Hajj and Umrah News - South Africa

15 Jan 2019

Umrah ship carrying 317 Egyptians arrives in Yanbu

Meanwhile, Minister of Haj and Umrah Dr. Mohammed Benten received separately in Makkah on Monday Ahmed Hamza Al-Mahdi, chairman of Libyan Pilgrims Committee and a member of the presidential council, and Sri Lankan Minister of Posts, Postal Services and Muslim Religious Affairs Mohamed Hashim Abdul Haleem.

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15 Jan 2019

Umrah pilgrims unable to board PIA flight

Eighty pilgrims were stopped from boarding a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight for Umrah because their seats had not been confirmed, but half of them were allowed to travel after their travel agent paid for their tickets.

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14 Jan 2019

Palestinians, Israeli police scuffle at Jerusalem holy site

JERUSALEM: Scuffles broke out at the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem’s Old City on Monday after guards at the mosque refused to allow an Israeli policeman to enter for a routine security check because he was wearing a Jewish skullcap known as a kippah. Firas Dibs, a spokesman for the Islamic authority that oversees the site, says dozens of worshippers scuffled with police after

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