More than 30 young Saudis are going through their first experience as businessmen by starting their own projects at the Madinah International Date Festival. They will be selling dates in the retail market after purchasing it first from the festival’s wholesale market.
Read more JEDDAH: The number of Umrah visas issued this year has reached 421,411 of which 181,690 pilgrims have arrived in the Kingdom, according to data provided by the Hajj and Umrah Ministry. There are 150,429 pilgrims still in the Kingdom, with 107,024 in Makkah and 43,405 in Madinah. Most pilgrims — 170,279 — came to the Kingdom by air, while 11,411 entered by land. None arrived by
Read more The Lagos State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, has assured intending pilgrims for the 2019 holy pilgrimage of an improved hajj operation.
Read more Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, has said that it is criminal to sponsor people to Hajj and other pilgrimages with government’s funds. He made the assertion at the two-day Northern Nigeria Traditional Leaders Conference on Out-Of-School Children...
Read more For nearly a century, thousands of Muslim pilgrims from around the region would flock to Kampong Glam before they boarded steamships to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia - more than 7,000km away.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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