Thailand Health Ministry Organizes ‘Hajj and Health’ Seminar
The health ministry organized the seminar in cooperation with the Central Islamic Council of Thailand.
The participants discussed the measures taken by the ministry to ensure a safe and healthy trip for Thai pilgrims.
It was also attended by the Hajj affairs representative in the Saudi embassy in Bangkok.
Thailand has an annual quota of 13,000 Hajj pilgrims and this year, nearly 8,000 Thai Muslims have registered to take the spiritual journey.
They are planned to leave for Saudi Arabia from June 14 to 19.
Thailand is a country at the center of the Indochinese peninsula in Southeast Asia.
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Muslims are the second largest religious group in Thailand making up about five percent of the country’s population.
Hajj is a pilgrimage to Mecca that every able-bodied and financially able Muslim is obliged to undertake at least once during their lifetime.
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