Minister of Endowments Mokhtar Gomaa denied Tuesday media reports about him being banned from traveling or dismissed from heading the Hajj mission, Al-Bawaba News reported. He stated, in a press conference, that he is still working in the ministry, and those who started such rumors seek to spread chaos in the country. Gomaa arrived to his office in the morning, and asked for an urgent meeting with the council of endowments' agents, in preparation for the upcoming Hajj mission scheduled on Sept 16.