KUALA LUMPUR, May 17 — The Tourism, Arts, and Culture Ministry (Motac) will immediately revoke the licenses of travel agencies found to be misusing tourist and Umrah visas for Haj purposes.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 17 — The Consulate General of Malaysia in Jeddah urged all Malaysian nationals intending to perform the haj this year to ensure they have a valid haj permit before embarking on their journey to the kingdom.

PUTRAJAYA, May 17 — The Federal Territories Islamic Religious Council (MAIWP) will provide an incentive of RM500 each to 289 prospective pilgrims from B40 families in the Federal Territories for the 1445H/2024 haj season.

MAKKAH, May 16 — Temperatures of between 35ºC and 45 ºC can cause health problems not only for haj pilgrims but also for staff present here, said Malaysian Haj Delegation 1445H/2024 Datuk Seri Syed Saleh Syed Abdul Rahman head.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 14 — The Prime Minister's Department (Religious Affairs) and Tabung Haji (TH) are still in the process of finding the best way to help a group of Malaysian pilgrims who were allegedly stranded in Makkah because they used tourist visas to perform the haj pilgrimage.

MADINAH, May 9 — The first batch of 282 Malaysian pilgrims for the 1445H/2024 haj season arrived safely in Madinah today.

MADINAH, May 5 — With four days left until the first flight of pilgrims arrives for the 1445H/2024 haj season in the Holy Land of Madinah, Tabung Haji (TH) personnel are now actively making final preparations.

PUTRAJAYA, May 3 — Emergency plans are in place to ensure the safety of Malaysian pilgrims in the event of any incident or disaster during the haj pilgrimage, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Dr Mohd Na’im Mokhtar.

By Norrasyidah Arshad SHAH ALAM, April 6 — For the first time, the state government will be sponsoring the cost of performing haj this year for 36 individuals.  Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari said under the initiative, each selected individual will receive a sponsorship of between...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 19 — The immediate and long-term measures to minimise the effects of hot and dry weather conditions on padi planting activities, especially in Sabah, are among the focus of today’s Dewan Rakyat sitting.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 19 — Tabung Haji (TH) today announced that the cost for first-time Malaysian muassasah pilgrims from the B40 group to perform haj this year is at RM12,356 per person.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 15  —  All 25 licenced Haj pilgrimage operators (PJH) have agreed to continue offering the Rahmah Package at below RM50,000 this year, Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH) executive director Datuk Seri Syed Saleh Syed Abdul Rahman said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 8 — The Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH) is trying to control the increase in the cost of performing the haj by signing long-term contract agreements involving services in Saudi Arabia, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 29 — The government will open talks on returning Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH) assets that were transferred to a special purpose vehicle (SPV) owned by the Finance Ministry (MOF) in 2018, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

MAKKAH, June 23 — Saudi Arabia has in principle agreed with the proposal of Malaysia to hold a Grand Haj Symposium at the Southeast Asian region level.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 22 — The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah yesterday visited Prophet Muhammad SAW’s grave and Raudhah at Masjid Al-Nabawai in Madinah.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 22 — The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah and the Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah arrived in Madinah, Saudi Arabia yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 — Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah and Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah left today to perform the haj.

SEPANG, June 20 — Sultan of Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah Alhaj and Tengku Permaisuri of Selangor Tengku Permaisuri Norashikin today left for the Holy Land to perform the haj pilgrimage.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 — The criteria used to classify the B40, M40 and T20 groups in selecting individuals to perform haj for the 1444H season and the number of pilgrims to receive the offer this year are expected to be the focus of today’s Dewan Rakyat sitting.