RIYADH: Nearly 1.5 million religious services were offered to pilgrims during this year’s Hajj season, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah, and Guidance said that approximately 1,485,000 services had been offered from the day before Arafat, which was on June 15, until the end of Hajj.
Saudi authorities said that 1.8 million pilgrims participated in this year’s Hajj.
Six hundred Islamic teachers and translators were on hand to provide pilgrims with information about the duties of annual religious event.
The teachers were able to support the pilgrims in Makkah, Madinah and at the Hajj location of Mina, Muzdalifah and Arafat. They also fielded calls from pilgrims who called a toll-free number set up for inquiries.
The minister, Abdullatif bin Abdulaziz Al Alsheikh, thanked them and praised their work of aiding pilgrims.
Ministry reports nearly 1.5 million religious services to pilgrims during Hajj
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Ministry reports nearly 1.5 million religious services to pilgrims during Hajj
Saudi Foreign Ministry receives credentials of new Somali and Malian ambassadors
RIYADH: On behalf of the Foreign Minister, Saudi Deputy Minister for Protocol Affairs Abdulmajeed Al-Smari received copies of the credentials of the newly appointed ambassadors of Somalia and Mali on Thursday, the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on X.
Al-Smari received the credentials of Mohamed Amin Sheikh Osman, the new Somali ambassador to the Kingdom.
Osman succeeded Owais Haji Yusuf, who has served in the role since 2023. Yusuf was recently appointed as the national security adviser to Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.
The deputy minister also received the credentials of Ibrahima Dahirou Dembele, the newly appointed ambassador of Mali to the Kingdom. Dembele replaces Diall Boubacar Gouro, who has led the Malian mission in Riyadh since 2024.
