1,400 muslims to perform this year's Hajj

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has issued an order to host 1,400 Muslims from a number of countries around the world to perform Hajj of this year 1432 A.H (2011 A.D), within the Hosting Program, supervised annually by the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Dawa'a and Guidance. In a statement to Saudi Press Agency (SPA), Minister of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Dawa'a and Guidance Sheikh Saleh bin Abdulaziz bin Mohammed Al Al-Sheikh, who is also General Supervisor of the Hosting Program said the total number amounted to 18,000 pilgrims hosted by the Program since its inception. He noted that this royal initiative stresses the keenness and attention paid by the King for Muslims around the world. He added that the Muslims who ordered by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques within the Hosting Program to perform this year's Hajj are from Indonesia, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Turkey, Thailand, Philippines, Cambodia, Kazakhstan, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Nepal, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Russia, Hong Kong, Mongolia, Singapore, Myanmar, Japan, Laos, Brunei, New Guinea, Taiwan, South Korea, Maldives, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, State of South Sudan as well as various African countries.