Sentences with phrase «airlift pilgrims»
Delivering a sermon after the Eid prayers in Tamale, the Regional Imam, Sheikh Ahmed Salam, said airlifting pilgrims direct from Tamale made the Hajj easier for Muslims in the region.
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Muslims in the Northern Region have commended government for airlifting pilgrims from Tamale to Jeddah to perform this year's Hajj.
During the process of airlifting pilgrims in 2016, the Pilgrims Affairs Office of Ghana apologised to unsuccessful pilgrims who were left stranded for days at the Airport and were unable to be airlifted to Saudi Arabia due to what the office described as circumstances beyond their control.
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The government is set to airlift Christian pilgrims from Ghana to Israel and other parts of the Christian world on an annual basis, beginning with about 100 persons.
These projects, he said, would attract Ghanaians to vote massively for the NDC come November, adding that the Airports at Tamale and Kumasi would help in airlifting prospective pilgrims to Accra to embark on Hajj pilgrimage.
In an emotional and historic moment, Muslim pilgrims were airlifted from Tamale to Mecca.
Ghanaian Muslim pilgrims who were airlifted to participate in the annual Hajj in Saudi Arabia have begun their journey in the Gulf country.
The inauguration thus paved way for the first batch of pilgrims to be airlifted directly from Tamale to Medina for Hajj.
He disclosed that the airlift of the intending pilgrims from the state would commence on July 14.