The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has invited all aggrieved Private Tour Operators (PTOs) who were not selected for the 2025 Hajj exercise to submit their complaints. According to a statement by its Assistant Director of Information and Publications, Fatima Usara, on Wednesday, the commission said it is now accepting formal grievances against any … Read more
New Delhi: For Hajj 2025, the quota of Hajj pilgrims earmarked for Hajj Group Organisers (HGOs) is 52,507, the Parliament was informed on Monday. The quota of India for Hajj 2025 is fixed by Saudi Arabia at 1,75,025 pilgrims, which has been distributed between Hajj Committee of India (HCoI) and HGOs. Minority Affairs Minister Kiren … Read more
Hyderabad: The Hajj Committee of India has extended the deadline for the first installment payment for Hajj pilgrims to Thursday, October 31, following a successful appeal by the Telangana State Hajj Committee. Initially, pilgrims were required to deposit Rs.1,30,300 by October 21. Pilgrims are encouraged to utilize this extension to complete their payments on time. … Read more
The tents accommodating Nigerian pilgrims in Muna, Saudi Arabia, are set to undergo a major expansion and renovation. The service provider, Ithraa Alkhair Group, has announced a substantial investment of $200 million to enhance the facilities and provide a more comfortable experience for pilgrims. Chairman of the group, Ahmed Sindi, said at an event hosted … Read more
Dakar, Senegal — Senegal said Monday it had implemented voluntary COVID-19 screening tests and reimposed the wearing of masks at Dakar’s international airport for returning pilgrims fearing the virus was linked to the deaths of some Mecca pilgrims. Dakar suspects that a number of the some 1,300 deaths — according to a Saudi tally — … Read more
Governor Umar Bago of Niger State has declared his intention to lead the effort to abolish the National Hajj Commission (NAHCON), a federal government agency responsible for the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. Mr Bago made this declaration during an interview with journalists in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. In a video posted on social media, … Read more
Cairo — More than 1,000 people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced extreme high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom, officials said Sunday. More than half of the fatalities were people from Egypt, according to two officials in Cairo. Egypt revoked the licenses of 16 … Read more
Hundreds of pilgrims died during this year’s Hajj, the five-day Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, local officials revealed on Wednesday. More than 1.83 million Muslims from 22 countries participated in the pilgrimage this year, according to Saudi Arabia’s Hajj authority. The pilgrimage is a mandatory religious duty for all financially and physically … Read more
Fourteen Jordanians have been reported dead during the annual Muslim Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, some of them due to heat stroke, while 17 others were reported missing, the Jordanian foreign ministry said in a statement on Sunday. At least of six of the fatalities were heat related, the ministry said on Saturday, with … Read more
Throngs of tightly packed pilgrims on the annual Hajj pilgrimage struggled as temperatures hit 51.8 degrees Celsius (125.2 Fahrenheit) in the shade of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi state TV said, with the searing heat claiming lives. Twenty-three Tunisian citizens died while on Hajj, Tunisian state news agency Agence Tunis-Afrique-Presse said on Tuesday. … Read more
