New Delhi: The airfares for the Haj pilgrims this year have been slashed and a Saudi airline has been roped in to carry passengers, besides Air India, at the instance of the government — a move that would offset the impact of withdrawal of Haj subsidy, Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar[Read More…]
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Mixed response among UP’s Muslim leaders on Haj subsidy revocation
Lucknow: The decision of the union government to scrap Haj subsidy and divert it to the welfare of Muslim women and education of girls has evoked a mixed response from Muslim leaders and clerics in Uttar Pradesh. While most of them have welcomed the move as “long-awaited”, some say that the[Read More…]