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Want to know more about Quranic manuscripts? Check out QNL’s new events!

The nation’s biggest library houses around a thousand Quranic volumes. To celebrate the Holy month of Ramadan and Arabic Manuscript Day, Qatar National Library [QNL] is hosting a number of…

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Majority of elderly patients in Qatar unaware of palliative care: WISH

A study by the World Innovation Summit for Health found that most elderly people and caretakers in Qatar did not know what palliative health means. A new study by the…

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Apple removes China’s most popular Quran app in ongoing crackdown against Uyghur Muslims

The Chinese government has not responded to the media’s request for a comment. Apple has taken down the Quran Majeed app in China for allegedly containing “illegal religious texts”, the…

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Qatar’s Jewish community to join first ever regional Selichot event

The virtual event will feature participation from Jews in Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman, and the UAE. The Association of Gulf Jewish Communities (AGJC) will be holding its first…

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Saudi Arabia to allow 60,000 vaccinated pilgrims for Umrah each month

Saudi authorities have also confirmed that vaccinated foreign pilgrims are now eligible for Umrah permits. Saudi Arabia will begin accepting vaccinated foreigners for the Umrah pilgrimage, authorities confirmed on Sunday.…

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Saudi Arabia welcomes Umrah pilgrims following ‘successful’ Hajj pilgrimage

The kingdom announced on Sunday that it will reopen its holy sites to receive pilgrims after the end of Hajj rituals. Saudi Arabia announced it has re-opened Muslim holy sites…

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Qatar opens one of West Bank’s biggest mosques

The five-floor mosque can accommodate up to 3,000 worshipers. A large mosque funded by thee Qatar Fund for Development [QFFD] was inaugurated in Palestine’s Rawabi city project on Wednesday. The…

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Vaccinated pilgrims only at this year’s Hajj, Umrah pilgrimages

The 2021 Hajj and Umrah season will continue with all restrictions in place. Only those that have received both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine will be allowed to perform Hajj…

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How much does it cost to maintain Qatar’s mosques?

Officials announced it costs millions of Qatari riyals to maintain the country’s mosques. An official revealed that Qatar annually spends QR 40,000,000 to maintain the cleanliness of the country’s mosques,…

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