Saudi Arabia will introduce free sleeping pods during this year’s Haj starting on Sunday. Between 18 and 24 modern hotel capsules will be offered to pilgrims to nap in for free in the coming six days, said the Haji and Mu’tamer’s Gift Charitable Association. These free nap pods — each[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…]
E Ahamed, the skilled diplomat who played pivotal role in India’s relation with Middle East
E Ahamed, Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) president and former Union minister who died at RML hospital in Delhi early Wednesday was a political stalwart and a skilled diplomat who played pivotal role in India’s diplomatic relation with middle-eastern countries. Ahamed, member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly for 18 years[Read More…]