![]() ![]() RIYADH: The Governor of the Riyadh Region, Prince Faisal bin Bandar, on Saturday attended the closing ceremony of the Sixth International Show of Purebred Arabian Horses, held under the patronage of King Salman at the King Abdulaziz Center for Purebred Arabian Horses in the capital. I will pray for the well-being of my family, friends, and countrymen, and also the people of Saudi Arabia who are hosting Muslims from around the world as they fulfill one of the obligations of Islam.” ![]() “I hope everything will be fine after landing in the Kingdom also. All of them are treating us like very distinguished guests,” she said. Saudi immigration officials working here are very cordial and helpful. “At the airport, everything seems very calm and quiet. I hope Allah will grant my prayers on this journey.”įor Rokeya Begum, 53, a pilgrim from the southern Khulna district who was flying with her husband, the journey will also be the first time she travels outside Bangladesh. “After completing pre-immigration, I felt a kind of peace in my soul. Performing all the Hajj rituals requires good health and a sound mind,” he told Arab News, as he waited to board his flight. “This helped me a lot to concentrate on the Hajj rituals. Mahbubul Alam, a 64-year-old pilgrim leaving Dhaka on Saturday, said the immigration process took him only one minute. “We are really grateful to the Kingdom’s authorities for managing these Hajj operations smoothly.” “The Kingdom’s authorities are working round the clock to facilitate processes for the pilgrims. “With the departure of today’s last flight from Dhaka, a total of 122,558 Bangladeshi pilgrims will perform the holy Hajj this year … Everything went fine at our end in terms of Hajj flights, visas, etc.”Īll the pilgrims departing from Dhaka have been assisted by Saudi immigration officials since the beginning of Hajj flights in late May. “The Makkah Route initiative made the pilgrims’ journey very smooth,” Kazi Mohammed Murad Alam, head of IT operations at the Hajj Office in Dhaka, told Arab News. ![]() Upon arrival, pilgrims can enter Saudi Arabia having already gone through visa and customs processes back home.īangladesh is among seven Muslim-majority countries - including Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Morocco, Turkiye and Cote d’Ivoire - where Saudi Arabia opened the program.ĭata from the Saudi General Directorate of Passports shows that over 1.6 million people have already arrived from abroad to perform Hajj rituals next week. Makkah Route allows pilgrims to fulfill all visa, customs and health requirements at the airport of origin, saving long hours of waiting. ![]() Among them, nearly 240,000 traveled under the Makkah Route initiative - a flagship program launched by the Kingdom in 2019. The number of pilgrims is expected to be at least double the number last year, when travel restrictions were still in place in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.ĭata from the Saudi General Directorate of Passports shows that over 1.6 million people have already arrived from abroad to perform Hajj rituals next week. DHAKA: Bangladesh has completed its special Hajj flight operations with the last batch of pilgrims leaving Dhaka on Saturday to join tens of thousands of others who have already arrived in the Kingdom.īangladeshis will be among 2 million Muslims arriving in Makkah and Madinah for the biggest Hajj pilgrimage in years. ![]()
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