On this day in history
26 April
Sunday Hijri 9 Dhu al-Qa'dah 1447 AH
By the Gregorian calendar 26 April
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197947 years ago
Turkey entrusts all Hajj organisation to its Presidency of Religious Affairs
On 26 April 1979, Turkey's Council of Ministers, by Decision No. 7/17.439, assigned the entire organisation of the Hajj to the Presidency of Religious Affairs (Diyanet). Diyanet had begun organising Hajj in 1977 with the Turkiye Diyanet Foundation, and the two ran it together from 1979 to 1988.
By the Hijri calendar 9 Dhu al-Qa'dah 1447 AH
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