MONDAY JULY 19, 2021 DHUL HIJJAH 9, 1442 VOL.14 NO. 5314 QR 2 Fajr: 3:27 am Dhuhr: 11:40 am RAINY Asr: 3:05 pm Maghrib: 6:28 pm HIGH : 38°C LOW : 34 °C Isha: 7:58 pm World 5 Business 7 Sports 12 Merkel pledges to rebuild Qatar sees spike in factory Qatar score four goals unanswered ‘devastated’ flood-hit areas activities in Q2: ValuStrat in dominant win over Grenada Amir exchanges Eid Al Adha greetings Over 900 mosques, with leaders of Arab & Islamic nations QNA greetings with HH Amir of the areas ready for DOHA State of Kuwait Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, HIS Highness the Amir of State and HH Crown Prince Sheikh of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Mishal Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Hamad Al Thani exchanged Sabah on the advent of the Eid Al Adha prayers greetings with a number of blessed Eid Al Adha. leaders of Arab and Islamic HH the Amir also ex- countries on the advent of the changed greetings with HM Eid Al Adha blessed Eid Al Adha, during King Mohammed VI of the phone calls on Sunday evening. Kingdom of Morocco, HE Pres- prayer will take HH the Amir exchanged ident of the Republic of Tuni- place at 5:10 am greetings with the Custodian sia Kais Saied, HE President of the Two Holy Mosques King of the People’s Democratic Re- on Tuesday Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud public of Algeria Abdelmadjid of the Kingdom of Saudi Ara- Tebboune, HE President of the bia on the advent of the blessed Republic of Iraq Dr Barham QNA & TNN Eid AlAdha, in a phone call HH Salih, and HE President of DOHA the Amir held on Sunday. the Republic of Turkey Recep HH the Amir exchanged Tayyip Erdogan. THE Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affair has announced that the Eid Al Adha prayer will take place on Tuesday at 5:10 am. The ministry said it has prepared more than 900 FM reviews ties mosques and praying areas for this purpose. STUNNING SCULPTURE The mosques and praying The mosques and praying areas were distributed geographically to be with Indiana guv areas which have been pre- close to all regions of the country. QNA pared are located geographi- INDIANAPOLIS OF QATAR’S NATIONAL cally to be close to all regions ran, Bin Mahmoud, Bu Sidra, Rawdat Al Khail, Rawdat Al of the country to facilitate the Al Thumama, Al Jumailiya, Al Fars, Rawdat Aba Al Heeran, DEPUTY Prime Minister and Minister Eid Al Adha prayers to be per- Kharaitiyat, Al Jeryan, Al Hu- Semaisma, Onaiza, Fereej Al of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Moham- BIRD UNVEILED AT HIA formed by worshippers. waila, Al Kharrara, Al Khalidi- Nasr, Fereej bin Dirham, Fer- med bin Abdulrahman Al Thani met with The ministry said that ya, Al Kharsaah, Al Kheesa, Al eej Al Manaseer, Fereej bin Governor of the US State of Indiana Eric A stunning new public art “Falcon” by artist Tom Claassen was unveiled at cleaning teams have been Dafna, Al Doha Al Jadeed, Al Omran, Fereej bin Mahmood, Holcomb in Indianapolis on Sunday. The Hamad International Airport (HIA) on Sunday. working continuously to pre- Thakira, Al Soudan, Al Sailiya, Fereej Abdul Aziz, Leibeib, meeting reviewed aspects of the joint This was announced by Qatar Museums Chairperson HE Sheikha Al pare mosques for worshippers. Al Sheehaniya, Al Ebb, The Legataifiya, Meraikh, Me- cooperation between Qatar and the Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani. Meanwhile, the Ministry Pearl, Al Murra, Al Messila, Al saieed, Messaimeer, Msheir- State of Indiana, especially in the fields “We are proud to unveil today a new public art ‘Falcon’ by Tom Claassen of Municipality and Environ- Mirqab Al Jadeed, Al Meshaf, ib, Nuaija, Wadi Al Sail, Ain of trade, investment, agriculture and at @HIAQatar depicting the national bird of Qatar. The artist took inspiration ment (MME) is cleaning and Al Mamoura, Industrial Area, Kahled, Al Ghanem Al Jadeed, sports. from the soft falcon’s feathers and the more vivid lines mimic the airline’s sanitising mosques and prayer Al Najada, Al Hilal, Al Wajba, Al Gharrafa, Fereej