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#4951 [Permalink] Posted on 23rd December 2014 04:56

 

 General statistics
of the Umrah season 1436/2014-15




Until 29 Safar 1436 - 21 December 2014

Total Number of the Mutamirs:

318,080
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Number expected for the whole Umrah season
6,000,000

* Mutamir/s: is/are the one who come into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
to perform Umrah rituals and visit the Prophet's Holy Mosque.

Statistics from Ministry of Hajj

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#4952 [Permalink] Posted on 23rd December 2014 04:58

 

Mataf expansion updates

21 December 2014

Mukabariah Plan








Arch Plan






progress 7 Columns













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#4953 [Permalink] Posted on 23rd December 2014 05:01
 
Haram ongoing expansion


This picture taken today, Dec. 22, 2014, shows the ongoing expansion
work at the Grand Mosque in Makkah. (AN photo by Ahmad Hashad)

23 December 2014

HARAM EXPANSION: The third phase of the massive expansion project on the Masjid Al-Haram (Grand Mosque) in the holy city of Makkah is in progress.

It involves a support services area that includes a district cooling plant, an electricity station, water stations, and other services.

The multi-billion project was launched in 2011 to meet the ever-growing number of Muslim pilgrims.

via Arab News fb

 

22 December 2014

Larger: scontent-b-mad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/t31.0-8/10379763...












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#4954 [Permalink] Posted on 23rd December 2014 05:06
 
Dar Al Tawhid Intercontinental Hotel, Makkah
 




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#4955 [Permalink] Posted on 23rd December 2014 05:08
 
First woman head at Holy Mosques Presidency

Tuesday, 23 December 2014

MAKKAH — Fatimah Al-Rashoud has become the first woman to occupy a leading position at the General Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques, Makkah daily reported.

Due to the growing need for women leaders in the Kingdom’s organizations and the active role women play in the development of the Two Holy Mosques, the organization’s president Sheikh Abdulrahman Al-Sudais appointed Al-Rashoud as head of the Women Guidance Committee and supervisor of the women’s section of the Grand Mosque library.

Last year, Al-Sudais appointed Al-Rashoud as vice head of the committee.

He believed that women are more qualified to give advice and religious guidance to each other than men.

He said: “They are aware of their own needs and circumstances. The presidency has also appointed several qualified female teachers of religion who give lectures and discussion circles in the mosque.”

Al-Rashoud said this opportunity has motivated her to be more dedicated to her job and confident about her work.

I’m glad to be serving all the women visiting the Holy Mosques as best as I can,” she said.

http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index...20141223228295
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#4956 [Permalink] Posted on 23rd December 2014 18:14

 

Ending demolition of the old Ottoman Porticos

22 December 2014












via Sait Kavgacı



Flashback Porticos
















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#4957 [Permalink] Posted on 25th December 2014 01:25

 

New Mukabariah

22 December 2014 - Installing Domes








Mukabariah Plan





23 December 2014 - Installing Domes





Removing the last column of the old Ottoman Porticos

22 December 2014


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#4958 [Permalink] Posted on 25th December 2014 01:27
 
Bangladesh

Dhaka to send 60,000 Umrah pilgrims in 2015

Wednesday 24 December 2014

Bangladesh will send around 60,000 Umrah pilgrims to the Kingdom throughout 2015 Ambassador Mohammed Shahidul Islam said on Monday.

The envoy was speaking to Arab News following his meeting with Haj Minister Dr. Bandar Al-Hajar in Riyadh on Monday.

Islam said that his country sent 98,000 pilgrims for the recently concluded Haj. “Now we are preparing to send Umrah pilgrims on a regular basis this year,” he added.

He said that the purpose of his meeting with the Haj minister was to offer his thanks to the Saudi government for managing the Haj in such an efficient manner which garnered the praise of all participating countries.

“A total of 170 flights operated by Biman and Saudi Arabian Airlines ferried the pilgrims to and from Bangladesh,” the ambassador added.

He said some 1500 pilgrims from the total of 100,000 performed the annual pilgrimage under the government scheme and that a special administrative Haj delegation of the government from Dhaka was also present in Jeddah to attend to the needs of the Bangladeshi pilgrims.

