More and more Kazakhstanis visit holy Kaaba
11:14, 6 January 2010
ALMATY. January 6. KAZINFORM /Aigul Turysbekova/ A plane with pilgrims on board flying from Jeddah landed in Almaty yesterday. The pilgrims visited holy Kaaba in Medina city, Saudi Arabia.
Prior to this three Kazakhstanis only visited the Kaaba. These are President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Supreme Mufti of the country Absattar Derbisali and Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Saudi Arabia Bagdad Amreyev. Head of Nur-Kazakhstan Company Amangeldy Erengayipuly became the fourth visitor of the holy place.
As spokesperson of the press service of the Spiritual Administration of Kazakhstan Ongar Onerbek says, the King of Saudi Arabia accompanied by a group of visitors from several Islamic countries visited Kaaba. A. Erengayipuly was among them. The group spent around two hours in the Kaaba