BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Kuching BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20200720T080000 RDATE:20380119T111407 TZOFFSETFROM:+0800 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 TZNAME:Asia/Kuching +08 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5674b1bf3b163a38e1f41025fb76f693 CATEGORIES:Stories CREATED:20210721T143905 SUMMARY:A Hajj to remember DESCRIPTION:Maulana Hanapi, on the right, is grateful. Being 1 out 540,000 hopeful Hajj applicants, Maulana is extremely lucky. The odds are as low as 12% as the Saudi government strictly permits 60,000 pilgrims this year. Pre Covid-19, when the quota was available for other countries, the number was in the reg ion of 2 to 2.5 millions.\nA Class of 2002 graduate, Maulana studied Mechan ical and Manufacturing in the Faculty of Engineering, UNIMAS. This ambitiou s engineer’s career pursuit led him to work in the petrochemical industry i n Sabic – one of the world’s most prominent petrochemical manufacturer comp any – based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. We are all so proud to see our local D alat boy succeed internationally.\nFollowing the pandemic, this year’s Hajj quota is not granted to other countries. Despite this, Maulana insists tha t there is no special story behind his miraculous opportunity. Pure luck – it was as simple as that.\n“Considering the application number and the quot a, I am very grateful to Allah.”\nThe Saudi government offer came to him af ter rigorous screening to make sure that the selected pilgrims are fit. Eve n so, there are unfortunate cases of COVID-19 infections.\nThe Hajj ritual strictly implements SOPs to curb viral breakouts. Maulana recalled an incid ent when he did not adhere to the condition.\n“I was shouted at by the near by police when I tried to remove my face mask for a selfie.”\n\nA rare sigh t during Hajj – Physical distancing. This SOP is vital with numbers of pilg rims greatly reduced to achieve a safe and comfortable space. At Mina, each tent houses 20-30 pilgrims in the past. Now, in this new norm, only 4-8 be ds are provided.\nAccording to Maulana, one of the mandatory requirements t o pass the screening process is that pilgrims must be vaccinated at least w ith one dose. Determined for the success of the holy ritual, the Saudi Mini stry pushes the second Pfizer dose to successful applicants. He received hi s second dose through this.\nHis story is one of kind, one that would endur e the passing of time. The kind of story that would be passed down generati ons.\nThis is a Hajj to remember not only for Maulana, but for us.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Maulana Hanapi, on the right, is grateful. Being 1 out 540,000 hopeful H ajj applicants, Maulana is extremely lucky. The odds are as low as 12% as t he Saudi government strictly permits 60,000 pilgrims this year. Pre Co vid-19, when the quota was available for other countries, the number was in the region of 2 to 2.5 millions.
A Class of 2002 graduate, Maulana s tudied Mechanical and Manufacturing in the Faculty of Engineering, UNIMAS. This ambitious engineer’s career pursuit led him to work in the petrochemic al industry in Sabic – one of the world’s most prominent petrochemical manu facturer company – based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. We are all so proud to se e our local Dalat boy succeed internationally.
Following the pandemic , this year’s Hajj quota is not granted to other countries. Despite this, M aulana insists that there is no special story behind his miraculous opportu nity. Pure luck – it was as simple as that.
“Considering the applicat ion number and the quota, I am very grateful to Allah.”
The Saudi gov ernment offer came to him after rigorous screening to make sure that the se lected pilgrims are fit. Even so, there are unfortunate cases of COVID-19 i nfections.
The Hajj ritual strictly implements SOPs to curb viral bre akouts. Maulana recalled an incident when he did not adhere to the conditio n.
“I was shouted at by the nearby police when I tried to remove my f ace mask for a selfie.”
According to Maulana, one of the mandatory requirements to pass the screening process is that pi lgrims must be vaccinated at least with one dose. Determined for the succes s of the holy ritual, the Saudi Ministry pushes the second Pfizer dose to s uccessful applicants. He received his second dose through this.
His s tory is one of kind, one that would endure the passing of time. The kind of story that would be passed down generations.
This is a Hajj to remem ber not only for Maulana, but for us.
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