14 Jul 2020
Bangladeshi travel agents, Hajj and Umrah operators have lost about Tk300 crore in business opportunities as the Saudi Arabian government has barred non-resident foreign citizens from the pilgrimages this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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13 Jul 2020
The Islamic organizations in East Jerusalem today rejected an Israeli court ruling to close Bab al-Rahma prayer area inside Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s old city, stressing that everything within the walled holy compound is purely Islamic and Israel has no rights or authority over it.
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13 Jul 2020
Koran tutor Muhammad Asim should have been packing to leave his Karachi home for Mecca next week to perform one of the most sacred, once-in-a-lifetime obligations for Muslims, the Haj pilgrimage. But that was before COVID-19 hit.
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12 Jul 2020
Fines amounting to SR10,000 will be slapped on those who enter the holy sites of Mina, Muzdalifah and Arafat without a Hajj permit, Okaz/Saudi Gazette has learned from well-informed sources.
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12 Jul 2020
Reacting to a video clip that recently went viral showing an unidentified person claiming that the Saudi authorities are planning to impose a toll on users of a highway linking Makkah and Jeddah, the ministry official on Sunday denied claims that toll gates will be set up on some roads.
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