Makkah News and Updates

World Conference on Prophet Muhammad

Madinah , Muharram 24, 1435, Nov 27, 2013, SPA

On behalf of Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, Prince Faisal bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Madinah region and Chairman of Supreme Committee of Event of Madinah as Capital of Islamic Culture 2013, attended here yesterday evening the inauguration ceremony of World Conference on Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and his rights of the humankind organized by the Islamic University in Madinah.

The ceremony was also attended by President General of the Affairs of the Grand Holy Mosque and the Prophet's Holy Mosque Sheikh Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Sudais; the Minister of Culture and Information Dr. Abdulaziz bin Mohieddin Khoja and an elite of scholars, thinkers and researchers from the Kingdom and abroad.

Addressing the ceremony, the Grand Mufti of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and President of Council of Senior Scholars and General Presidency of Scholarly Research and Ifta, Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Al-Sheikh stressed the importance of this conference, noting that the Islamic nation attaches hopes to the Conference to introduce the Prophet's Sunnah through researches.

At the end of the ceremony, and on behalf of the Crown Prince, the Governor of Madinah region laid the foundation stones for a number of projects for the Islamic University at a cost of nearly SR 3 billion.

http://www.spa.gov.sa/English/print.php?id=1172603
http://www.spa.gov.sa/English/print.php?id=1172604


Int'l Conference on the Chronology of Prophet Mohammed Concludes in Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah

Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah, Muharram 24, 1435, Nov 27, 2013, SPA

The International Conference on the Chronology of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) concluded in Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah today.

A number of scholars from all over the world attended the event and enthusiastically took part in the discussions raised through a number of papers.

The participants recommended that Islamic countries seek to issue an international resolution preventing defaming and insulting the prophet and other messengers and prophets.

http://www.spa.gov.sa/English/print.php?id=1172850

 

29 November 2013

Delegates at a conference here have called on governments of Muslim majority nations to seek a United Nations resolution that would make the abuse of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), other prophets and caliphs a criminal offense.

This was one of several resolutions adopted by the World Conference on the Prophet (pbuh) organized by the Madinah Islamic University this week.

Delegates also recommended that a research center be set up, named the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Center for Studies and Research on the life and achievements of the Prophet (pbuh).

The conference recommended that Crown Prince Salman oversee these studies and that the university run the center.

The recommendations were tabled during the closing session of the conference, chaired by Abdul Rahman bin Abdullah Al-Sanad, director of the Islamic University. The conference had five sessions of dialogue and discussions.

The conference recommended organizing a workshop at the university for human rights activists from Arab and Islamic countries to develop a binding charter to protect Islam and the name of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).

Other resolutions adopted by the delegates included the recognition of the greatness of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and the need for Muslims to respect, admire and pray for him, his family, wives and companions.

The conference commended the efforts of the organizations, agencies and educational institutions that have acknowledged and supported Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and his message.

The delegates also called on Muslims to spread the message of Islam to non-Muslims globally through print and electronic media on all platforms in all languages, and for businesspeople to invest in these projects.

The conference recommended that the university hold seminars and courses inside and outside the Kingdom to acknowledge the rights and achievements of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).

The delegates also invited Islamic associations and universities to implement programs, conferences, meetings, and printing of scientific research and theses on the biography of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).

The participants wanted an encyclopedia published in various languages to cover the prophet’s solutions to ethical, social and economic issues. They also called on various government ministries to establish permanent and mobile exhibitions on the legacy and message of the Prophet (pbuh).

The conference called on Islamic governments to direct their embassies in various countries around the world to carry the message of Islam and Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).

The conference thanked the Ministry of Education for allocating parts of its school and university curricula to the study of Islam and the Prophet (pbuh), and urged other countries to do the same.

The participants also wanted an award created for the best research into the life of the Prophet (pbuh), to be named after King Abdullah and run by the Islamic University.

The delegates recommended that the conference be held every three years at the Islamic University. The participants also recommended sending a telegram of thanks and gratitude to King Abdullah for supporting the conference and the university.

http://www.arabnews.com/news/484786

28 November 2013

Madinah, Thursday, 24 Muharram 1434/ 28 November 2013 (IINA) –The World Conference on Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) urged on Wednesday the Islamic governments to make endeavors to enact an international law to criminalize slandering of the Prophet and all other prophets.

