GDN Online – Jabal Omar Development Company, the largest listed real estate group in Saudi Arabia by market capitalisation, said it has signed a deal with Saudi Ground Services Company (SGS) to conduct a joint study on the possibility of building a passenger terminal in Makkah.
SGS’ long experience in serving pilgrims makes them the right partner for this project,” stated...
PM News – India on Tuesday announced a reduction in airfare for minority Muslims who wish to go on Hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.
“The decision is in line with our empowerment without appeasement policy,” Indian Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Naqvi told newsmen.
The reduction in airfare will be available to Muslim pilgrims taking airlines like national carrier Air India, Saudi...
Egypt Today – Dr. Rania Al-Mushat, Minister of Tourism, adopted the regulations governing Umrah trips for the year 1439H, which was submitted by the Higher Committee for Hajj and Umrah. According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Tourism, the controls included extending the Umrah season to 4 months, namely Jumada al-Thani, Rajab, Shaaban and Ramadan, and setting the maximum...
Saudi Gazette – The Ministry of Haj and Umrah has developed a new app, considered the first of its kind, to provide automatic replies to the queries of Haj and Umrah pilgrims through social networking sites.
The app was unveiled at the 32nd Janadriya National Heritage and Culture Festival. The ministry will launch the app next year.
The app operates through a chatbot program, which...
Masrawy – The Supreme Committee for Umrah and Hajj announced the start of Umrah trips from March 4. The number of Umrah pilgrims for the 1439 Hijri season is limited to 500 thousand applicants. (20% during the month of Ramadan.)
The meeting of the Supreme Committee took place on Thursday. Mohammed Shaalan, First Undersecretary of the Ministry of Tourism and Head of the Sector of...
Riyadh Daily – Saudi Ambassador to Egypt Affirms that the Kingdom is not involved in Fake Campaigns Calling for Winning Free Hajj or Umrah Tours. Ahmad bin Abdulaziz Qattan, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to
Egypt and his country’s Permanent Representative to the Arab League, today refuted as “untrue” messages circulating in fake websites and ...
Rudaw – ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — In recent years, the Kurdistan Region’s international airports flew people to directly Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah, but no one has gone since the September 29 flight ban.
“No one from the Kurdistan Region has made the Umrah journey yet, whereas the Umrah season started a few months ago. And this is because of the ban on international flights at the...
Sabq Online Newspaper – The kingdom’s National Committee for Haj and Umrah has approved new 23 Umrah Operators. The license granted to these new 23 companies qualifies them to work in the profession of caring for Umrah and Hajj pilgrims.
The deputy chairman of the Chamber of Trade Commission in Makkah invited Marwan Abbas Shaaban, head of the kingdom’s National Committee for...
More pilgrims continue to fall prey to Umrah scams in Indonesia and Malaysia. In Malaysia, according to Malaysian Digest, twenty-five prospective umrah pilgrims incurred losses of about RM178,600 after they were allegedly deceived by an ‘ustazah’ who claimed to be a representative of an umrah operator in Kuala Lumpur.
Consumers Association of Kedah (CAKE) secretary Mohamad Yusrizal...
NewKerala – “For the first time since independence, the restriction on women above 45 years of age to perform Hajj pilgrimage unaccompanied by their male relatives has been removed. This year, more than 1,300 women are going on Haj pilgrimage without Mehram,” Kovind said while addressing a joint sitting of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, at the commencement of the Budget...