Mera Aladam, Middle East Eye, Egypt arrests religious influencer who sponsored paid ‘proxy pilgrimage’, 6 Sep 2023. “Egyptian authorities arrested a social media influencer on Tuesday who has promoted an application that charges users for Umrah by proxy, according to a lawyer who lodged a complaint against the self-styled preacher.”
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