Registration of Thai Muslims to complete Haj in Mecca is already full

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Registration for haj is full

Published: 27 Jan 2013 at 16.23
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Thai Muslims have already filled the online application quota of 15,000 people allowed to complete their haj pilgrimage for October, 2013.

Preecha Kanthiya, director-general of the Religious Affairs Department said so far a total of 26,968 applicants have sought approval to travel to Mecca, Saudi Arabia for the Haj. Of that number, 8,751 submitted their applications in 2012 so they will be considered first.

The main pilgrimage this year will be Oct 13-18.

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Discussion 3 : 27 Jan 2013 at 23.183
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Ah... any article relating to Islam and the bigots show up.
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Discussion 2 : 27 Jan 2013 at 19.172
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DISC 1 - Don't forget these are the same people that blow themselves up and think they will go to heaven for killing innocent men, women and children, so God (or in this case Allah) only knows why thy would walk around a black cube.
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Discussion 1 : 27 Jan 2013 at 17.461
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Why you want to spend all that money to go walk around a black cube?
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