{"id":47819,"date":"2018-08-22T22:30:33","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T21:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=47819"},"modified":"2018-08-26T22:36:28","modified_gmt":"2018-08-26T21:36:28","slug":"british-charity-chief-praises-improved-hajj-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/british-charity-chief-praises-improved-hajj-services\/","title":{"rendered":"British charity chief praises improved Hajj services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-47821\" src=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/British-charity-chief-praises-improved-Hajj-services.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"168\" \/>A team of volunteers from the Council of British Hajjis is working in Saudi Arabia to help and support pilgrims from the UK. In addition to general assistance, they can arrange medical treatment and are offering general health advice.<br \/>\nRashid Mogradia, the CEO and founder of the council, which is Britain\u2019s national Hajj charity, praised the improvements made by Saudi authorities this year.<br \/>\n\u201cIt is an absolute honor once again to be here in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to serve the guests of Almighty Allah,\u201d he said. \u201cThere have been some significant developments by the Saudi authorities, from air-conditioned tents in Mina to mobile-phone apps, which all helped pilgrims achieve a positive and memorable Hajj experience.&#8221;<br \/>\nMogradia said that there had been no problems among the British pilgrims.<br \/>\n\u201cDespite the heavy sandstorm on Sunday night, the stay in Mina and the day of Arafat have gone smoothly, and as pilgrims continue their rituals over the coming days, I would like to wish Muslims in the UK and across the world Eid Mubarak,\u201d he added.<br \/>\nPakistani-born British MP Yasmin Qureshi, the chairwoman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Hajj &amp; Umrah, said that the council is also exploring ways to improve the services offered to pilgrims.<br \/>\n\u201cThey will &#8230; be carrying out out field research that will help the cross-party group understand the needs of the pilgrims and any support afforded to British nationals, and how it can be further improved for a memorable Hajj experience. I wish all pilgrims a Hajj Mabroor \u2014 an accepted Hajj.\u201d<br \/>\nThe council\u2019s team arrived in Saudi Arabia on Aug. 14 and will remain there until Aug. 28. Representatives from the British Consulate in Jeddah are also visiting camps hosting British citizens to offer assistance.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\r\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {\r\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\r\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\r\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\r\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\r\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\r\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script>\r\n <fb:comments href=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/british-charity-chief-praises-improved-hajj-services\/\" font=\"arial\" num_posts=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" colorscheme=\"light\"  style=\"background:#FFFFFF;padding-top:0px;\r\npadding-right:0px;\r\npadding-bottom:0px;\r\npadding-left:0px;\r\nmargin-top:0px;\r\nmargin-right:0px;\r\nmargin-bottom:0px;\r\nmargin-left:0px;\r\n\"><\/fb:comments>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A team of volunteers from the Council of British Hajjis is working in Saudi Arabia to help and support pilgrims from the UK. In addition to general assistance, they can arrange medical treatment and are offering general health advice. Rashid Mogradia, the CEO and founder of the council, which is Britain\u2019s national Hajj charity, praised &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47819"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47819"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47822,"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47819\/revisions\/47822"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}