A group of 108 Russian Muslims left Moscow today heading for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj. In a statement to the Saudi Press Agency, Head of the Religious Department of Muslims of the European Section of the Russian Federation, Sheikh Rawi Ain Aldeen, expressed appreciation for the initiative of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz to host hundreds of Russian Muslims annually, at his own expense, to enable them to perform Hajj.

Ain Aldeen praised the facilities extended by the Saudi Embassy in Moscow to the 20 million Russian Muslims to enable them to perform Hajj.

Source: SPA