Wrapping up a two-day session, the conference called for framing an international charter to safeguard the reverence of the prophets. While stressing the need for adopting a wise, judicious and restrained approach based on dialogue in confronting blasphemy, the scholars slammed the tendency of some Muslims to resort to violence in handling such situations.

Several renowned scholars and thinkers from around the world attended the conference, organized by the Islamic University of Madinah as part of the year-long celebration of Madinah as the capital of Islamic culture for the year 2013. On behalf of Crown Prince Salman Bin Abdul Aziz, Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, Madinah Emir Prince Faisal Bin Salman inaugurated the conference on Tuesday evening. The inaugural session was also attended by Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh, Sheikh Abdurahman Al-Sudais, head of the Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques, Minister of Culture and Information Dr. Abdulaziz Khoja, and the Islamic University President Abdulrahman Al-Sanad.

Delivering a lecture on the topic, “The rights of the Prophet on his Ummah," the Grand Mufti said: “The most important among these rights include respecting his Tradition (Hadith), disseminating it and putting into practice in life, and defending him against envious people who try to inflicting damage to the Tradition and personality of the Prophet.” Meanwhile, Prince Faisal launched several projects worth a total of SR3 billion at the university, on the sidelines of the conference. These included opening of the Qur’an and Hadith faculties’ buildings, central library, hostels for students, and accommodation for the academic staff, besides laying corner stone for a sports complex, convention center, buildings for administration, deanships, and engineering and computer science faculties.

Sheikh Abdurahman Al-Sudais, head of the Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques, chaired on Tuesday the first session of the conference in which the prominent Algerian scholar Abdul Hadi Laaqab, presented the topic of how to employ means of media and culture in defending the Prophet (pbuh). He stressed the need for launching channels to counter the onslaught on the Prophet and blasphemy, holding international seminars and conferences as well as writing competitions on the personality of the Prophet (pbuh), setting up of theaters with the objective of acquainting the Prophet (pbuh) to the people, and introducing programs on the Prophet (pbuh) through the Internet and the social networking sites.

Several other scholars and thinkers also presented papers on various topics. They included Muhammad Al-Jundi of King Faisal University of Al-Ahsa (the biography of the Prophet(pbuh) in the writings of fair-minded Westerners), Abdullah Al-Jarboui of Islamic University of Madinah (The rights of Prophet (pbuh) on his Ummah), Ayesha Kabash Dawoodi of Algeria’s Prince Abdul Qader University of Islamic Studies (universality of the Islamic da’wa), Muhammad Habab of Tunisia (The certificates of fair-minded Westerners about the Prophet) and Sara Al-Otaibi of Princess Nora Binth Abdurahman University (universality of the message of Muhammad).

The second session, chaired by Fahd Al-Sammari, Secretary General of King Abdulaziz Foundation for Research and Archives (Darah) of Riyadh, discussed mainly the writings of renowned non-Muslim writers and scholars about the Prophet(pbuh) and the mechanisms to protect the rights of the Prophet(pbuh). Scholars and thinkers from Algeria, Egypt, Bahrain, and Sudan presented papers.

http://iinanews.com/en/index.php/cul...ing-of-prophet

Mataf expansion progress - Phase 2


Demolition works - 29 November 2013

Holy Mosque - Masjid al Haram

30 November 2013

Remove 30 hotels in Ajyad ..
In preparation for the Makkah train project

إزالة 30 فندقاً في أجياد.. تمهيداً لمشروع قطار مكة

30/11/2013

بدأ أكثر من 30 فندقاً في منطقة أجياد بمدينة مكة المكرمة الإخلاء وذلك استعداداً لإزالتها لصالح مشروع محطة سكة قطار مكة، وفقا لصحيفة المدينة.

وبدأت فعاليا، شركة الكهرباء ووزارة المياه وشركة الاتصالات السعودية في فصل التيار الكهربائي عن تلك الفنادق وتم نزع ملكيتها لصالح مشروع محطة القطار، حيث من المقرر إزالتها خلال الأسبوعين المقبلين.

