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Indonesian Religious Affairs Minister, Maftuh Basyuni, came to Jeddah on Monday evening as the leader of the Indonesian Hajj pilgrimage this year. He is making this trip with a number of people from the Religious Affairs Ministry and members of the Regional Representatives Council. Indonesia is known to have one of the largest Muslim populations [...]
The Hamas authorities in control of the Gaza Strip have threatened to prevent Muslim pilgrims leaving Gaza to attend the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, unless a dispute over visas is resolved. According to the BBC, Egypt has said it will only allow pilgrims to enter its territory from Gaza, if their Saudi visa applications [...]
Hamas has blocked thousands of Pilgrims from making the trip to Mecca “in the latest twist of the territory’s internal political divisions.”
Pilgrims were turned back from the Rafah border by Hamas forces, and some even claimed they were beaten in their attempts to make the Hajj. Egyptian officials have reported that the border has been [...]
This Day, an African Online News Source reported that the first 500 of Nigerian pilgrims arrived at the Jeddah International Airport on Thursday. The pilgrims were received by Alhaj Liad Tella of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria.
About 95,000 pilgrims are expected to participate in this year’s Hajj from Nigeria alone. For Saudi Arabia, this [...]
