians from Hajj
Reports by UK, Israel are ‘illogical’, says Saudi ambassador to Indonesia
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Khashoggi's death is just one reason to boycott hajj. Every Muslim has reasons not to.
Aymann Ismail, writing in the online magazine Slate, had a point when he recently wondered why “more Muslims don’t question the powers that control our most sacred site — and how the Saudis have already twisted it to their own political and financial ends.”
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Indian boy, 4, returning from Umrah dies on flight
A four-year-old Indian boy died on a flight on Monday on his way back from Saudi Arabia after performing Umrah with his family.
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