The South African Haj and Umrah Council’s (Sahuc) haj complaints process has yielded just three complaints from hujaaj, the country’s regulator has revealed. Each year Sahuc launches a special process in which pilgrims who have embarked on the annual pilgrimage are afforded the opportunity to air their grievances and concerns[…]
Over the next two weeks South African hujjaj will have the opportunity to submit any complaints held from this year’s pilgrimage to the South African Haj and Umrah Council (Sahuc), be it directed at the local hajj authority or any of the 16 hajj tour groups that operated this year.[…]
AP said on Monday that at least 2,110 people died in the tragedy at the annual Hajj pilgrimage – far more than the official Saudi death toll of 769. The new figure comes from media reports and statements from 30 countries who lost citizens, AP said. The crush was the[…]
Saudi Arabia’s king has rejected suggestions his country should give up its role as organiser of the Hajj pilgrimage, following last month’s deadly stampede. King Salman said he would not allow any “hidden hands” to politicise the tragedy and divide Muslims. An Iranian cleric had called for the Hajj to[…]
A fresh tally of casualties killed in a stampede near Mecca last month has raised the death toll to 1,453, making this year’s incident the deadliest recorded during the hajj. The figure, compiled by the Associated Press, was gathered from officials and statements by 19 countries whose citizens were declared[…]
The number of pilgrims killed in the Saudi hajj disaster near the holy city of Mecca rose on Monday to over 1,100 dead, according to an Associated Press count. Saudi officials have said their official figure of 769 killed and 934 injured in Mina remains accurate, though an investigation into[…]
The South African Hajj and Umrah Council (SAHUC) has stated that the return of 20% of SA’s annual hajj quota has not been confirmed by the Saudi Hajj Ministry, as previously suggested. VOC has been inundated with calls from the community after word of a possible increase of between five[…]
As curtains came down on this year’s Haj pilgrimage, more than 160,000 tents in Mina have been dismantled. These tents housed close to two million pilgrims for about 144 hours. With tears in eyes at leaving the city of tents, about 500,000 pilgrims departed Mina for Makkah on Sunday, the[…]
King Mansa Musa is famous for his Hajj journey, during which he stopped off in Egypt and gave out so much gold that the Egyptian economy was ruined for years to come. Mansa Musa was the great-great-grandson of Sunjata, who was the founder of the empire of Mali. His 25-year[…]
The first group of South African hujaaj have arrived back in the country in high spirits, according to the president of the South African Hajj and Umrah Council (Sahuc), Shaheen Essop. Pilgrims have begun swarming back into the country after completing their five-day pilgrimage in the Saudi Kingdom, one of[…]
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