Jeddah-based Consul General Mohamed Shahidul Karim said his consulate would offer any assistance needed by the pilgrims during their Umrah pilgrimage. “Our doors are always open for our countrymen for services required from the mission,” Karim added.

More than five million Umrah pilgrims from all parts of the world are expected during the coming months. Last year, six million Umrah pilgrims came to the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah during the Umrah season. Vaccination against meningitis is mandatory.

While the other vaccines depend on the incidence of diseases in those countries, a ministry of health official said here.

He said that the vaccination should be taken at least 10 days before the pilgrims’ arrival to the holy cities pointing out that the vaccination against meningitis is valid for a period of three years only.

Explaining the seriousness of the disease, the official said that meningitis can break out due to the overcrowding especially with pilgrims coming from endemic areas and that congestion can lead to the quick transmission of the virus.

He added that the ministry’s national scientific committee which acts as a command center for the pilgrimage monitors the pilgrims arriving from all countries to keep tabs on all infectious diseases.

He pointed out that the health requirements for this year focused on several diseases including Ebola, MERS corona virus , yellow fever, meningitis, polio, and vaccination against the seasonal influenza virus.

He noted that the quarantine requirements for the Umrah visas have already been notified to all Saudi overseas missions through the ministry of foreign affairs in Riyadh.

http://www.arabnews.com/saudi-arabia/news/678956



 

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#4959 [Permalink] Posted on 25th December 2014 01:32
 
Haramain High Speed Railway

The first 13-car Talgo 350 train
arrives in Saudi Arabia

23 December 2014

THE first 13-car Talgo 350 train for the 450km Makkah – Madinah Haramain high-speed line arrive by the ship Jolly Quarzo on 22 December in at Jeddah Islamic SeaPort, Saudi Arabia.



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Locomotive and 13 wagons of the Haramain train
reaches Jeddah .. and experience within weeks


تذاكر مخفضة لنشر ثقافة استخدام القطار
قاطرة و13 عربة من قطار الحرمين تصل جدة.. وتجربتها في غضون أسابيع



صورة التقطت لأجزاء من قطار الحرمين أثناء مغادرته قبل أيام برشلونة متجهاً إلى ميناء جدة «ا ب»
Image picked up parts of the Holy train as he was leaving Barcelona days before heading to the port of Jeddah

وصلت إلى جدة أمس قادمة من ميناء برشلونة الإسباني، أول الشحنات من أجزاء قطار الحرمين السريع والمكونة من عربة قطار محرك رئيسة، و13 مقطورة عبارة عن 3 مطورات للدرجة الأولى و10 مقطورات مخصصة للدرجة الثانية بالإضافة إلى مقطورة (كافتيريا) مخصصة للطعام.

وعلمت "الرياض" أنه سيتم تخزين القطار بعد دخول السفينة الناقلة له، إلى أرصفة ميناء جدة الإسلامي مساء امس لعدة أيام في الميناء ومن ثم نقله مشحوناً بالبر إلى منطقة المدينة المنورة، لبدء الاختبارات الثابتة والمتحركة عليه، وذلك في الجزء المكتمل من المسار في المنطقة الشمالية من المشروع (رابغ - المدينة المنورة) في غضون فترة تقدر بثلاثة أسابيع تقريباً.

وبالنسبة للتذاكر وتكاليف النقل الخاصة بالقطار، علمت "الرياض" انه تم تحديد لجان تضم وزارة النقل والمؤسسة العامة للخطوط الحديدية لدراسة الأسعار الملائمة والمناسبة في المراحل الأولى من بدء المشروع، حيث سيكون من ضمن أولويات تلك اللجان، وضع سعر مناسب ومخفض لتذاكر السفر بين المدن، وبين مختلف المحطات، سعياً لنشر ثقافة استخدام القطار كوسيلة سفر وتنقل مناسبة ولاستقطاب الشريحة الأكبر من المسافرين والمتنقلين عن طريق القطار، وسيكون الائتلاف الإسباني مقاول المرحلة الثانية من مشروع قطار الحرمين مسؤولا عن بيع وتسويق التذاكر.

