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UAE visa suspension for Pakistan, others due to security concerns: report

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COURTESY BY: https://www.dawn.com/ The United Arab Emirates has temporarily stopped issuing new visas to citizens of Pakistan, Afghanistan and several mostly Muslim majority countries over security concerns, a source briefed on the matter told Reuters on Wednesday. The source did not say what those concerns were but said the visa ban was expected to last for a short period. Dawn.com has reached out to the Foreign Office for a comment on this. Last week, the Foreign Office said the UAE had stopped processing new visas for Pakistani citizens and those of some other countries. You can…

Pictures: Muslims Perform Umrah Pilgrimage After 7 Months

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COURTESY BY: https://www.bolnews.com/ Umrah pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia has been resumed after seven months of closure due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. According to the details, started today, the number of Umrah pilgrims has been capped at 6000, as compared to 2019 when more than 19 million people performed the Umrah, an Islamic pilgrimage that can be undertaken at any time of the year. Here are some pictures from the first Umrah performed by the Muslims on 4th October. Umrah SOPs Worshippers, perform the Umrah pilgrimage are required to download…

Death toll rises to 39 as fighting between Armenia, Azerbaijan enters second day

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Armenian separatists in the breakaway region of Nagorny Karabakh said on Monday 15 more of its fighters have been killed in a flare-up of a territorial dispute, bringing the death toll to 39 as the fighting entered a second day. World leaders have urged a halt to the fighting between Azerbaijan and the Armenian rebels after clashes erupted on Sunday, raising the spectre of an all-out conflict that could draw in regional powers — Russia and Turkey. Ex-Soviet Armenia and Azerbaijan have been locked since the early 1990s in a…

President Erdogan Visited Hagia Sophia After Its Reconversion To Mosque

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COURTESY BY: https://www.bolnews.com/ Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Hagia Sofia on Sunday just days before the first Muslim prayers are due to be held at the there. The President paid a visit for inspection, Erdogan took stock of the conversion work, providing pictures showing scaffolding inside the building. It was unclear whether Erdogan planned to be among some 500 worshippers set to attend Friday prayers. Turkey’s  top court paved the way for the conversion in a decision to revoke the edifice’s museum status conferred nearly a century ago. The…

New at Saudi hajj: Bottled holy water, sterilized pebbles

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ Saudi Arabia has issued guidelines for the 1,000 or so pilgrims that will be allowed to perform the hajj pilgrimage in Mecca later this month, an experience that will be unlike any before because of the coronavirus pandemic. The pilgrims will be only be able to drink holy water from the Zamzam well in Mecca that is packaged in plastic bottles, and pebbles for casting away evil that are usually picked up by pilgrims along hajj routes will be sterilized and bagged ahead of time. Pilgrims will…