The Hajj and Umrah Organization of Iraq issued a statement on Wednesday announcing that the head of the organization has asked the Saudi authorities to consider a higher quota for Iraqi pilgrims.
According to the Pak Sahafat news agency, citing the Iraqi Waa news agency, the Hajj and Umrah organization of Iraq issued a statement on Wednesday and announced that the head of the organization has asked the Saudi authorities to consider a higher quota for Iraqi pilgrims.
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According to this report, the Hajj and Umrah organization of Iraq asked the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah of Saudi Arabia to consider the new census of the Iraqi population in allocating the quota for the pilgrims of this country.
Sheikh Sami Masoudi, head of the Hajj and Umrah Organization of Iraq, in his meeting today with the Minister of Hajj and Umrah of Saudi Arabia, Mohammad Al-Rabi’ah, asked him to pay attention to the wishes of more Iraqis who want to perform Hajj and to welcome the new population of this country who 42 million and 500 thousand people have arrived to be considered in allocating the Hajj quota.
The head of Iraq’s Hajj and Umrah organization was also able to reduce the amount of insurance for pilgrims during his trip to Saudi Arabia during the meetings he had with the Saudi authorities.