27 Feb 2020
A Bangladeshi aspirant pilgrim will have to spend a minimum of Tk 3,61,800 to perform hajj this year under private management, around Tk 17,000 more than the previous year.
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27 Feb 2020
For years, Ibrahim al-Dabba has been saving up money to make the umrah pilgrimage to Islam's holiest sites in Saudi Arabia, which for many Palestinians is the only way to leave the impoverished and isolated Gaza Strip.
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27 Feb 2020
Turkey has suspended new registrations for Umrah after Saudi Arabia temporarily suspended entry into the country amid the coronavirus outbreak.
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27 Feb 2020
Indonesia’s umrah travel agents are scrambling to reschedule plans in order to minimise losses following Saudi Arabia’s temporary suspension of entry into the Kingdom for umrah pilgrims, announced this morning.
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27 Feb 2020
Indonesian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Agus Maftuf Abegebriel is currently in the process of lobbying the Middle Eastern country to exclude visa-holding Indonesians from the temporary ban on all umrah (minor haj) pilgrims imposed by the kingdom amid coronavirus concerns.
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