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Aboobucker Mohamed Abdul Azeez was born in Vannarponnai, Jaffna on 4th October, 1911. His education in the Hindu schools R.K.M. Vaidyeshwara Vidyalayam and Jaffna Hindu College, and his training under distinguished teachers had stood in good stead in his later life particularly for his invaluable contribution to education of the Muslims. His interest in education was also encouraged by his …

90% of Prophet’s Mosque western courtyard expansion complete, Part of the expansion of the western squares of the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah on Wednesday. MAKKAH/MADINAH — The holy sites are gearing up to receive the Guests of God for the annual pilgrimage of Hajj, which is 20 days away. On a tour of the holy sites, Okaz/Saudi Gazette saw that all …

Saudi Arabia has banned international visitors from making the Islamic pilgrimage, or Hajj, this year in a bid to control coronavirus. Only a very limited number of people currently living in the kingdom may take part, an announcement on state media says. An estimated two million people would otherwise have visited Mecca and Medina this summer for the annual gathering. …

Decision taken due to the ongoing threat from the coronavirus pandemicPilgrims will come from various nationalities who already reside in Saudi Arabia RIYADH: Hajj will go ahead next month but with a “very limited” number of pilgrims allowed to take part, Saudi Arabia said on Monday. The decision was taken due to the ongoing threat from the coronavirus pandemic and …

AMENDMENTS 01 – WAKFS BOARD DIRECTIVES ON REOPENING MOSQUES WAKFS BOARD DIRECTIVES ON REOPENING MOSQUES In keeping with the government decision to permit all places of worship to be open from 12.06.2020, the waqkfs board of Sri Lanka at its meeting held on 11.06.2020 has arrived at the following decisions 1. To permit all mosques to be open for individual …

12, May, 2020  Registration of Mosque Federations The Wakfs Board of Sri Lanka has decided to cause all entities formed by the association of Mosques, commonly called and known as ‘Mosques Federation’ / ‘Mosque Committee’ ect. to be registered with the Waqf Board. This step is being taken to grant recognition, to structure the said Federations to function with the …