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Kazakhstan pilgrims to depart for Mecca after October 15 5,000 hajj quotas have been allocated to Kazakhstan this year, Spiritual Management of Muslims press-secretary Agabek Sydykov said.

12 October 2012

Saudi to accept Philippine maid applications from Monday Saudi Arabia will begin accepting applications for domestic workers from the Philippines on Monday after the two governments resolved a row over minimum pay that had prompted a ban.

01 October 2012

Bank HSBC probed for money laundering: report US prosecutors are looking into whether British bank HSBC was involved in laundering money for Mexican drug cartels and moving cash for Saudi Arabian banks with ties to terrorists, The New York Times reported Saturday.

25 August 2012

Kazakhstan Foreign Minister to visit Mecca Kazakhstan delegation led by Foreign Minister will take part in the 4th emergency summit of the Organization for Islamic Cooperation.

14 August 2012

Saudi women in 'breakthrough' Olympics Saudi Arabia's decision to allow two female athletes to compete at the Olympic Games overturns a decades-old taboo imposed by the conservative Muslim monarchy which still bars women from sports at home.

13 July 2012

Saudi Arabian citizens offered $10 thousand for the lamb with Allah and Mohammed signs Citizens of Saudi Arabia offered $10 thousand to the owner of the lamb from West Kazakhstan that was born with words "Allah" and "Mohammed" on its sides.

10 April 2012

Kazakhstan passes the first ever Islamic Finance Development Roadmap Kazakhstan is already home to Al Hilal Islamic Bank. The Bank is a 100% subsidiary of Al Hilal Bank, UAE, and the first Islamic bank in Kazakhstan and CIS countries.

10 April 2012

Kazakhstan completes last bilateral talks prior to its planned accession into the WTO The nation “has yet to further multilateral talks on Kazakhstan’s external trade policies”: Minister for Economic Integration.

09 April 2012

Kairat Mami met with chairman of Saudi Arabian Consultative Assembly Chairman of Kazakhstan Senate arrived in Riyadh for participation in the consultative meeting of the speakers of G20 member-states.

27 February 2012

Saudi Arabia simplifies visa procedures for Kazakh pilgrims Hajj and Umrah visas will be issued from February 7, 2012 to August 3, 2012 in Astana on a free of charge basis.

09 February 2012

Saudi Arabia reproaches Kazakhstan for small number of pilgrims We do not have enough people to fill in our Hajj quota and always hear different reproaches and are being blamed by the Ministry of Hajj of Saudi Arabia: Kairat Lama Sharif.

10 September 2011

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