KABUL (Pajhwok): Saudi Arabia has begun receiving Umrah pilgrimage requests from vaccinated foreign worshippers starting on August 9.
The announcement on state media early on Sunday came about 18 months after the kingdom closed its borders to foreign pilgrims due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Saudi Press Agency said authorities in the ministry that coordinates foreign pilgrims will from Monday begin “receiving Umrah requests from various countries of the world”.
Permits will initially be granted to 60,000 Umrah pilgrims per month, but that number will gradually be increased to two million per month, the report said.
Overseas pilgrims will . . .
