17 Jan 2019
Malaysia’s anti-graft agency said Tuesday it had arrested the former chairman of a state fund whose mission is to help Muslims save for their pilgrimage to Mecca following an investigation into alleged money laundering.
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16 Jan 2019
Al Tamimi also discussed the Kingdom’s interest in the Muslim population around the world and the effort put in facilitating the performance of Haj and Umrah. He cited the data that showed pilgrims arriving from outside the Kingdom making up to 94% of all pilgrims, and Umrah takers which amounted to 10.3 million in 2017. Moreover, according to the Kingdom’s Vision 2030, that number would increase to 30 million per year.
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16 Jan 2019
The Federal National Council has urged officials to request a larger quota for Emiratis to perform Hajj. Each year, Hajj officials in Saudi Arabia allow each country a certain number of pilgrims. In 2018, the UAE was allowed to send 6,228 pilgrims, and in 2017 they were allowed 4,631.
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15 Jan 2019
Jabal Omar Development Company (JODC), one of the biggest real estate developers in the Kingdom, and the Saudi stock exchange (Tadawul) recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the British company Northacre, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Financial Group. The MoU was signed by the CEO of JODC Yasser bin Faisal Al-Sharif and CEO of Northacre Nicolo Barateeri. This
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15 Jan 2019
According to the authority, the demolition work will continue for 15 days and all gates of the external courtyard from exit No. 8 to exit No. 15 will remain closed during the period.
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