CBHUK announces official partnership with the World Hajj & Umrah Convention 2013. Recognising the value of the convention, operations director Mr Yasin Ahmed said: “The World Hajj & Umrah Convention is a great opportunity to network and showcase our ground breaking work in delivering accessible travel vaccinations to the British public.
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Holiday scams leave British travellers £1.5m out of pocket
Rising problem of online fraud sees thousands of tourists paying for fake hotels, flights and trips Thousands of British travellers are being swindled out of millions of pounds each year through scams involving flights, accommodation and religious pilgrimages. The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) has identified 1,000 separate holiday scams
Hajj Dates 2013
Key Hajj Dates: 1st Day of Hajj – 8th Dhul Hijjah – 13th October, 2013 Arafat Day – 9th Dhul Hijjah – 14th October, 2013 Eid Ul Adha – 10th Dhul Hijjah – 15th October, 2013 First day of arrival in the Kingdom for pilgrims is 1st of Dhu al-Qidah 1434 H –
Hajj Fraud Questionnaire 2013
City of London Police are seeking feedback on Hajj Fraud. If you think you have been affected please complete the Questionnaire below. Hajj Fraud is money obtained be deciet with no intention of fulfilling the clients paid product or services. Fraud is not an attribute of a Muslim. the
National Hajj & Umrah Vaccination & Travel Advice Clinics 2013 – COMPLETED!
FOR A LIST OF CLINICS & SEMINARS IN 2014 CLICK HERE. Dates for our National Hajj & Umrah Vaccination & Travel Advice Clinics 2013 have been released below: Our clinics are located at easy to reach venues. To book please select a location closest to you and fill in the
Ottoman portico surrounding Kaaba to be protected
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz has ordered the preservation of the Ottoman portico within the Masjid al-Haram (Grand Mosque) in Mecca during a project to expand the prayer area in the mosque, a Turkish daily reported on Sunday. The project will increase the size of the mosque to
Masjid Al Haram – Mataf Expansion Project
The proposition of a project to increase the capacity of the mataf was shown to King Abdullah in Ramadhan 1432 Hijri who directed to start implementing it. -King Abdullah assigned the Ministry of Higher Education, General Authority of Masjid al Haram and Masjid al Nabawi and Saudi Bin Laden Group
Mataf expansion to double current capacity
A vast expansion project for the mataf, (the circumambulation space around the Kaaba), is currently under way. The new mataf when completed, after three years, will accommodate 130,000 pilgrims in an hour, while the current mataf capacity withstands 52,000 pilgrims. The Grand Mosque’s Imam and Khatib, Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais,