Imam-e-Haram of Mecca, Saleh bin Muhammad bin Ibrahim Aal Taalib, will visit the city on Friday.
He will address ulemas, here, and will lead the Friday prayer at Eidgah Maidan in Rajivnagar.
First visit
The organisers of the ceremony claim that it is the first visit of a religious leader from Mecca, the holy place of Muslims in Saudi Arabia. He will address in Arabic and it will be translated to Urdu by Arshad Madni, president of Jamiat-e-Ulema. It will be followed by prayer.
Former minister and MLA Tanveer Sait, former mayor and Corporator Ayub Khan, Siddiqia Arabic College Secretary Abdul Azeez Chand Saheb and Joint Secretary Javeed Ahmed and ulemas will be present.
Soon after the prayer, the visiting leader will travel to Bengaluru to take part in an Islamic conference being held at the Palace Grounds.
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