19th September, 2011 London: The Council of British Hajjis (CBH) has launched a national campiagn for pilgrims to the Hajj through it’s health and safety programmes and are advising pilgrims to protect themselves from various communcable and infectious diseases. In line with the Saudi Arabian’s Ministry of Health’s requirement that
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London Hajj Vaccination Clinic – 17th Sept 2011
Update: 16/9/11 The london Clinic at the LMC 17/9/11 is all booked. Any spare vaccinations will be offered after 4pm at the LMC. If you have not pre-registered or received a booking number, you will need to come to the clinic. Those who have paid will have received a confrimation
Yorkshire Hajj Vaccination Clinic – 9th September 2011 – UPDATE
Update: Friday 9th September, 2011 By the grace of Almighty we have been oversubscribed for the Hajj clinic tonight. Regretfully any bookings made since Tuesday 6th Sept have been put on a waiting list and you will have been notified of this. However, if you would like the ACWY immunisation
‘Pilgrimage to Mecca’: The first British Muslim woman on record to have visited the Holy Cities of Madinah and Makkah
For Lady Evelyn, things were completely different. In fact, she didn’t even remember the exact time when she decided to become a Muslim. “It seems that I have always been a Muslim. This is not so strange when one remembers that Islam is the natural religion that a child left
Haj and Umrah force tasked with Makkah crowd control
MAKKAH: All arrangements to ensure the security and safety of Umrah pilgrims and visitors to the Grand Mosque are in place, according to Brig. Gen. Ali Al-Ghamdi, commander of the Special Haj and Umrah Security Forces. “The main task of the force is to maintain security of the central area
Prince Naif reviews Umrah and Hajj preparations
Prince Naif has said that the numbers of Umrah performers this year exceed 4 million so far, expecting the numbers to increase in the coming days of the blessed month of Ramadan and after it, pointing out that all matters are going ahead well; security is stable and well-established; and
Authorities keen to preserve precious Madinah dates
Millions of Haj and Umrah pilgrims as well as visitors from all over the world flock to Madinah, Islam’s second holiest city, to realize their life-long wish of visiting the grave of the Prophet (peace be upon him) and offer prayers at Rawda Sharif. Almost all of them return from
Tired officials, language barrier, impatience ‘land’ Umrah pilgrims in chaos
JEDDAH: As Ramadan is around the corner, Umrah pilgrims in large numbers are arriving in the Kingdom. Although local authorities strive to ease their holy mission, many of the pilgrims face issues like poor hotel accommodation, language barriers, sickness — to name a few. However, an issue that almost all
King Abdul Aziz Library, the British Museum and the Hajj Exhibition
With the presence of Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf bin Abdulaziz, the Saudi ambassador to the United Kingdom, King Abdulaziz Library and British Museum today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to mark the disclosure of the details of Hajj exhibition titled ‘the trip to the heart of Islamic world’. the General
British Museum to stage Hajj exhibition
The world’s largest exhibition on the Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca, is to be staged at the British Museum, it has announced. Manuscripts, diaries, historic photographs and contemporary art will be displayed to mark the annual ritual, undertaken by Muslims across the world. The museum’s director, Neil MacGregor, said the