Custodian of Two Holy Mosques orders hosting 1000 Palestinians of martyrs' families in Haj

King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has ordered to host 1000 Palestinians of families and relatives of martyrs to perform this year Hajj.

WAM (Emirates News Agency)

August 7, 2017

SAUDI ARABIA PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES

RIYADH, 7th August, 2017 (WAM) -- The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has ordered to host 1000 Palestinians of families and relatives of martyrs to perform this year Hajj.

According to SPA, Sheikh Saleh bin Abdulaziz bin Mohammed Al Al-Sheikh, Minister of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance and General Supervisor of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Programme for Hajj and Umrah, thanked the King for his continued keenness to build bridges with the Palestinian people to help them perform the 5th pillar of Islam.

He explained that this gesture of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques emanates from his Arab and Islamic brotherhood towards Palestine and its people as a part of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's ongoing and generous support for the Palestinian people in all fields.