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JEDDAH, July 29 – The Government of Saudi Arabia considers the newly introduced Mecca initiative for Malaysian pilgrims to enter the Kingdom for the Haj pilgrimage this year as a great success.
Awwad bin Saleh Al Awwad said that the Mecca initiative had been introduced to facilitate the hajj procedures by asking the pilgrims to complete the procedures in their home country, and this year, the facility was also extended to Malaysian and Indonesian pilgrims
. This project has been very successful in Malaysia and Indonesia. Thanks to the efforts of the sectors and agencies concerned in both countries, "he told a delegation of 11 media writers invited by the ministry to cover the preparation for the pilgrimage to the Holy Land
. as part of the National Transformation 2020 programs to achieve the 2030 Kingdom Vision to improve services and facilitate pilgrims.
"We plan to increase the number of countries participating in the initiative. of Mecca, "he said
Through the Mecca Highway initiative, the airport authority was aiming for a 20-minute clearance for pilgrims from the landing process to the point of departure. to their buses that would be ready to send them to their respective hotels in Mecca. ] The initiative began with the end of the entry visas into Saudi Arabia from the country of pilgrim, to the airport where the original flight takes off, in collaboration with various pilgrims who arrive under the initiative of the Mecca road have their fingerprints taken and their passports stamped to their country of departure and their entry into Saudi Arabia would be facilitated as a domestic flight,
This initiative also concerns pilgrims Indonesians, but only those who transit through Jakarta's Soekarno Hatta Airport.
Dr. Awwad said Mecca was a sacred place. place of worship and a platform of revelation, where Muslims came from all over the world to make the Haj pilgrimage.
"The pilgrimage is to unite Muslims and there is no room for division and sedition Pilgrims want to perform the Haj safely and pray in the purest part of the land that Allah forgives their sins and then returns safe and sound to their homeland, God willing, "he added.
to serve the pilgrims of the House of God since their entry into the Kingdom and their transfer to the two holy Mosques, Al-Sharif, then their return to their homeland.
All the ministers of the Saudi government, he said, were in "The Hajj is a unique event in which more than three million people congregate in one place and move in tight spaces at the same place. Haj is something you can not delay because Haj is bound to be at the right time and at a specific moment. "- Bernama
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