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#2761 [Permalink] Posted on 13th August 2013 15:33
 
Tata to make rails for
 
Makkah-Madina railway link


Tata Steel will fabricate 60,000 tonnes of high-quality rails for a new high-speed line
linking the Muslim holy cities of Makka and Madina in Saudi Arabia
8 Aug, 2013

MUMBAI: Tata Steel will fabricate 60,000 tonnes of high-quality rails for a new high-speed line linking the Muslim holy cities of Makka and Madina in Saudi Arabia, a company official said here Thursday.

The new line, being constructed since 2009 and expected to be operational late next year, will ferry millions of pilgrims on the 444-km journey between the two cities at speeds of 320 km per hour.

"This is a prestigious project which will see the two holy cities being linked by rail for the first time. We are delighted to be contributing to this line which will have to overcome some major challenges across some of the most extreme terrain in the world," said Tata Steel's rail sector chief Gerard Glas.

The steel for the project will be made at Tata Steel's Scunthorpe plant in England before being rolled into rails in lengths of 25 metres at the same plant and also in Hayange in the north of France.

Running across the challenging desert terrain, the railway line will have to withstand temperatures ranging from freezing to 50 degrees Celsius, besides sandstorms, flash floods and shifting dunes.

Constructed at a cost of an estimated Euros 12 billion, the railway will carry around 160,000 passengers daily, and many more during the annual Haj pilgrimage, on a fleet of 35 trains.

Last year, the Saudi Railways Organisation awarded the contract for the final phase of completing, running and maintaining the Haramain High Speed Rail Project to a Spanish consortium of Copasa, Imathia and OHL.

Haramain implies "two holy places" in Arabic, while Makkah is the place where the Holy Quran was revealed and Madina is the birthplace of Prophet Mohammed.

En route, the trains will halt at Jeddah and King Abdullah Economic City.

Tata Steel has already implemented similar projects in Brazil and Mauritania.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/...w/21708221.cms
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#2762 [Permalink] Posted on 13th August 2013 15:34
 
25 000 carpets cleaning and processing for Hajj
Resumption of expansion on the outskirts of the Grand Mosque


طي 25 ألف سجادة للتنظيف والتجهيز للحج
استئناف أعمال التوسعة في أطراف من الحرم المكي



استئناف توسعة أجزاء من الحرم المكي قبل موسم الحج . تصوير: أحمد حشاد - «الاقتصادية»
Resumption of expansion parts of the Grand Mosque in Mecca before the pilgrimage season.
12 August 2013

فاطمة الحسن من الدمام

اعتبر المهندس عبد الله قاضي نائب رئيس اللجنة الوطنية للحج والعمرة لشؤون العمرة في مجلس الغرف السعودية أن استمرار تدفق معتمري الداخل إلى مكة المكرمة والمدينة المنورة قل قبل العودة للمدارس، بسبب مشارفة الإجازة على الانتهاء، مشيراً إلى أن نسبة تخفيض أعداد حجاج الخارج لحج العام الحالي وصلت إلى 20 في المائة، في حين أن نسبة تخفيض أعداد حجاج الداخل تبلغ 50 في المائة.

إلى ذلك استأنفت أمس الأول متابعة أعمال مشروع توسعة المطاف للحرم المكي بعد توقفها في 10 رمضان في بعض المواقع نتيجة الزحام الشديد وتوافد المعتمرين من مختلف بقاع الأرض، وكان مشروع توسعة المطاف قد ابتدأ في الثالث من المحرم للعام الهجري الحالي للمرحلة الأولى منه، حيث من المقرر له التوقف في 15 من ذي القعدة للاستعداد لاستقبال أعداد الحجاج من الخارج للعام الجاري، وتقدر نسبة انتهاء أعمال الخرسانة في المشروع للمرحلة الأولى بنحو 70 في المائة.

وفي شأن ذي صلة أكد لـ "الاقتصادية" المهندس سلطان القرشي مدير إدارة النظافة والفرش في الرئاسة العامة لشؤون الحرمين أن اليوم الرابع من العيد قل فيه عدد الموجودين في الحرم المكي كثيرا وتراجع الزحام، ما ساعد على استئناف العمل في المواقع المخطط لها تنفيذ مشروع توسعة المطاف، وحجز المواقع بعد رفع المفارش، مشيرا إلى أن الخطة التشغيلية للعمل في شهر رمضان حتى السادس من شوال لأعمال النظافة، تقوم على خمس مراحل غسيل رئيسية لكامل الحرم مع الساحات المحيطة به وتستغرق نحو 50 دقيقة، إضافة إلى التنظيف المستمر طوال 24 ساعة. وبين القرشي أن أعمال النظافة في الحرم المكي تستخدم 301 معدة خاصة من مكائن، ومكانس كهربائية، ورافعات، وأن عدد المفارش التي يتم فرشها في الحرم وساحاته المحيطة وأدواره 25 ألف قطعة سجاد.

http://www.aleqt.com/2013/08/12/article_777680.html

Google translation: 12 August 2013

He Engineer Abdullah judge Vice-President of the National Committee for Hajj and Umrah for Umrah in the Council of Saudi Chambers that the continued flow of معتمري home to Mecca and Medina Say Before returning to school, because مشارفة leave to an end, pointing out that the rate of reduction of the numbers of pilgrims abroad pilgrimage this year and reached to 20 per cent, while the proportion of reducing the numbers of pilgrims inside of 50 per cent.

It resumed yesterday the first follow-up project to expand the Mataf of Haram al Makki after a break in the 10 Ramadan in some locations as a result overcrowding and the influx of pilgrims from different parts of the earth, and the expansion project finally has begun on the third of Muharram of the year Hijri current for the first phase of it, where he is scheduled a stop in the 15 of November to prepare for the reception of the number of pilgrims from abroad for the current year, with an estimated ratio of the completion of the concrete in the project for the first phase by about 70 per cent.

In regard to irrelevant confirmed for "economic" Sultan al-Qurashi, Director of Hygiene and mattresses in the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy that the fourth day of the feast Say the number present in the Grand Mosque in Mecca too much and fell crowds, which helped to resume work at the sites planned implementation of the expansion project eventually , booking sites after the lifting of placemats, pointing out that the operational plan to work in the month of Ramadan until the sixth of November for cleaning, based on the five stages laundering key for the entire campus with squares surrounding it and takes about 50 minutes, in addition to constant cleaning throughout the 24 hours. Between al-Qurashi that cleaning in the Grand Mosque in Mecca private use 301 stomach machines, vacuum cleaners, and cranes, and the number of mattresses that are furnished in the campus and surrounding precincts and 25 thousand pieces roles carpets.

 
 
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#2763 [Permalink] Posted on 13th August 2013 15:36
 
Luggages Lockers in Grand Mosque

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Demands the establishment of incubation centers by the private sector
Umrah traffic revives secretariats بساحات the boxes in Grand Mosque


مطالب بإنشاء مراكز للحضانة من قبل القطاع الخاص
زحام العمرة ينعش صناديق الأمانات بساحات الحرم المكي



الإقبال يتزايد على صناديق الأمانات من قبل المعتمرين
The growing demand for safe deposit boxes by pilgrims
8 August 2013

إذا كان لكل سوق موسم، فإن سوق صناديق حفظ الأمانات بساحات الحرم المكي تعيش ذروة موسمها السنوي الذي يتزامن مع شهر رمضان المبارك، حيث يكثر الاقبال على حفظ الأمانات من قبل المعتمرين قبل الدخول للحرم المكي لأداء مناسك العمرة.

وتلتف حول الحرم المكي 7 مراكز لحفظ الأمانات تضم أكثر من 145 ركنا لحفظ المتعة تضم في مجملها أكثر من 1500 صندوق.

ويتركز طلب المعتمرين على حفظ أجهزة الجوالات وبطاقات الصراف الآلي، والمحافظ اليدوية والعربات المتحركة والحقائب الصغيرة والوثائق داخل صناديق الأمانات فيما تتراوح إيجاراتها بين خمسة ريالات للصندوق الصغير و25 ريالاً للصندوق الكبير عن الساعة الواحدة، فيما تتراوح إيجارات الصناديق المتوسطة بين 10 و20 ريالا للساعة.

Google translation: If each season market, the market for funds Remember secretariats بساحات the Grand Mosque in Mecca live the annual peak season, which coincides with the holy month of Ramadan, where frequently turnout on safe deposit by pilgrims before entering the campus Mecca to perform Umrah.

And wrapped around the Grand Mosque in Mecca 7 safe deposit centers with more than 145 to save the cornerstone fun in its entirety includes more than 1,500 fund.

The focus of the request pilgrims to save the devices mobile phones and ATM cards, purses handmade and moving vehicles and small bags and documents inside the safe deposit boxes as ranging إيجاراتها between five reais to fund small and 25 riyals per box big for one hour, while ranging rents funds medium between 10 and 20 riyals per hour.


 

صناديق الأمانات تنتشر في سبعة مواقع وتتكون من أربعة أجهزة تعمل بأحدث التكنولوجيا الأمنية في كل جهاز 36 صندوقا حافظا للأمانة بمختلف الأحجام، ويبلغ عدد صناديق الأمانات 144 صندوقا.

