About 800 prospective pilgrims gathered at the Athlone Civic Centre on Saturday morning for the South African Haj and Umrah Council’s (Sahuc) annual road show, eager for better insight into the logistics and processes involved in the annual haj journey. In a programme that spanned several hours from 9am onwards, a[…]
Cape Town International airport was packed to the rafters on Wednesday night as the first groups of Cape hujjaj arrived home from the journey of a lifetime. From 8pm, family and friends started arriving, waiting anxiously for the news hajjis to walk through the electric doors at the domestic arrivals[…]
20 hujaaj set to depart for the Saudi Kingdom next week may be left behind as a result of Ministry of Hajj regulations on travel operators. Although he did not reveal the name of the travel operator involved, South African Hajj and Umrah Council President Shaheen Essop says due to[…]
Local haj advocacy group Hajj Watch has called on the community to attend a public meeting aimed at educating hujjaj and mu’tamireen about their rights in the haj and umrah industry. The meeting will be held on Friday 7 February at the Taronga Road masjid in Rondebosch East at 8pm.[…]
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