Cairo - MENA
Egyptian Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa asserted Thursday that all pilgrimage missions are ready to ascend Mount Arafat.
In a press release on Thursday, Gomaa, who also leads the Egyptian national Hajj mission, thanked President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab and Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed El Tayyeb for their continuous following up of pilgrims' conditions.
He also thanked missions' heads for helping pilgrims during Hajj.
The Hajj is one the five major pillars, or tenets, of Islam that followers of the religion must abide by.
Source: MENA