Dubai [UAE], Omar Habtoor Al-Darai, Chairman of the General Authority for Islamic Affairs, Endowments and Zakat, Head of the Emirates Pilgrims Affairs Office, and His Excellency Mohammed Saeed Al Neyadi, Director General of the Authority and Deputy Head of the Pilgrims Affairs Office, today Participated in the proceedings of the Grand Hajj Symposium in its 48th edition in the morning. The event, titled "Observe Sharia Permissions and Follow Accepted Rules in the Hajj Ritual", was attended by more than 500 participants from scholars and thinkers from the Islamic world.

The symposium's agenda included a welcome address by His Excellency Dr. Tawfiq bin Fauzan Al-Rabiah, Minister of Hajj and Umrah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, while the first main session of the symposium was titled "Sharia and Jurisprudence Permits in Hajj". And the second session discussed the topic “Jurisprudence of Permission and its Impact on Facilitating Hajj Rituals”.

This was followed by a presentation on Hajj Season titled “Fostering Broader Citizenship and Building Bridges” and the symposium concluded by felicitating the participants of the Hajj and Umrah Symposium.