3 Jul 2020
95,000 pilgrims from Nigeria will now have to wait till 2021 to perform Hajj as Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has finaly announced no participation in this year’s hajj rites for non-resident foreigners.
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2 Jul 2020
The Indonesian Ministry of Religious Affairs Hajj services directorate announced it is preparing to launch an online Hajj registration system.
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1 Jul 2020
Saudis braced Wednesday for a tripling in value added tax, another unpopular austerity measure after the twin shocks of coronavirus and an oil price slump triggered the kingdom’s worst economic decline in decades.
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1 Jul 2020
Saudi Arabia has suspended Hajj and umrah for everyone but people within the kingdom over coronavirus fears and this, the PIA spokesperson, says has dented the airline’s revenue.
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30 Jun 2020
A massive urban development project, called Masar, has been launched in the Saudi Arabian city of Makkah. The project will see the addition of "tens of thousands" of hotel and residential units in Makkah in later phases.
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