23 Sep 2018
Under new arrangements, the Umrah pilgrims are allowed to visit various parts of the Kingdom and not to confine their stay to Makkah and Madinah only.
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20 Sep 2018
He said that the sprawling Jeddah railway station, spreading over a total area of 766,000 square meters, has the capacity to hold 25,000 passengers in an hour. The Makkah Rusaifah station, located 4 km from the Grand Mosque, has 503,000 square meters of area with a capacity to accommodate 20,000 passengers per hour while the Madinah station, which is 9 km from the Prophet’s Mosque, has the capacity for 4,000 passengers on a total area of 268,000 square meters. There has been tremendous response for renting commercial spots at the Haramain railway stations.
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20 Sep 2018
JEDDAH: The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah recently organized a workshop for the development of the administrative and operating systems for supervisors and public operators of pilgrims’ transportation. The workshop, which was held at the Hilton Hotel in Jeddah, was under the patronage of the Minister of Hajj and Umrah Dr. Mohammad Saleh bin Taher Benten and was inaugurated by his
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20 Sep 2018
The writer and his companions experienced racism at the hands of fellow Africans
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20 Sep 2018
Increasing costs make the haj expensive for many people who often save for years to be able to fulfil this religious obligation. In countries where there are no, or inaccessible, haj savings schemes or Shariah-compliant financial institutions, a lot of Muslims often save money in an unsystematic and unproductive manner, such as stashing cash under the bed, in a pot or in a bank locker, which means a huge amount of money remains stagnant without generating economic activity.
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