Hajj and Umrah News - South Africa

8 Jul 2021

Health escort for every 20 pilgrims in Hajj 2021

Saudi Arabia will designate a health escort for every 20 pilgrims in the annual Hajj season due later this month, according to a Saudi official, as the kingdom has ramped up efforts for organising the Muslim pilgrimage curtailed due to COVID-19.

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8 Jul 2021

52 illegal pilgrims arrested

Brig. Gen. Sami Al-Shuwairekh, the spokesman of the Hajj Security Forces Command, said that 52 pilgrims were caught while trying to enter Makkah without a Hajj permit.

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