Haj Minister Bandar Hajjar has instructed his officials to provide - TopicsExpress

Haj Minister Bandar Hajjar has instructed his officials to provide extra space to foreign pilgrims at Mina and other holy sites by allotting them 50 percent of tent space dedicated to domestic pilgrims. The move comes following government cuts to the number of domestic Hajis this year by 50 percent as a result of ongoing expansion work at the Grand Mosque in Makkah. “We have already begun allocating extra space in Mina among the six Tawafa organizations that serve pilgrims from Arab states, south Asia, southeast Asia, Iran, Africa, Turkey, Europe and the US,” he said. “The extra space has been distributed on the basis of the numbers of pilgrims served by each Tawafa organization,” he said, adding that the move would help reduce congestion at pilgrim camps. Deputy Haj Minister Hatim Qadi said domestic Haj firms would serve nearly 100,000 pilgrims this year. Saudis and expats intending to perform the pilgrimage should obtain Haj permits to avoid punishment. Saudi authorities have warned that expats violating Haj rules would be deported immediately and banned from entering the Kingdom for 10 years. Qadi said the ministry’s teams would conduct regular field tours of the camps to make sure the organizations provide the guests of God with services. “We’ll refer cases of violators to a three-member committee consisting of the Ministries of Interior, Haj and the Commerce and Industry to take punitive action against them,” he added. The ministry has temporarily closed down 304 branch offices of domestic pilgrim service firms, including 94 in Jeddah, 50 in Riyadh, 32 in Makkah, 19 in Madinah and 17 in Dammam, to reduce the number of domestic Hajis. Muhammad Basarawi, spokesman of the Guides Organization in Madinah, said a new group of Malaysian pilgrims would arrive at Prince Muhammad International Airport Saturday morning. “We have made arrangements to host more than 1.28 million foreign pilgrims this year. From among them, 368,283 pilgrims will arrive at Madinah Airport,” he added.

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