PM arrives at Madinah to attend Women in Islam conference

City Desk :
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday arrived here on a three-day visit to Saudi Arabia to attend the international conference on ‘Women in Islam: Status and Empowerment’ to be held in Jeddah.
A commercial flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the PM and her entourage landed at Prince Mohammad Bin Abdul Aziz International Airport in Madina at 1:10 pm local time (Bangladesh time 4:10 pm), reports UNB.
Saudi Arabia in coordination with the general secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is hosting the conference from November 6 to 8.
The international conference on women in Islam is being held aiming to clarify women’s rights and responsibilities in Islam, especially women’s rights to education and work as per the teachings of Islam, with broad participation from scholars of the Muslim Ummah.
On Sunday, the prime minister will offer Fateha at the Rawza Mubarak of the Prophet (PBUH) after Asr prayer. Then Sheikh Hasina will leave Madina for Jeddah and then perform Umrah in Makkah.