وسيتم بيع التذاكر عبر طرق المنافذ المتاحة في محطات القطار من خلال أجهزة الية توضع داخل المحطات وكذلك في شبابيك مخصصة لبيع التذاكر من قبل موظف مبيعات مباشر، إضافة الى بيعها عبر الإنترنت.

يجدر بالذكر أن قطار الحرمين السريع يعد من أحدث القطارات السريعة وتتوفر فيه جميع وسائل السلامة وتم تنفيذه من قبل 14 شركة منها 12 شركة إسبانية، وشركتان سعوديتان وتبلغ سرعته 300 كيلومتر في الساعة ويربط مكة المكرمة والمدينة المنورة بطول 450 كلم مرورا بجدة ومدينة الملك عبدالله الاقتصادية برابغ ويمر على أربع محطات للركاب.

http://www.alriyadh.com/1006181

Google translation; I arrived to Jeddah yesterday coming from the port of Barcelona, the first shipments of parts of the Haramain High Speed Rail Project, consisting of a train carriage head of engine, and 13 trailer is a 3 developers for the first degree and 10 trailers dedicated to the second division in addition to the trailer (Cafeteria) dedicated to food.

"Al-Riyadh" that will train store after the entry of the tanker his ship, to the docks of Jeddah Islamic Port yesterday evening for several days at the port and then transferred charged mainland to the Medina area, to start the fixed and mobile testing it, so in the unfinished track in the northern region of the project (Rabigh - Medina) within a period estimated at approximately three weeks.

For tickets and costs for rail transport, "Al-Riyadh" It was determined committees comprising the Ministry of Transport and Public Railways Organization to study appropriate and proper in the early stages prices from the start of the project, which will be among the priorities of those committees, develop an appropriate price and discounted tickets to travel between cities, and between the various stations, in an effort to spread the culture of using the train as a means of travel and the movement of suitable and attract the largest segment of travelers and commuters by train, and will be the Spanish coalition contractor second phase of the project Haramain train responsible for the sale and marketing of tickets.

Will be selling tickets through ways ports are available at train stations through the mechanism placed inside the stations and devices as well as in customized to sell tickets by direct sales employees windows, in addition to selling online.

It is worth mentioning that the Haramain High Speed Rail Project is one of the latest high-speed trains are available in which all means of safety have been implemented by 14 companies, including 12 Spanish company, and the two companies Sauditan and reach a speed of 300 miles per hour and linking Mecca and Medina 450 kilometer via Jeddah, King Abdullah Economic City in Rabigh and passes on four passenger terminals.




«Haramain Train» degrades the traveler in Jeddah Islamic Port

«قطار الحرمين» يحط رحاله في ميناء جدة الإسلامي


حط قطار الحرمين رحاله في داخل ميناء جدة الإسلامي اليوم قادماً من ميناء برشلونة الأسباني والذي تم شحنه من هناك في 14 ديسمبر، وتظهر الصور سحب المقطورات إلى داخل الميناء، حيث سيتم تخزينها مؤقتاً داخل الميناء ومن ثم نقلها إلى المدنية المنورة لبدء عملية تجربة القطار، والتي ستكون بين محطتي المدينة المنورة ومدينة الملك عبدالله الاقتصادية، ومن ثم سيتم إرسال القطارات الـ 35 الأخرى تباعاً.

http://www.alriyadh.com/1006395

Google translation: Landed Haramain train the traveler within the Jeddah Islamic Port today coming from Barcelona Port of Spain, which was shipped from there on December 14, and the pictures show the towing into port, where it will be temporarily stored inside the port and then transferred to the Civil Medina to start the process of experience train, which stations will be between Medina and King Abdullah Economic City, and then will be sent to the 35 other trains, respectively.

















http://www.3alyoum.com/news/local/a/...-%D8%A7%D9%84/




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#4960 [Permalink] Posted on 25th December 2014 01:41

 

Haram expansion updates

24 December 2014





























23 December 2014









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#4961 [Permalink] Posted on 27th December 2014 02:40
 
Madinah Research and Studies Center



Madinah History Center

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The Madinah Research and Studies Center has published
18 books about heritage and landmarks in Madinah


18 إصدارًا حديثاً يعزّز استراتيجية الحفاظ على تراث ومعالم وفضائل المدينة المنورة
 


REFUGE OF FAITH: The Madinah Research and Studies Center has published 18 books about heritage and landmarks in Madinah, Islam's second holiest city. One of the books, shown in the album below, is titled "Caligraphic Writings at Madinah Mosque Library", by Fahrus Wasbi. (SPA photos)

المدينة المنورة 02 ربيع الأول 1436 هـ الموافق 24 ديسمبر 2014 م واس

يعتزم مركز دراسات وبحوث المدينة المنورة قريبًا , إصدار 18 مؤلفًا جديدًا تهتم بتاريخ المدينة المنورة وفضائلها ومعالمها ومآثرها الفكرية.

