Govt releases Saudi’s conditions for performing Umrah from Bangladesh
The conditions imposed by the Saudi government for performing Umrah are published on the Hajj website of the Ministry of Religious Affairs (www.hajj.gov.bd)
The Ministry of Religious Affairs has published a list of conditions from the Saudi Arabia government that must be fulfilled by the Bangladeshi pilgrims to perform Umrah activities.
After about a year and a half, with the permission of the Saudi government Umrah activities is going to resume from Bangladesh in 1443 Hijri year.
The conditions imposed by the Saudi government for performing Umrah are published on the Hajj website of the Ministry of Religious Affairs (www.hajj.gov.bd).
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The information was revealed in a press release signed by the senior information officer of the Ministry of Religious Affairs Mohammad Anwar Hossain on Wednesday.
The conditions -
Muslims who intend to perform Umrah can enter Saudi Arabia on a direct flight from all countries except - India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Egypt, Turkey, Argentina, Brazil, South Africa and Lebanon.
If a Muslim from these countries wants to enter Saudi Arabia, he/she has to complete a 14-day quarantine in a third country besides those 9 countries.
Further, everyone wishing to perform Umrah must be vaccinated with two doses of coronavirus vaccine.
That vaccine must be Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca or Johnson & Johnson.
Only those 18 years of age or older will be allowed to perform Umrah.
In addition, pilgrims can only go to Saudi Arabia through an Umrah agency recognized by the country's Ministry of Hajj and Umrah.
Saudi Arabia recently eased its ban on performing Umrah applying some conditions for pilgrims.