التوسعة الجديدة للحرم المكي وسعت الحاجة إلى مزيد من إنشاء المواقع المستثمرة في مجال بناء مراكز لصناديق الأمانات، لتقديم الخدمات للمعتمرين والحجاج حيث أعلنت الرئاسة العامة لشؤون المسجد الحرام والمسجد لنبوي عن رغبتها بتأجير مواقع بالساحات حول المسجد الحرام والمسجد النبوي بمكة المكرمة والمدينة المنورة من جميع الجهات، لتوريد وتركيب وتشغيل صناديق مختلفة الأحجام لحفظ الأمانات والأمتعة الخاصة بالحجاج والمعتمرين وجميع مرتادي المسجد الحرام والمسجد النبوي الشريف وإداراتها وتشغيلها.

متعاملون ومراقبون كشفوا أثناء جولة "الرياض" إلى طرح فكرة إنشاء مراكز لحضانة الأطفال حول الحرم المكي وعلى طريق دخول المعتمرين حول ساحات الحرم المكي لتقديم خدمة حضانة الأطفال قطعا لظاهرة فقدان الأطفال في زحام العمرة وإزعاجهم لقاصدي بيت الله الحرام بحيث تقدم هذه المراكز خدمات الرعاية والنظافة والأكل والترفيه خلال فترة أداء العمرة من قبل أولياء الأمور.

من جانبه أكد الناطق الإعلامي لشرطة العاصمة المقدسة المقدم عبدالمحسن الميمان على أهمية الخدمات التي تقدمها صناديق الأمانات كمشروع استثماري حضاري لمواجهة ظواهر فقدان الأمتعة والأغراض الشخصية للمعتمر وللحد من بعض قضايا النشل التي تحدث من قبل بعض ضعاف النفوس مشيرا إلى أن الجهات الأمنية لا تألو جهداً في متابعة النشالين من ضعاف النفوس والقبض عليهم بالجرم المشهود، داعياً المعتمرين بالتوجه لصناديق الأمانات وعدم اصطحاب نقودهم ووثائقهم وهواتفهم وكل ما هو ثمين لديهم أثناء الطواف والسعي، والعمل على وضعها في صناديق الأمانات للحفاظ عليها ولكي لا ينشغل تفكيرهم بها والخوف عليها من الضياع عند أداء النسك.

http://www.alriyadh.com/2013/08/08/article858015.html

Google translation: Safe deposit boxes at seven sites spread consists of four devices work with the latest security technology in each device 36 funds maintained for the Secretariat of various sizes, and the number of safe deposit boxes 144 boxes.

The new expansion of the campus in Mecca and sought the need to further create websites invested in building centers for safe deposit boxes, to provide services to pilgrims and pilgrims, where he was declared the General Presidency for the Holy Mosque and the mosque to Nabavi wished leased sites بالساحات around the Grand Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque in Mecca and Medina from all sides, for the supply, installation and operation of funds of various sizes to save boxes and luggage for pilgrims and Umrah performers and all attendees of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque, management and operation.

Traders and observers uncovered during a tour of "Riyadh" to put forward the idea of ​​establishing centers for custody of children around the Grand Mosque in Mecca and by entering the pilgrims around the courtyards of the Haram al-Makki to provide a service custody of the children certainly the phenomenon of loss of children in crowded pilgrimage and disturb the قاصدي House of God so as to provide these centers care services, hygiene and eating The entertainment during the period of performance of Umrah by parents.

For his part, media spokesman for the Metropolitan Police holy submitted Mohsen Maiman on the importance of the services provided by the safe deposit boxes as an investment project of civilization to confront the phenomena of loss of baggage and personal belongings of the pilgrims and to reduce some of the issues pickpocket that occur by some weak people, pointing out that the security is sparing no effort to follow up pickpockets of weak people and arrest them red-handed, calling on the pilgrims to go to safe deposit boxes and do not take their money and documents and mobile and all that is precious to have during the cruise and seek, and work to put them in safe deposit boxes to keep them and to not be distracted thinking them and fear them from being lost when performing the rituals.

 
 
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#2764 [Permalink] Posted on 13th August 2013 15:37
 
300 billion riyals returns the Umrah annually after the end of the "expansion"

Existing projects will increase the capacity
of the Masjid al Haram to 30 million pilgrims annually


Mataf expansion and Haram expansion
are expected to be completed within 4 years


300 مليار ريال عوائد العمرة سنويا بعد انتهاء "التوسعة"
المشاريع القائمة سترفع الطاقة الاستيعابية للحرم المكي إلى 30 مليون معتمر سنوياً


12 Aug 2013

كد مسؤولون في قطاع العمرة أن العوائد الموسمية سترتفع بعد الانتهاء من مراحل التوسعة القائمة في الحرم المكي إلى أكثر من 300 مليار ريال سنوياً، نظراً للطاقة الاستيعابية الكبيرة للتوسعات الجديدة، والقدرة على استيعاب نحو 30 مليون معتمر سنوياً.