وأوضح مدير عام المركز الدكتور صلاح بن عبدالعزيز سلامة أن هذه الإصدارات تأتي ضمن استراتيجية المركز التي ترمي إلى جعله ساحة لالتقاء البحوث والدراسات والتقارير والكتب التي تتناول تاريخ وحاضر المدينة المنورة ، ونقطة مغذّية لانطلاق الأعمال العلمية عن تاريخ المدينة المنورة في داخل المملكة ، وعاملاً مشتركاً فاعلاً وداعمًا في مثلها في خارج المملكة ، بحيث يقدم مخرجاته من المصادر التاريخية وأوعية المعلومات المختلفة للجميع من الأفراد والجهات المختلفة.

وبيّن في تصريح صحافي أن تحقيق هذه الاستراتيجية يتطلب جمع المعلومات عن المدينة المنورة في اللغات المختلفة من مختلف المصادر وأوعية المعلومات كالكتب والمقالات والبحوث والوثائق، وحفظها، والتعامل معها بمختلف الوسائل الملائمة، وإعداد ونشر البحوث والدراسات المنهجية الجادة التي تتميز بالأصالة والدقة والتوثيق العلمي عن المدينة المنورة , وجوانب الحياة فيها قديمًا وحديثًا ، وتحقيق تراثهاالمخطوط ، ورصد التطورات المستجدة دائمًا ، وتقديم خدمات المعلومات الموثقة لمراكز البحوث والباحثين ، ولمن يستفيد من المعلومات ، سواءً بطريقة مباشرة أو غير مباشرة ، وسواءً تم ذلك بالطريقة العادية أو بالطرق المستحدثة كشبكات الاتصالات المحلية والعالمية.

وأشار إلى أن أحد أسباب إنشاء المركز تتمثل في تعدّد الكتابات عن المدينة المنورة منذ هجرة الرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم إليها حتى عصرنا الحاضر، وإندثار بعضها أو اختفائه وتشتت هذه الكتابات في دول العالم ومكتباتها ومؤسساتها العلمية , لافتا إلى أن صاحب السمو الملكي الأمير عبدالمجيد بن عبدالعزيز ـ رحمه الله ـ تبنى مشروع إنشاء مركز بحوث ودراسات المدينة المنورة , وجعله وقفاً خيرياً سُجّل في المحكمة الشرعية بالمدينة المنورة ليخضع لأحكام إدارة الأوقاف الخيرية كوقف غير ربحي ثقافي، يتلقى تبرعات الجهات والأفراد لتنمية أصوله ليستمر في خدمة التاريخ الإسلامي بصفة عامة.

http://www.spa.gov.sa/details.php?id=1309302

Google translation:Medina, 02 March 1436, corresponding to December 24, 2014, SPA

Intends Center for the Study and Research Medina soon, version 18 new authors are interested on Medina and virtues and intellectual landmarks and monuments.

Director General Dr. Salah bin Abdulaziz safety and explained that these versions come within the center strategy which aims to make the scene of the confluence of research, studies, reports, and books dealing with the history and present of the city of Medina, and point nutritious for the start of scientific work on the history of the city of Medina in the Kingdom, and a common factor an active and supportive like in the outside of the Kingdom, so that provides outputs from historical sources and various information for all of the various individuals and entities.

And in a press statement that the achievement of this strategy requires the collection of information about the city of Medina in different languages from various sources and information sources such as books, articles and research documents, and save them, and deal with various appropriate means, and the preparation and dissemination of research and studies methodology Avenue which is characterized by authenticity and accuracy of scientific and documentation for Medina and aspects of life, past and present, and to achieve Trathaalmkhtoot, monitor always new developments, and provide documented information for research centers and researchers services, and those who benefit from the information, whether directly or indirectly, and whether it is done in the normal way or developed as networks of local and global communications means.

