20 Dec 2019
Politicians and business men engage in corruption and bribery with offer of Hajj and Ummrah to people in exchange for contracts or speed up payments, a chieftain of Amnesty International, Akhbar Satar, has said. Satar who doubles as President, Malaysian Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, noted that Malay-Muslims and others are engaging in the act, which he considered bribery.
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19 Dec 2019
Both Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia have taken steps to ease systems so that Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrims can perform their pilgrimage next year without any hassles. The Saudi government has increased the quota for Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrims by 10,000.
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19 Dec 2019
An ambitious development scheme to improve quality of life for residents and visitors in Makkah is helping establish the holy city as a global cultural landmark, a project leader has revealed. Ongoing works to meet the service requirements of pilgrims and citizens, particularly in the area surrounding the Grand Mosque, have been taking place for more than five decades.
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19 Dec 2019
Deputy Minister of Hajj and Umrah Abdulfattah bin Sulaiman Mashat has welcomed the Ivory Coast’s General Director of Religious Rites Pampa Masamba, his Malian counterpart Ibrahim Jabbie, and other accompanying delegations at his office in Makkah. Many issues of common concern in the field of pilgrims’ affairs were discussed during the meeting.
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19 Dec 2019
Olawale Ajimotokan in Abuja National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has announced that the outbound flight of Nigerian pilgrims for the 2020 hajj exercise would commence on June 22, 2020.
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