By BITOON A RANAO It would be the first time since 1798 that the Hajj will not take place at the allotted time.” A senior Saudi official urged Muslims intending to perform the hajj this year to delay making plans as the pilgrimage could be cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic engulfing the world. The… Read More Saudi urges Muslims to postpone the Hajj until COVID-19 is under control
By MASIDING NOOR YAHYA November 8, 2019 Samaon Sami M. Buat, division chief of NCMF Davao regional office cultural affairs office. (MNY) DAVAO CITY: The National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) has enjoined all accredited sheiks in the country who want to participate in next year Hajj (Pilgrimage) to Saudi Arabia to apply or re-apply… Read More NCMF urges sheiks to seek accreditation earlier for 2020 Hajj
MARAWI CITY: Intending pilgrims from the province of Lanao del Sur will no longer have to go to the regional offices of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in Cotabato or in Cagayan de Oro to secure Hajj passports to go for a pilgrimage to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. They can now apply for… Read More DFA to issue Hajj passports in Marawi to residents joining 2019 Hajj
By ASA T. MADALE February 15, 2019 MARAWI CITY: The Hajj, or the annual Muslims’ Pilgrimage to Mecca, is now made more affordable for Filipinos, through initiatives of President Rodrigo Duterte, Malacanang said. With an additional new airline plying the Philippine-Mecca route, according to Chief Presidential Legal Counsel and Presidential Spokesperson Salvador S. Panelo, airfare… Read More Hajj now more affordable for Muslim Filipinos
NCMF Secretary Saidamen Pangarungan, left, visits recently the Minister of hajj of Saudi Arabia. (NCMF photo) DAVAO CITY – After several years of not leading the Philippine Hajj delegation, the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) had regained the task. On January 9, President Duterte appointed NCMF Secretary Saidamen Pangarungan the Amirul Hajj, or head of… Read More Pangarungan is 2019 Amir-ul-Hajj
MASIDING NOOR YAHYAJanuary 6, 2018 National Commission on Muslim Filipinos Secretary Saidamen B. Pangarungan (left) meets with Saudi Minister for Hajj and Umrah H.E. Mohammad Benten in the Minister’s office in Saudi Arabia to discuss the preparation of Filipino pilgrimage to Makka, Saudi Arabia . (NCMF Photo) Muslim Filipinos will have a better experience this year… Read More Muslim Filipinos to experience better Hajj this year: NCMF
Iran’s Hajj chief Saeed Ohadi “The dispatch of Iranian pilgrims to [this year’s] Hajj depends on the Saudi side accepting Iran’s rational conditions and providing security for Iranian pilgrims,” Saeed Ohadi said in a telephone interview with IRIB on Thursday. The official made the remarks as an Iranian delegation is in Saudi Arabia at the… Read More Saudi must ensure security or no Iran pilgrims: Hajj official
An Iranian cleric says the main culprits of the September 24 tragedy in Mina, Saudi Arabia, must face justice for the human crush that killed hundreds of pilgrims during the Hajj rituals.“The management of Hajj should undoubtedly change,” said Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Movahedi Kermani in an address to worshippers at weekly Friday Prayers in the… Read More Mina human crush culprits must face justice: Iran cleric
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