He pointed out that one of the reasons for the establishment of the center is the multiplicity of writings about Medina since the migration of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him to them until the present era, and the demise of some or disappeared and the dispersion of these writings in the countries of the world and their libraries and scientific institutions, pointing out that His Royal Highness Prince Abdul Majeed bin Abdul Aziz God's mercy adopted a project to establish and studies Medina Research Center, and make it a moratorium charity record in the Sharia court in Medina to be subject to the provisions of charitable endowments management endowment non-profit cultural, receives donations entities and individuals for the development of its assets to continue in Islamic history service in general.











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#4962 [Permalink] Posted on 27th December 2014 02:43
 
Calligrapher of the Prophet's Mosque honored


World renowned Islamic calligrapher Ustad Shafiq-uz-Zaman Khan honored
by Sheikh Sudais (President of GPH) for his services to Prophet's Mosque.

24 December 2014

واس- المدينة المنورة: كرّم الرئيس العام لشؤون المسجد الحرام والمسجد النبوي الشيخ الدكتورعبدالرحمن بن عبدالعزيز السديس، بمكتبه بالمدينة المنورة أمس، خطّاط المسجد النبوي شفيق الزمان ولي محمد خان؛ نظير جهوده وإجادته أداء الخط العربي في المسجد النبوي الشريف؛ وذلك بحضور نائب الرئيس العام لشؤون المسجد النبوي الشيخ عبدالعزيز بن عبدالله الفالح.

وأوضح مدير عام إدارة العلاقات العامة والإعلام عبدالواحد بن علي الحطاب، أن الخطاط شفيق الزمان يملك موهبة في جميع أساليب الخط العربي، ونال عدداً من الجوائز عبر مسيرته العملية، إلى جانب مشاركته في العديد من المعارض في الخط العربي في: جدة، والرياض، والمدينة المنورة، ودبي، والشارقة، وتركيا؛ فيما يُعَدّ مرجعاً في الخط العربي في البلاد العربية وفي أنحاء العالم.

وأفاد "الحطاب" أن هذا التكريم يُعَدّ تحفيزاً للجميع على بذل المزيد، وانطلاقاً من اهتمام القيادة الرشيدة -حفظها الله- بالحرمين الشريفين، وتزامناً مع الاحتفاء العالمي باللغة العربية.

http://sabq.org/KRtgde

Google translation: General President of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque, Sheikh Acanutorabdarahman bin Abdul Aziz Al-Sudais, at his office in the city of Medina yesterday, calligrapher Prophet's Mosque Shafiq time Crown Mohammad Khan; peer efforts and proficiency calligraphy performance in the Prophet's Mosque; and in the presence of Vice President for Prophet's Mosque, Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah al-Faleh.

The general manager of the Department of Public Relations and Information Abdul Wahid bin Ali Al Hattab, the calligrapher Shafiq time has talent in all calligraphy styles, and won a number of awards over his career, along with his participation in numerous exhibitions in calligraphy in: Jeddah, Riyadh, Medina , Dubai, Sharjah, and Turkey; in what is a reference in Arabic calligraphy in the Arab country and around the world.

According to "woodcutter" This award is an incentive for everyone to do more, judging from the attention of the wise leadership of the Two Holy Mosques -hfezha Allah, and to coincide with the global celebration of the Arabic language.

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#4963 [Permalink] Posted on 27th December 2014 02:46
 
Mataf expansion updates

24 December 2014






via Nazir Ahmad


24 December 2014 - by mecca moon











Umrah Gate
منارة باب العمرة الجهة اليمنى لمن أراد دخول الحرم

منارة باب العمرة الجهة اليسرى لمن أراد دخول الحرم


المنارة العملاقة بالجهة الشمالية الغربية
 
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#4964 [Permalink] Posted on 27th December 2014 02:47

 

Madinah new Airport updates






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#4965 [Permalink] Posted on 27th December 2014 02:50

 

Mataf expansion updates

24-25 December 2014



via @Chumbaa_Wumbaa















by mecca moon
























26 December 2014

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