Pilgrims are returning to Uzbekistan

21/10/2013 | Uzbekistan

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- A first group of pilgrims from Uzbekistan returned to their homeland on 20 October 2013 with the flight Jeddah-Tashkent, the information service of the Committee on religious affairs of Uzbekistan said.

The committee said that all pilgrims from Uzbekistan are in healthy condition and they are transported to airport of Saudi Arabia in special buses.

The pilgrims gather in Navza mosque in Tashkent, where they are meeting in their relatives. As reported earlier, 5,200 Muslims from Uzbekistan carried out Hajj rites this year.

Pilgrims from Uzbekistan will return to Uzbekistan from 20 October to 1 November 2013 with flights of Uzbekistan Havo Yollari on Jeddah-Tashkent, Jeddah-Bukhara, Jeddah-Namangan, Jeddah-Samarkand, Jeddah-Termez, Jeddah-Urgench and Jeddah-Karshi.

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