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      <title>Umrah applications open for international pilgrims</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has said that it will open applications for Umrah from international pilgrims from today, Thursday, July 14.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Permits to perform Umrah for local and international pilgrims will be issued starting August 3, 2022&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Welcome pilgrims from around the world! 🕋&lt;br&gt;Starting from today: Visa Applications for Umrah are now open.&lt;br&gt;Please note that permits to perform Umrah for local and international pilgrims will be issued starting August 3rd, 2022.&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Makkah_and_Madinah_Eagerly_Await_You?src=hash&amp;amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;#Makkah_and_Madinah_Eagerly_Await_You&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://t.co/Xc4taXCnjY"&gt;pic.twitter.com/Xc4taXCnjY&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Ministry of Hajj and Umrah (@MoHU_En) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/MoHU_En/status/1547325038487117829?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;July 13, 2022&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah says that children over the age of five will be allowed to perform Umrah. It will be mandatory to obtain a permit to offer Nafl at the Prophet’s Mosque (PBUH).&lt;/p&gt;
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<p>Permits to perform Umrah for local and international pilgrims will be issued starting August 3, 2022</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Welcome pilgrims from around the world! 🕋<br>Starting from today: Visa Applications for Umrah are now open.<br>Please note that permits to perform Umrah for local and international pilgrims will be issued starting August 3rd, 2022.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Makkah_and_Madinah_Eagerly_Await_You?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Makkah_and_Madinah_Eagerly_Await_You</a> <a href="https://t.co/Xc4taXCnjY">pic.twitter.com/Xc4taXCnjY</a></p>&mdash; Ministry of Hajj and Umrah (@MoHU_En) <a href="https://twitter.com/MoHU_En/status/1547325038487117829?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 13, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<p>The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah says that children over the age of five will be allowed to perform Umrah. It will be mandatory to obtain a permit to offer Nafl at the Prophet’s Mosque (PBUH).</p>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2022 08:38:52 +0500</pubDate>
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