Pehin Udana Khatib Dato Paduka Seri Setia Ustaz Haji Awang Badaruddin bin Pengarah Dato Paduka Haji Awang Othman, the Minister of Religious Affairs has recently left for Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, together with a delegation for the annual Haj management meeting with Dr Mohammed Salih bin Tahir Bentin, the Haj and Umrah Minister of Saudi Arabia.

Organised by the Haj and Umrah Ministry of Saudi Arabia, this is an annual meeting at the ministerial level between countries that will be sending prospective pilgrims for this year's Haj season.

Haj management affairs, accommodation, transportation, provision and comfortable facilities for pilgrims from Brunei Darussalam are amongst the topics to be discussed during the meeting.

Haji Abdullah bin Haji Mohamad, the Acting Managing Director of Haj Affairs; and Haji Abdul Nasir bin Haji Bolhassan, a representative of the Royal Brunei Airlines are the minister’s delegation.

After the meeting, Pehin Udana Khatib Dato Paduka Seri Setia Ustaz Haji Awang Badaruddin will continue his visit to Cairo for a courtesy call and discussions with Sheikh Al-Azhar, Fadhilatus Sheikh Al-Imam Al-Akbar (Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar University and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Mosque) Ustaz Doktor Ahmad At-Tayyib.

The purpose of the visit is to strengthen and enhance relational ties that have long existed

between Brunei Darussalam and Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, the oldest university in the world.

The minister will be accompanied by Pengiran Haji Haslin bin Pengiran Haji Ali, the Acting Head of Institut Tahfiz Al-Quran Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah.

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