من جهته أكد أحمد بافقيه، نائب رئيس مجلس الإدارة والعضو المنتدب لشركة شعائر للتنمية السياحية في تصريحات لصحيفة الاقتصادية، أن الانتهاء من الاستراتيجية القائمة لتوسعة الحرم المكي سيرفع الطاقة الاستيعابية للعمرة إلى 30 مليون معتمر سنوياً، بمتوسط تكلفة عشرة آلاف ريال للمعتمر الواحد، ما يرفع العوائد في موسم العمرة إلى 300 مليار ريال، بخلاف عوائد موسم الحج.

وأوضح أن متوسط سعر التكلفة للمعتمر الواحد في الوقت الحالي التي تتضمن أجور الإقامة خمسة أيام في مكة المكرمة وخمسة أيام في المدينة المنورة وأجور النقل والمواصلات والإعاشة تبلغ نحو10 آلاف ريال، وبالتالي فإن إجمالي العوائد يبلغ نحو 50 مليار ريال في الموسم الواحد، تنعكس إيجاباً في القطاعات الاقتصادية الوطنية.

وأضاف "في السابق نأخذ من المعتمر في دورة نقل كاملة تشمل مكة المكرمة وجدة والمدينة المنورة نحو 50 ريالا للمعتمر الواحد، بينما حالياً تبلغ التكلفة للدورة الكاملة 100 ريال في أدنى الحدود، وتضاعفت أجور النقل في عديد من الشركات الأخرى، كذلك ارتفعت أسعار الفنادق وتكاليف السكن".

من جهته أوضح علي ناقور، صاحب مجموعة الناقور العالمية للاستثمار، والرئيس التنفيذي لشركة الجزيرة لنقل الحجاج والمعتمرين التي تمتلك أكثر من 2000 حافلة لنقل الحجاج والمعتمرين، أن عوائد العمرة في الموسم الجاري تصل إلى نحو 62 مليار ريال، تشمل تكاليف السكن والإعاشة والتسوق وأجور النقل الداخلي، حيث تم حساب متوسط التكلفة بنحو 12000 ريال للمعتمر الواحد.

وبين الناقور أن مشروع خادم الحرمين الشريفين للطواف وتوسعة الحرم المكي، الذي يتوقع أن ينتهي خلال أربع سنوات، سيرفع الطاقة الاستيعابية بلا شك، وسيرفع من عوائد العمرة والحج على الاقتصاد الوطني.

وأفاد أن الانتهاء من جميع المشاريع التوسعية التي تشهدها المملكة خصوصا ما يتعلق بموسم العمرة، التي تشمل الانتهاء من مشروع مطار الملك عبد العزيز الدولي الجديد ومشروع قطار الحرمين وشبكات النقل، إضافة إلى مشروع توسعة المطاف والحرم المكي، سترفع الطاقة الاستيعابية لموسم العمرة إلى نحو 50 مليون معتمر سنوياً، ولكن ذلك يتطلب الانتهاء من جميع المشاريع، فلا يمكن استيعاب 50 مليون معتمر سنوياً، دون الانتهاء من مراحل مشروع مطار الملك عبدالعزيز الدولي الجديد، ولا يكفي على سبيل المثال الانتهاء من مشروع توسعة المطاف والحرم المكي فقط لاستيعاب 50 مليون معتمر سنوياً.

وحول تكاليف وعوائد العمرة بعد الانتهاء من مراحل توسعة المطاف التي أمر بها خادم الحرمين وزيادة أعداد المعتمرين، أوضح الناقور أن تكلفة السكن والإعاشة والنقل للمعتمرين والحجاج تشهد زيادة سنوية طبيعية لا تقل عن 7 في المئة، وبالتالي من الطبيعي أن تشهد تكاليف العمرة زيادة، كما سترتفع في المقابل عوائد العمرة.

من جانبه توقع سعد القرشي، عضو اللجنة الوطنية للحج والعمرة في مجلس الغرف السعودية، رئيس لجنة النقل في الغرفة التجارية الصناعية في مكة المكرمة، أن ترتفع الطاقة الاستيعابية للحرم المكي بعد انتهاء التوسعة التي أمر بها خادم الحرمين الشريفين إلى أكثر من 30 مليون معتمر سنوياً.

وأشار إلى أن الطاقة الاستيعابية للفنادق والغرف في مكة المكرمة تستوعب الزيادة في الأعداد ورفع الطاقة الاستيعابية، وبالتالي لدينا الإمكانات والقدرة على استقبال أكثر من 30 مليون معتمر سنوياً بعد استكمال مراحل التوسعة.

وأبان أن خطط وزارة الحج التي تهدف إلى مغادرة المعتمرين بعد أدائهم مناسك العمرة، ستسهم في رفع الطاقة الاستيعابية بلا شك، ويجب أن ننقل هذه الفكرة إلى الدول العربية والإسلامية، وإلى وكالات السفر والسياحة التي تنقل المعتمرين.

http://www.alarabiya.net/ar/aswaq/tr...B9%D8%A9-.html

Google translation: 12 Aug 2013

CKD Umrah sector officials that the seasonal yields would rise after the completion of the phases of the expansion in the Grand Mosque in Mecca to more than 300 billion riyals a year, due to the large absorptive capacity of the new expansions, and the ability to absorb some 30 million pilgrims annually.