وأوضح وكيل أمانة العاصمة المقدسة ورئيس لجنة تطوير الساحات الشمالية للحرم الشريف المهندس عباس قطان أنه صدرت الموافقة في العام الماضي على اعتماد 60 مليار ريال لتنفيذ شبكة قطار داخل العاصمة المقدسة ترتبط بقطار المشاعر المقدسة وقطار الحرمين الشريفين لتسهيل الوصول إلى الحرم الشريف.

وأكد أنه سيتم إيجاد 4 محطات للقطار، الأولى في منطقة أجياد أمام فندق الشهداء والثانية في جبل المدافع والثالثة في منطقة الغزة - شعب عامر، والرابعة في منطقة المسفلة، مشيرا إلى أنه تم نزع ملكية (1800) عقار لصالح هذه المحطات الأربع وتمت إزالة 90% منها بعد أن قامت لجنة تقدير العقارات المشكلة من إمارة منطقة مكة المكرمة وأمانة العاصمة المقدسة وفرع وزارة العدل وفرع وزارة المالية وعقاريين من أصحاب الخبرة بتقدير تلك العقارات، تمهيدًا لصرف التعويضات لأصحابها بعد إكمال الإجراءات المتبعة.

وأوضح قطان أن جميع مبالغ التعويضات متوفرة، وسيتم صرفها فور الانتهاء من الإجراءات المتبعة، ولكن بعض الصكوك لا تتوفر أطوال الأضلاع "الذرع"، ولذلك لم تصرف التعويضات لأصحابها وهذه العقارات تشكل نسبة قليلة مقارنة بعدد العقارات، التي تم نزعها لصالح مشروعات الساحات الشمالية والمشروعات التكميلية لها.

وأكد أنه تمت دعوة أصحاب العقارات لتقديم صكوك إثبات الملكية لإكمال إجراءات صرف التعويضات لأصحابها واطلاعهم على التقديرات التي تم تقديرها من اللجنة لأخذ موافقتهم عليها، مشيرا إلى أن النظام كفل لهم الاعتراض على التعويضات لدى المحكمة الإدارية.
وقال قطان إن هذه العقارات تم إعطاء أصحابها فرصة للاستفادة منها خلال موسم الحج الماضي وإخلائها بعد الموسم، مشيرا إلى أنه تم تكليف إحدى الشركات المتخصصة لإزالة هذه الفنادق بشكل سريع.

http://makkawi.com/News/show.aspx?Id=2935

Google translation: Began more than 30 hotels in the city of Mecca Ajyad evacuation in preparation to remove them in favor of the Railway Station Train Mecca , according to the city.

Falaa began , the electricity company and the Ministry of Water and STC in a separate power supply for those hotels were expropriated in favor of the train station , where he is scheduled to be removed during the next two weeks .

Undersecretary of the Secretariat of the Holy City and chairman of the Development Committee squares North of Haram al-Sharif Engineer Abbas Qattan that were approved last year to adopt a 60 billion riyals for the implementation of the rail network in the capital of the Holy linked to train the holy sites and the train of the Two Holy Mosques, to facilitate access to the Haram al-Sharif .

He stressed that he will find the 4 train stations , the first in the Ajyad front of the hotel martyrs and the second at Mount defender and the third in the area Ghazh - people Amer , and fourth in the Misfalah , pointing out that the expropriation ( 1800 ) Real Estate for the benefit of these four plants were removed 90% them after the committee estimate the real estate problem area of the emirate of Mecca and the Secretariat of the Holy City and a branch of the Ministry of Justice and the branch of the Ministry of Finance and real estate expertise of the owners of these properties appreciated , in preparation for the payment of compensation to the owners after the completion of the procedures .

The Qattan that all amounts of compensation available , and will be disbursed immediately upon completion of the procedures , but some instruments are not available lengths ribs " Aldhira " , and therefore did not act compensation to the owners and these properties constitute a small percentage compared to the number of real estate , which has been removed in favor of projects squares North and projects complementary her .

He stressed that he has been invited property owners to provide proof of ownership of instruments to complete the procedures for the disbursement of compensation to the owners and inform them of the estimates, which were estimated by the Commission to take their approval , noting that the system has ensured them to object to the compensation to the Administrative Court .
Qattan said that this property was given the owners an opportunity to take advantage of them during the Hajj season and evacuated after last season , pointing out that he has been assigned a specialized company to remove these hotels quickly.

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