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Saudi Arabia adds 5,000 Hajj places for Bangladesh, taking 2027 total to 83,500
Six thousand pilgrims will go under government arrangements and 77,500 privately, after 17,500 more people registered interest than the quota allowed.
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Indonesia's Danantara buys 4.4 hectares in Makkah for a "Hajj Village"
The land in Thakher will hold hotels, lodging and support services; CEO Rosan Roeslani says the goal is a groundbreaking or start of construction in December.
IslamSaudi Arabia returns Tk 10 crore withheld as medical costs of 340 Bangladeshi pilgrims
SAR 3,091,243 held back over out-of-insurance medical costs during Hajj 2026 was credited to the Bangladesh Hajj Office’s Nusuk account in Jeddah on 29 October, the religious affairs minister said.
IslamSixth Hajj Conference and Exhibition in Jeddah on 8-11 November draws over 520 bodies
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Hajj and Umrah and the Pilgrim Experience Program hold the sixth Hajj Conference and Exhibition in Jeddah from 8 to 11 November. As preparations for the 2027 Hajj gather pace, coordination among service providers is the central question.
IslamFive acts the hadith links to a reward like that of Hajj
The Ishraq prayer, serving one's parents, walking to the mosque for obligatory prayers, seeking religious knowledge and the tasbih after prayers are described in the hadith as deeds of special merit. These voluntary acts are no substitute for the obligatory Hajj.
CookingJahaji kalia: the Dhaka beef dish that kept pilgrims fed for months
Cooked in olive oil and carried in china jars, Dhaka's jahaji kalia once sustained long journeys, Hajj above all. The old recipe and Hakim Habibur Rahman's account of a dish now almost forgotten.
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Umar Yamaoka, the first Japanese on record to perform Hajj, in 1909
Umar Yamaoka travelled to Makkah for Hajj in 1909, the first Japanese whose pilgrimage is historically recognised; Japan's first Muslim was the journalist Shotaro Noda.
IslamBangladesh again signs Saudi firm Al-Bait Guests to serve government Hajj pilgrims
The Ministry of Religious Affairs has signed a contract with Saudi service provider Al-Bait Guests for housing, food, transport and services at Mina, Arafat and Muzdalifah for Bangladeshi pilgrims travelling under government management for Hajj 2027.
IslamIs dying on Hajj or Umrah a sign of good fortune? What the Quran and hadith say
Khatib Asadullah Solaiman writes that a hadith gives special good news for one who dies in ihram, but no one can pronounce with certainty on everyone who dies on the journey; the duty is to hope for mercy and pray for forgiveness.
Islam186 Bangladeshi Hajj agencies miss their minimum pilgrim quota for 2027
186 agencies failed to register the 44-pilgrim minimum and 32 registered none, while one lead agency meant to coordinate 2,000 pilgrims signed up just 39, raising questions over how lead agencies were chosen.
IslamSaudi Arabia holds Hajj 2027 planning talks with 78 countries' Hajj offices
The Saudi Press Agency says the meetings reviewed packages, service-provider contracts, housing, transport, catering and crowd management; preparations began in May, with set duties and deadlines for each stage.
IslamCommittee urges rooftop solar for mosques and rules for state-funded Hajj
Parliament's standing committee on the religious affairs ministry, at its first meeting, recommended an electricity policy and rooftop solar for mosques and clear rules for Hajj at government expense.
IslamHajj for dual citizens: the Bangladesh quota is lawful, passport games are not
UK barrister Nazir Ahmed writes that British-Bangladeshi dual citizens may perform Hajj on Bangladesh's quota, but switching passports on the way home without telling the authorities is legally and morally risky.