For his part, Ahmed بافقيه, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of rites for tourism development in remarks to the Economic Times, that the completion of the strategic list for the expansion of the Grand Mosque will raise the capacity of the Umrah 30 million pilgrims a year, at an average cost of ten thousand riyals for the pilgrims each, raising returns Umrah season to 300 billion riyals, unlike the pilgrimage season returns.

He explained that the average cost price of pilgrims one at the moment which includes wages residence five days in Mecca and five days in Medina and wages of transportation and subsistence of about 10 thousand riyals, and therefore the total revenues of around 50 billion riyals per season, reflected positively in the sectors national economic.

"In the previous take of pilgrims at the transfer of full include Mecca, Jeddah and Medina, about 50 riyals per pilgrim per, while currently total cost for the session full SR 100 in the lower border, and doubled transport fares in many other companies, as well as the prices of hotels and housing costs . "

For his part, Ali Nakor, the owner of a Nakor International Investment and Chief Executive Officer of the island to transport pilgrims, which owns more than 2,000 buses to transport pilgrims, that returns Umrah in the current season up to about 62 billion riyals, including the cost of housing and living, shopping and transportation fees internal , where the average cost was calculated at about 12,000 riyals per pilgrim.

Among Nakor that the draft Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cruising and expansion of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, which is expected to be completed within four years, will increase the capacity without a doubt, will raise the Umrah and Hajj returns on the national economy.

He reported that the completion of all expansion projects taking place in the Kingdom especially with regard to season Umrah, which includes the completion of the airport project, King Abdul Aziz International Airport new train project Haramain and transport networks, as well as the expansion of the day and the Grand Mosque in Mecca, will raise the capacity of the Umrah season to about 50 million pilgrims annually, but that requires the completion of all the projects, it can not accommodate 50 million pilgrims a year, without finishing stages of the project King Abdulaziz International Airport new, is not enough, for example, completion of the expansion project up and the Grand Mosque in Mecca only to accommodate 50 million pilgrims annually.

And about the costs and rewards of Umrah after the completion of the stages of expansion eventually ordered by the Custodian and increasing numbers of pilgrims, explained Nakor that the cost of accommodation and subsistence and transportation of pilgrims and pilgrims witnessing an annual increase natural of not less than 7 percent, and therefore only natural to see the cost of Umrah increase, as will rise On the other hand returns Umrah.

For his part, predicted Saad al-Qurashi, a member of the National Committee for Hajj and Umrah in the Council of Saudi Chambers, chairman of the Transportation Committee in the Chamber of Commerce in Mecca, to increase the capacity of the campus in Mecca after the end of the expansion ordered by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, to more than 30 million pilgrims annually.

He pointed out that the capacity of hotels and rooms in Mecca to accommodate the increase in numbers and lifting capacity, and thus we have the potential and the ability to receive more than 30 million pilgrims a year after the completion of the expansion stages.

Has shown that the plans of the Ministry of Hajj, which aims to leave pilgrims after performing Umrah, will contribute to raising the capacity, no doubt, and we should move this idea to the Arab and Islamic countries, and to the travel and tourism agencies that carry pilgrims.

 
 
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#2765 [Permalink] Posted on 13th August 2013 15:38
 
22,000 Umrah pilgrims leave the Kingdom daily

13 August 2013 - 06 Shawwal 1434 H

JEDDAH – Around 22,000 Umrah performers have departed the Kingdom on a daily basis since the third day of the Islamic month of Shawwal, according to the director of King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, an Arabic daily reported.

The same number of Umrah performers is estimated to leave the Kingdom over the next few days daily until the middle of Shawwal (Aug. 22nd), when all Umrah performers will have left the Kingdom, said Abdul Hamid Abu Al-Aree.

Meanwhile, economic experts estimated that by the time the Grand Mosque’s expansion projects have been completed, Umrah income will hit SR300 billion a year because the mosque will be able to accommodate 30 million pilgrims over the course of the pilgrimage season.

Ahmad Bafaqeeh, deputy director of Shaer Company for Development and Tourism, said each Umrah performer will have to pay SR10,000 for their Umrah package.

Currently, it costs an Umrah performer this amount to stay five days in Makkah and another five in Madinah, with living expenses and food covered.

This income will bring a lot of benefits to different sectors such as hotels, restaurants, malls, and transportation, all of which are important parts of the Saudi economy, Bafaqeeh noted.

The upcoming period following the completion of expansion projects in the Grand Mosque will be very vital to the Saudi economy, he said, adding this phase requires a lot of planning on the part of Umrah companies.

