Authorities have allowed construction giant Binladin Group to tender for public building projects in the Kingdom again, Al-Watan reported, just days after the firm reportedly laid off 77,000 workers. Al-Watan reported on Thursday that a royal decree passed this week granting tender permission could aid the group, which has faced[…]
The South African Haj and Umrah Council (SAHUC) held its annual roadshow at the Athlone Civic Centre on Saturday, which saw thousands of hopeful hujaaj in attendance. The event aims to educate and inform potential hujaaj of the do’s and don’ts and what they can expect when on haj. The[…]
The South African Haj and Umrah Council’s (Sahuc) national roadshow will kick off in April. The programme will include: haj accreditation process, religious aspects of haj; haj logistical issues, medical issues and the haj packages displayed by haj operators. Diarise the dates: Gauteng: Date: Sat 2 April Venue: Image Lifestyle centre,[…]
The fourth stage of the Haj Transportation Project, which is expected to be completed soon, will reduce the travel time between Arafat and Muzdalifah to about 45 minutes, as compared to up to eight hours in the past. Implementation of this phase includes preparing routes allocated for movement and transport of[…]
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani used a major United Nations speech on Saturday to demand an investigation into a crush that killed more than 700 people at the annual haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. The fact that Rouhani used a U.N. summit meeting on global development goals to reiterate Iran’s outrage[…]
Pilgrims streamed out of Mina after performing the ritual stoning of the devil for one last time on Saturday. There was no respite from the hot weather and the mercury hovered around 45 degrees Celsius in the afternoon. The pilgrims had poured into the Jamrat Complex since morning to perform the mandatory[…]
Saudi Arabia deployed large numbers of special forces on Saturday on the last day of Haj. Dozens of “special emergency force” troops were seen on one level of the Jamarat Bridge, a five-storey structure in Mina where pilgrims ritually stone the devil. Many more special troops patrolled the network of[…]
With Haj 1436 concluded, South Africa can expect the first group of hujjaj to arrive in the country on Monday morning and the larger groups later next week, according to the South African Haj and Umrah Council (Sahuc). 350 pilgrims will arrive on Monday, including groups from Al Anwar Haj[…]
Saudi Arabia’s top religious leader has said that the Hajj stampede which killed 717 pilgrims was beyond human control, official media reported on the final day of this year’s pilgrimage. The stampede was the worst disaster in a quarter-century to strike the annual event and drew fierce criticism of the[…]
The South African Hajj and Umrah Council (Sahuc) has issued its condolences to the families of more than 700 Muslims killed during a stampede in Mina on Thursday, on the third day of the annual hajj pilgrimage. At least 719 are said to have lost their lives and a further[…]
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