18 Jul 2019
DUBAI: King Salman has invited an Indonesian man, who is reportedly 140 years old, and his family to perform Hajj, the Saudi embassy in Jakarta said on Wednesday. “The Custodian of the Two Holy mosques invites elderly Indonesian man and his family to perform Hajj,” the embassy tweeted.
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17 Jul 2019
DHAKA: Pre-immigration facilities provided by Saudi Arabia for Hajj pilgrims in Bangladesh have helped reduce waiting times by several hours after their arrival at airports in the Kingdom, several of them said on Wednesday. The program is part of Saudi Arabia’s Road to Makkah initiative, whereby pilgrims can complete immigration at airports in their home country instead of
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17 Jul 2019
COLOMBO: Nearly 180 Sri Lankan Hajj pilgrims left for Saudi Arabia on Monday night, but not before thanking the Kingdom for the comprehensive facilities offered to them. Mohamed Hashim Mohamed Haleem, Sri Lanka’s minister of postal services and Muslim religious affairs, said that this year’s issuing of Hajj visas was smooth due to the new e-Hajj services introduced by the
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17 Jul 2019
He reaffirmed that that the Kingdom will not tolerate such conducts that disturb Haj rituals and will take the necessary measures to prevent such acts and apply the relevant laws and regulations.
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17 Jul 2019
Supervisor of the project, Rihaimi Ahmed Rihaimi, said the operations room is provided with high standard equipment for technical, health and administrative monitoring of the project.
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