Ali Naqoor, who owns Al-Naqoor Global Investment Group, said currently Umrah income is around SR62 billion, but this figure will multiply during the next four years.

Saad Al-Qurashi, member of the national committee of Haj and Umrah at the Saudi Council of Chambers, said Makkah hotels and the buildings specified for Umrah accommodation can accommodate 30 million Umrah performers a year.

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#2766 [Permalink] Posted on 13th August 2013 15:39
 
Prophet’s Mosque expansion:

Most east-side buildings razed

13 August 2013 - 06 Shawwal 1434 H

MADINAH — The demolition of over two-thirds of buildings surrounding the Prophet's Mosque from the east have been completed for the mosque’s grand expansion ordered by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah.

The demolition work started early July and has been continuing ever since. So far, 10 big buildings have been demolished, including the Awkaf building, the Al-Wiladah mosque and the Al-Ansar market.

Director of PR at the Presidency of the Affairs of the Prophet's Mosque Abdul Wahid Al-Hattab said when the expansion is completed from all four corners, the mosque will raise its intake capacity to more than 1.6 million worshipers.

He noted that the demolition process did not impede the large number of visitors from entering the Prophet's Mosque during the just-concluded month of Ramadan.

Meanwhile, director of the Haj Ministry in Madinah Mohammed Al-Neejawi revealed that since the start of the Umrah season in February, more than 5.2 million people visited the Prophet's Mosque to pay homage to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and pray.

He said these visitors were accommodated in about 1,000 buildings containing more than 300,000 beds thanks to a grouping system that would not allow the arrival of newcomers before the visiting groups have left.

Al-Beejawi said under the new system, not more than 450,000 visitors would be allowed to stay in Madinah at the same time.

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#2767 [Permalink] Posted on 13th August 2013 15:40
 
24 pickpockets arrested in Prophet’s Mosque

Tuesday 13 August 2013

The Prophet’s Mosque’s security force in Madinah arrested 24 pickpockets of eight nationalities who stole from worshippers while praying inside the mosque.

The thieves were arrested during Ramadan under a plan implemented by the police director of the region, Brig. Gen. Saud bin Awad Al-Ahmadi. The plan involved deploying police detectives inside the mosque and the courtyards surrounding it to prevent any kind of pickpocketing activities.

Madinah police Col. Fahd bin Amer Al-Ghanam, said, “Three of the arrested are Egyptian, three others are Pakistanis, and a seventh is from Nepal.”
Items such as wallets containing different currencies and mobile phones were found on the suspects.

He noted that policewomen of the investigation unit arrested a 30-year-old woman while she was pickpocketing a Filipino female visitor. Once the thief noticed that she was caught red-handed, she tried to throw away the wallet, but was caught nevertheless.

“Search and investigation members were suspicious of three juveniles between the ages of 15 and 17. A mobile phone was found on one of them and the device was returned to its original owner,” said Al-Ghanam.

Another 15-year-old juvenile was arrested while he was stealing a mobile phone from a sleeping person inside the mosque. Five other mobiles and sums of different currencies were found on an Egyptian aged 35. The security force had followed the man while he was walking among worshippers who were sleeping inside the mosque at the time.

Al-Ghamam confirmed that the efforts of the security men is still in full swing, armed with their expertise and the advanced equipment they use in the field, such as cameras and state-of-the-art communication devices.

He appealed to all citizens, visitors and residents to take guard their personal belongings, and warned anybody who tries to take advantage of the worshippers while they perform the holy rituals.

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#2768 [Permalink] Posted on 13th August 2013 15:41

Prophet's Mosque - Masjid an-Nabawi

Ramadan - 4 August 2013


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#2769 [Permalink] Posted on 13th August 2013 15:55
 
Prophet's Mosque expansion

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General update for Prophet's Mosque expansion



Area Marked with A is west side demolition area which has already started.

Area marked with B is the Thaniyyatil-Wada its the hill which Ansar (Madinah people) had waited and observed the entrance of Prophet Mohammad to Madinah.

Area marked with C is the new Bus Terminal U/C, which is unknown yet whether it will stay or will be demolished as well. But construction is going on.



Area A: West side demolition area









Area B: Thaniyyatil-Wada









Area C: New Bus terminal





 
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#2770 [Permalink] Posted on 13th August 2013 16:00
 
TAWAF START


Sign corrected on the Temporary Mataf







Before ... with mistake (STRAT)

 
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#2771 [Permalink] Posted on 13th August 2013 16:02

Temporary Mataf


''ONLY ONE COMPANION ALLOWED WITH WHEELCHAIR''


Read on the sign ...

but more than one is allowed






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#2772 [Permalink] Posted on 14th August 2013 18:48
 
In preparation for the pilgrimage season

Test run for Al Mashaer Metro

Test will continue until 5 October

استعدادا لموسم الحج
رحلات تشغيل تجريبية لقطار المشاعر



انطلق قطار المشاعر المقدسة في رحلات تجريبية تستمر حتى نهاية شهر ذي القعدة وذلك من أجل جاهزية القطار لموسم الحج القادم.