bin Omar, routes from Qatar to the rest of the world,” Sheikha Al Mayassa said in a grounds ahead of Eid Al Adha. Umm Ghuwailina, Al Khor, Al Al Luqta, Madinat Al Shamal, tweet. The mosques will be reo- Duhail, Al Rayyan Al Jadeed, Madina Khalifa South, Ma- She continued, “As well as the curves that can be found in Arabic callig- pened at various areas includ- Al Rayyan Al Qadeem, Al dina Khalifa North, Al Matar raphy and the folds in fabric of traditional attire. The Falcon sits on a ledge ing Ezgava, Umm Saneem, Sadd, Simaisma, Al Sailiya, Qadeem, Hamad Interna- at the airport, exuding royalty with its gold finish. You can also find Qatar’s Al Salata Al Jadeeda, Umm Al Sheehaniya, Al Shamal, Al tional Airport, Al Mamoura, Afghan parties agree national animal 8 Oryx’s by the artist at the arrivals hall.” (TNN) Salal Ali, Umm Salal Moham- Azeeziya, Bani Hajer, Bu Sam- Muaither South, Muaither ed, Umm Ghuwailina, Umm ra, Bu Sidra, Dukhan, Raas North, Al Najma, Al Wakra to continue dialogue Qarn, Umm Lekhba, Bin Om- Lafan, Rawdat Al Hamama, and Al Wukair. ASHRAF SIDDIQUI DOHA THE Afghan government and the Taliban have agreed to continue their dialogue with full efforts to reach a peaceful solution. Pilgrims head to Mina as The announcement on Sunday comes as representatives of the Afghan government and Taliban sat down for a new round of talks Hajj 2021 officially begins in Doha over the weekend. Both the sides paid their gratitude to the government of Qatar for facilitating the talks for reaching a peaceful solution to the conflict. Only 60,000 fully Both sides agreed to continue the dialogue on vaccinated citizens a higher level and it is agreed that civilian lives and residents of the and properties will not be harmed. kingdom are allowed to take part due to Portuguese-speaking countries’ COVID-19 pandemic AGENCIES summit approves Qatar as JEDDAH ‘Associate Observer’ (PG 2 ) VACCINATED Muslim pil- grims residing in Saudi Arabia started their Hajj pil- grimage on Sunday, an an- nual event strictly curtailed Muslim pilgrims circumambulate around the Kaaba, Islam’s holi- for the second consecutive est shrine, at the Grand Mosque in the holy Saudi city of Makkah, Parts of Qatar receive scattered rain year over COVID-19 con- a day before the annual pilgrimage. (AFP) TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK cerns. DOHA This year, only 60,000 years and fully vaccinated around 7 kilometres north- Saudis and foreigners al- against COVID-19. east of Makkah, and the rest WESTERN regions of the ready residing in the country Pilgrims were trans- will join them later Sunday, country received scattered are taking part in the Hajj. ported from the Saudi city Saudi-owned television al- rain on Sunday, Qatar Meteor- The figure pales in com- of Makkah to the Mina val- Arabiya reported. ology Department (QMD) has parison to the 2.5 million ley where they will spend In Makkah, pilgrims said. Muslims from all over the the night before heading to walked seven times in an “Scattered rain of varying world who usually gather Mount Arafat where the hajj anti-clockwise direction intensity is expected to contin- annually for the Hajj, Islam’s reaches its peak on Monday. around the Kaaba, the cube- ue which may be thundery at largest congregation. Tuesday marks the start of shaped holy building inside times, accompanied by strong Last month, Saudi au- the Muslim Eid Al Adha fes- the Grand Mosque. They wind intermittently until to- posted a video showing light- rain along with sudden and conditions are also likely in thorities said eligible pil- tival. also ran back and forth be- morrow (Monday),” the QMD ning at Umm Jolaq on Sunday strong winds. The rain is ex- offshore areas along with high grims must be in the age Around 47,000 pilgrims tween two historical hills in said on Twitter. morning. The weather depart- pected to continue until the seas and thundershowers in group ranging from 18 to 65 have already reached Mina, the area. PAGE 4 The weather bureau also ment had predicted thundery middle of this week. Windy some areas..