Govt. to help poor Muslims go on Haj pilgrimage

28 October 2014 04:26 pm

The Government will make arrangements to send Muslims who do not have the financial means to visit Mecca on the Haj pilgrimage, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said today.

 

Addressing a ceremony held at Trincomalee, he said only Muslims who are financially able go on Haj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia and therefore, the government would launch a programme to send poor Muslims to Mecca as it was the desire of all Muslims to go on Haj pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in a life time.