وأوضح المهندس فهد أبوطربوش مدير عام مشروع قطار المشاعر المقدسة في وزارة الشؤون البلدية والقروية لـ«عكاظ» أنه يجري حاليا العمل على تنظيم وترتيب التشغيل الدوري للقطارات للتأكد من مدى جاهزيتها للعمل في موسم الحج، وقال إن تحرك القطارات بين المحطات في المشاعر المقدسة وتشغيلها هذه الأيام يأتي ضمن التشغيل الدوري الذي يقع ضمن المهام الأولية للشركة الصينية المشغلة حتى لا يحدث عطل فني استعدادا لموسم الحج. وأضاف: لدينا 17 قطارا ولا بد من تشغيلها وانتقالها من محطة إلى أخرى خلال فترات متتالية وفق جدولة معينة تضمن التشغيل والحركة لكل عربات القطار، مستبعدا تشغيل قطار المشاعر المقدسة لغرض الرحلات السياحية المنظمة، وقال: لا أرى جدوى اقتصادية من ذلك حيث لا يمكن توفير 3 آلاف راكب للساعة من خلال الرحلات السياحية.

وقال إن مدة عقد الشركة الصينية المشغلة للقطار تنتهي مباشرة بعد موسم حج هذا العام، وقال: بعدها يحق للوزارة طرح منافسة عامة لتشغيل وصيانة قطار المشاعر المقدسة على عدد من الشركات المنافسة المتخصصة في مجال تشغيل القطارات بعد الشركة الصينية التي تولت جانب التشغيل والصيانة بعد الانتهاء من بناء وتجهيز القطار، في الوقت الذي دارت فيه عجلات القطار وتنقلت بين المحطات في المشاعرالمقدسة.

وأضاف: ربما يكون ضمن البنود في العقد الجديد تشغيل القطارخلال مواسم رمضان وخلال الرحلات السياحية في المشاعر المقدسة، مؤكدا على أن حركة القطار هذه الأيام مجرد تحريك للقطار للتأكد من جاهزيته وحتى لا يتعرض لأي عطل خلال موسم الحج، لافتا إلى أن الشركة تقوم بعمل صيانة دورية للقطارات وتشغيل تجريبي وتشغيل شامل لكامل الخطوط وعبر المحطات قبل موسم الحج بمدة كافية للتأكد من جاهزية القطارات وضمان جودتها الكاملة لكي تؤدي عملها بكل كفاءة.


Google translation: 13 August 2013

Launched the holy sites train in test flights will continue until the end of the month of Dhū al-Qaʿda (5 October) with in order to train readiness for the next pilgrimage season.

The Engineer Fahad Abutrbuc General Manager train project holy sites in the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs for «Okaz» that Work is underway to organize and arrange the operating league for trains to ensure their readiness to work in the pilgrimage season, said that the movement of trains between stations in the holy sites up and running these days Operating comes within the league, which is located within the primary tasks of the Chinese company operated so as not to technical malfunction occurs in preparation for the pilgrimage season. He added: We have 17 trains must be operated and moved from station to another during successive periods according to schedule certain guarantees operation and movement of each train carriages, ruling out running train holy sites for the purpose of tourism trips organization, and said: I do not see the economic feasibility of it where you can not provide 3 thousands of passengers per hour during the tour.

He said that the term of the Chinese company operating the train ends immediately after the pilgrimage season this year, and said: then entitled to the ministry asked the public competition for the operation and maintenance of train holy sites on a number of competitive companies specialized in the field of trains run after the Chinese company that took over the operation and maintenance after the completion of building and equipping the train, in the time it took place when the train wheels and moved between stations in Almchaaralmekdsh.

He added: may be among the items in the new decade run Alqtarkhalal seasons of Ramadan and during the tour in the holy sites, stressing that the movement of the train these days simply move the train to ensure readiness and so as not to be subjected to any malfunction during the pilgrimage season, pointing out that the company is doing regular maintenance Train and run a demo and run a full comprehensive lines and stations across before the pilgrimage season sufficiently in advance to ensure the readiness of the trains and the full quality assurance to function efficiently.

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#2773 [Permalink] Posted on 14th August 2013 18:49
 
Makkah post office to be demolished


to make way for the largest Makkah metro station



The 55-year-old Makkah post office building.
14 August 2013 - 07 Shawwal 1434 H

MAKKAH – A 55-year-old post office building in Gaza Street, the oldest government building in Makkah and a well-known landmark, will be demolished soon to make way for the largest metro station as part of the expansion project for the Grand Mosque.

