BANGI, May 23 — Malaysia is still waiting for the Saudi Arabian government's decision on the country's appeal for an additional quota of 5,000 pilgrims to perform the 2022 haj season, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Religious Affairs), Datuk Idris Ahmad.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 22 — Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH) today announced the cost to perform haj for the muassasah pilgrims this year, with different rates for those in the B40 group and non-B40 group involving an increase of between RM1,000 and RM3,000 per person.

KOTA BHARU, April 16 — The government will continue to provide haj subsidy to pilgrims despite proposals that it should be given on a targeted basis, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Idris Ahmad.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 13 — Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH) is studying the need to make a targeted structuring of haj payments according to the capability and income of the pilgrims to help those who wish to perform the religious pilgrimage.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 11 — The cost to perform the haj pilgrimage using the services of private companies is expected to reach RM40,000 to RM50,000 per person, said Association of Umrah and Haj Travel Agencies (Papuh) president Datuk Seri Razali Mohd Sham.

PUTRAJAYA, April 8 — The government will continue providing the subsidy for performing the haj pilgrimage this year, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Idris Ahmad.

IPOH, March 31 — The haj quota for Malaysians is unlikely to be increased this year due to the lack of infrastructure facilities such as accommodation and other constraints faced by the Saudi Arabian government.

KOTA BHARU, March 13 — The government is expected to announce haj cost and quota for this year early next month, said Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Ahmad Marzuk Shaary.

JOHOR BAHRU, Dec 1 — Malaysia hopes the new Covid-19 B.1.1.529 variant known as Omicron, will not prevent the country’s prospective pilgrims from performing the Haj during the next season, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Religious Affairs) Idris Ahmad.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 13 —  The Saudi Arabian government has included Sinovac in its list of recognised vaccines to gain entry into the country.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 — Malaysia will not be sending pilgrims for the 1442H haj season following the decision of the Saudi Arabian government to only allow the residents and citizens from within the kingdom to perform the pilgrimage this year.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 3 — Those selected to perform the Haj this season will be given the Pfizer-BioNTech and AstraZeneca vaccines as they have been approved by Saudi Arabia.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 — Malaysia and Saudi Arabia are expected to hold discussions on the haj and umrah quota soon, says Saudi Arabia Embassy's Religious Attaché in Malaysia, Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Rubaian.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 9 — The Pilgrims Fund Board (Tabung Haji - TH) and the Ministry of Health (MOH) as well as other stakeholders must meet to discuss and scrutinise the current situation of Covid-19 in order to formulate a comprehensive standard operating procedure (SOP) for Malaysians pilgrims to perform haj.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — The Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Malaysia, Datuk Dr Mahmoud Hussien Saeed Qattan, said the decision by the Malaysian government to delay the sending of haj pilgrims this year was made in the interest of Muslims to curb Covid-19.

CAIRO, July 6 — Saudi Arabia announced health protocols to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in the 2020 haj season, banning gatherings and meetings between pilgrims, the state news agency said on Monday.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 — Malaysia has welcomed Saudi Arabia's stance to consider allowing haj pilgrimage for this year to proceed for the Muslim population from other countries who were already there.

CAIRO, June 23 — Saudi Arabia said on Monday it will bar arrivals from abroad to attend the haj this year due to the coronavirus, allowing only a limited number of Saudi citizens and residents to make the pilgrimage with social distancing measures enforced.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 — Pilgrims whose turn has come to perform the haj this year will be given priority to do so next year.

PUTRAJAYA, June 11 — Malaysia will not send pilgrims for the haj season this year, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri.