First batch of pilgrims from Jordan leaves for Hajj

By JT - Jun 02,2024 - Last updated at Jun 02,2024

AMMAN — The Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs on Sunday held a farewell ceremony in the Al Jizah district's Al Hujjaj city, marking the departure of the first group of Jordanian pilgrims to perform Hajj (the greater Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca).

A total of 8,000 Jordanian pilgrims will travel for the Hajj this year, in addition to 4,500 Palestinians of 1948, according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.

Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Mohammad Khalayleh stressed the ministry's commitment to easing all challenges for pilgrims from their departure from Jordan to their arrival at the holy shrines in Saudi Arabia. He emphasised that the pilgrims' accommodations for Jordanian pilgrims are at a maximum distance of 800 metres from the Haram Mosque in Mecca.

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