The post office building consists of eight floors and covers an area of 2,500 sq. meters.

This is the last building to be torn down as part of the expansion project for the Grand Mosque, according to Abbas Qatan, Makkah Mayoralty’s assistant deputy mayor for development projects. Qatan is also supervisor of the project to develop the Grand Mosque’s northern courtyards.

Work is being expedited to complete the implementation of three metro stations around the Grand Mosque, Qatan said.

One will be behind the King Abdulaziz endowment building in the Al-Mesfalah neighborhood, another at the post office building and the third in the Jarwal neighborhood.

Meanwhile, Prince Mansour Bin Miteb, Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs, recently issued a decision to acquire 489 buildings where the fourth ring road project will be implemented.

The buildings are located by the Al-Madinah Highway, the road linking Abdul Qadir Koshak and Al-Iskan streets in the Al-Shawqiya neighborhood, part of the Jeddah-Madinah Highway and part of Al-Sail Road leading to Taif.

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#2774 [Permalink] Posted on 14th August 2013 19:07
 
All mosques in Saudi Arabia
 
to be linked online


Aisha Al Rajhi mosque, Makkah

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

RIYADH – The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah, and Guidance is going to implement an online system to allow imams of mosques all over the Kingdom to connect with each other on the Internet, an Arabic language daily quoted a source as saying on Tuesday.

The system will allow the ministry to closely monitor all its programs focusing on mosques, pilgrims, and expatriate communities, the source said. The ministry’s recent statistics showed that there are 90,000 mosques all over the Kingdom. Linking all these mosques with one online system will make it possible for the ministry to know the status of each mosque, its shortcomings and its needs.

Sheikh Talal Al-Aqeel, adviser to the Minister of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Dawah and Guidance, said the ministry will introduce sweeping technology changes to system. All forms of coordination with the imams of mosques will take place online. “The ministry seeks to keep up with latest technological developments which help Muslims all over the world to learn about Shariah and its teachings,” Sheikh Al-Aqeel said.

Abdullah Al-Huwaimil, ministry’s undersecretary for administrative and technical affairs, said the new system will include detailed information about mosques, imams, Dawah activities, etc.

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Saudi Mosques


Hasan Enany Mosque, Jeddah


King Saud Mosque, Jeddah


Al Zahra’ Mosque


Al Qiblatain Mosque, Madinah


Imam Mohammad bin Saud Mosque, Riyadh


King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Grand Mosque


Al Kindy Square Mosque - Diplomatic Quarter, Riyadh

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#2775 [Permalink] Posted on 14th August 2013 19:08
 
MERS-free Ramadan Umrah season
healthy sign for 2013 Haj

Wednesday 14 August 2013

About five million foreign pilgrims, who came to perform Umrah this year, have left the Kingdom without any cases of the MERS coronavirus infection reported among them, Health Minister Abdullah Al-Rabeeah said on Tuesday.

“No infections by the MERS coronavirus or any other epidemic diseases have been reported among these pilgrims as well as visitors of the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah,” he said, highlighting the success of the preventive health measures taken by his ministry.

The numbers of pilgrims and visitors during Ramadan (and previous months) crossed five million, of whom only 200,000 remain in the Kingdom, the minister said.

He said the ministry’s hospitals in Makkah and Madinah have provided health services to nearly 150,000 pilgrims and visitors during Ramadan.

The virus has killed 46 of the 94 people confirmed infected since September worldwide, most of them in Saudi Arabia.

The exact origins of the virus is a riddle scientists have been working hard to solve in a bid to halt its spread, especially in the lead-up to the annual Haj pilgrimage, which begins on Oct. 13.

Concerns about the virus, for which there is no vaccine, have led Saudi Arabia to restrict visas for the 2013 Haj, which sees millions of Muslims flock to Makkah and Madinah every year.

Dr. Mohammed Badahdah, an internist and assistant secretary-general of the World Assembly of Muslim Youth, emphasized the Saudi government’s efforts to protect the health of millions of pilgrims who visit the Kingdom for Haj and Umrah. He stressed the need for enlightening pilgrims about Haj matters including health issues before their arrival in the Kingdom.

“Many pilgrims come without any knowledge about Haj rituals and how to protect their health during the pilgrimage,” Badahdah told Arab News. “Health is one of the main concerns of pilgrims and the Saudi government takes a lot of measures to protect their health as it considers it as its religious duty,” he added.

He called upon foreign countries and Haj missions to support the Kingdom’s endeavors by educating their pilgrims about Haj and health matters through crash courses, adding that it would have a big impact on the successful management of Haj affairs. “They can do it now easily with the support of modern communication facilities and Saudi Arabia would be more than happy to assist them in this matter,” he said.

Badahdah said the new expansion of the Grand Mosque in Makkah and the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah would double their capacities, enabling millions of faithful to perform their religious duties with comfort.

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