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Wednesday, July 17, 2019
RIYADH, July 17
(Xinhua / GNA) – King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia to welcome 200 pilgrims
families of the victims of the shooting in the mosque of Christchurch in New Zealand.
The accommodation is part
program of the Saudi King for Hajj and Umrah that is implemented and implemented
supervised by the Ministry of Islamic Affairs.
Minister of Islam
Sheikh Abdullatif Al-Sheikh, head of affairs and program,
said in statements to the Saudi press agency on Tuesday that the initiative was
part of the Kingdom's counter-terrorism efforts.
He said that
Ministry would follow the procedures required by the Saudi Arabian Embbady to
New Zealand to finalize their departure for the Kingdom and to provide them with the
all the facilities to perform the pilgrimage.
The Saudi king had
ordered to accommodate 1,000 Palestinian pilgrims this year.
Christchurch
shootings in mosques were two consecutive terrorist attacks at the mosque in
Christchurch, New Zealand, during the prayer of Friday, March 15, 2019,
left 51 Muslim faithful killed.
GNA
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