Friday, November 23, 2007

First group of hajj pilgrims depart on 26 Nov

23 November 2007
Report: Ayya

The first group from Maldives traveling to Mecca to perform this year’s hajj rituals will depart on the 26 of this month.

Athamaa Abdul Latheef, owner of the Athamaa Hajj Group, one of the most well established organizers of hajj travel in Maldives, said the groups will take their pilgrims to Mecca on four separate rounds. He said that the first group will depart on the 26 of this month.

Safaa Group and Zaeema Group will take their pilgrims on the 29 of this month. According to sources from both groups, the pilgrims joining Azee Group will also join Zaeema and Safaa group on the 29. The pilgrims joining these three groups will depart to Mecca on Saudi Airlines. They are a total of 300 hajj pilgrims in these three groups and they will come back to Male’ on the 3 January 2008 via Saudi Airlines.

The 300 hajj pilgrims include 50 from Safaa, 200 from Zaeema group and 50 pilgrims from Azee group.

The Hajj groups have called on pilgrims going to Mecca to perform the hajj rituals to play particular attention to on time arrivals to airport.

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