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General statistics
of the Umrah season 1436/2014-15
Until 23 Jumada Al-Tany 1436 - 12 April 2015
Total Number of the Mutamirs:
3,948,975
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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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April 14, 2015
Turkey today is scheduled to launch pilgrimage trips for the Muslim faithful with a landmark stopover in Jerusalem.
The first flight for umrah, or lesser pilgrimage in Islam, with a stopover in Jerusalem was scheduled to be launched today by Turkey's Presidency of Religious Affairs (DİB).
The inclusion of Jerusalem to the itinerary of Turkish pilgrims comes at a time of strained relations between Turkey and Israel.
The DİB has announced earlier that Jerusalem would be added to places pilgrims can visit following a high demand from would-be pilgrims seeking to visit holy sites of Islam in the ancient city.
Some 149 people were scheduled to leave on two flights from Istanbul's Atatürk Airport today. Pilgrims will stay in Jerusalem for three days before heading to Saudi Arabia, where they will stay for 11 days for the culmination of the pilgrimage at Kaaba, the holiest site in Islam. Umrah is not compulsory for Muslims but it is highly recommended for those who can afford it. It is not among the pillars of Islam unlike Hajj, the annual pilgrimage every able-bodied Muslim is obliged to perform, but it is very popular among the faithful in Turkey.
Jerusalem is home to the al-Aqsa mosque, one of the holiest sites in Islam, which was replaced by the Kaaba as qibla, the direction all Muslims are obliged to turn while praying. Muslims' access to the site is often subject to severe restrictions by the Israeli government. It is not clear whether Turkish pilgrims would be allowed into the mosque where severe clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian faithful seeking to pray at the site are common. Jerusalem also houses tombs of the prophets İbrahim, İshak, Yakup and Davud or Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and David, as well as Salman al-Farsi, a loyal companion of the Prophet Muhammad and Rabia al-Adawiyya, a renowned Muslim mystic.
Like umrah, visiting Jerusalem is not compulsory in Islam but the al-Aqsa mosque is highly revered among Muslims, as it is also believed to be the site of the Prophet Muhammad's ascension to heaven.
Turkish officials told media outlets that Israel reacted positively to the Turkish pilgrims' visit to Jerusalem, as long as they are eligible for visas from Israel.
DİB President Mehmet Görmez has recently said that Jerusalem has long been a part of umrah in Turkish history, although it is excluded from itineraries at present. "We abandoned Jerusalem and handed it to another country, but Jerusalem was not theirs, it belongs to Muslims," Görmez said, referring to Israel. "Jerusalem is the home of prophets and the sacred. Our ancestors had always paid a visit to Jerusalem while traveling to Kaaba, but we neglected it. It was wrong," Görmez said.
Jordan will provide access to Jerusalem for Turkish pilgrims and they will be transferred to the Israeli-occupied city via Amman.
Turkey has strained relations with Israel after the infamous raid on a Turkish vessel carrying activists to Gaza under the Israeli blockade and criticism of Israel by the government leaders over attacks on Palestinians. The inclusion of Jerusalem onto the itinerary of pilgrims dates back 10 years when Turkey and Israel had relatively good relations. The Israeli Ministry of Tourism was working to promote Jerusalem as an additional pilgrimage destination, according to Turkish media outlets, the year before relations went downhill.
It is not known whether Jerusalem will be included in state-sponsored Hajj trips for the faithful in Turkey.
Jerusalem was Ottoman territory until 1918 and even after its capture by British forces that year, it remained part of the pilgrimage for Turks for decades. The Arab-Israeli war in 1967 forced pilgrims to change their course.
http://www.dailysabah.com/religion/2...rkish-pilgrims
15 April 2015
A group of 154 Turkish people left Istanbul on Wednesday for Jerusalem as a part of religious umrah pilgrimage, which has been added to Turkey's umrah program for the first time in over 90 years.
Dozens of people gathered at Istanbul's Atatürk Airport to see their families and relatives off during their trips to holy sites. The plane of the first 78 people of the group left Istanbul in the early morning while the others departed at around noon.
Their trip came after Turkey's Directorate of Religious Affairs announced in February that they had included Jerusalem in the umrah program, at the request of the public.
Jerusalem is home to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, which for Muslims represents the world's third holiest site after the holy mosques of Masjid al-Haram in Mecca and Masjid an-Nabawi in Medina.
"I read this new umrah program in a newspaper and I liked it so much when I learned Jerusalem has been included in the program," Uğur Künefe, a taxi driver in the southern Antalya province, told Anadolu Agency. "Thank God I am here right now to go to three holy places. I am very happy and excited. It is my first time."
Retired hotel manager in the southern Antalya province, İbrahim Özen, 64, heads to Mecca and Medina for the fifth time, as a part of the umrah and the hajj, but it is his first pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
"Together with my wife, we always planned to go to Jerusalem but we just could not go there before. Thanks to this new program, we will be able to see the holy places there."
Esma Dogan, 18, a student in the southern Adana province, is one of the youngest people in the group.
"I wonder about al-Aqsa Mosque so much. I will be very happy when I see the holy sites there.
http://www.dailysabah.com/nation/201...-of-pilgrimage
Recalling an incident, he said that once they were filming atop a platform fixed to a crane some 400 meters above the ground, when they found that the screw linking the crane to the platform was becoming loose.
“We said our prayers and prepared for the worst. But the crane operator maintained his cool and slowly brought the platform to the floor of one of the stories of the under-construction tower.”
Everything linked to the project was enormous, Aksoy said. The clock, the largest in diameter in the world, is visible from 25 kilometers away.
Each face of the clock measures 46 meters in diameter and is decorated with thousands of gold-plated mosaics and more than 98 million pieces of glass mosaics.
The four faces of the clock are illuminated by more than two million LED lights. The top of the Clock Tower has a 94-meter spire with a 23-meter-high golden crescent.
The 35-ton mosaic gold crescent was constructed by a company in Dubai. Many of the heavy components of the Clock Tower were made abroad and shipped to Makkah.
Aksoy and his crew used helicopters to film and shoot the caravans of trucks carrying these heavy materials through the desert.
They were the first Muslim crew to use the world’s most sophisticated Cineflex HD camera, said the photographer, who has shot several TV commercials, documentaries and the famous Saudi TV comedy serial “Tash Matash.”
But this gigantic project was different. “Often I said to myself, this is the last time I am coming to the tower to shoot.
I can’t handle it anymore. I’m not young any more. The conditions are very hard. I will quit. But the next day I forgot everything,” said Aksoy, who is married to a Saudi doctor.
http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index...20150411240026
General statistics
of the Umrah season 1436/2014-15
Until 25 Jumada Al-Tany 1436 - 14 April 2015
Total Number of the Mutamirs:
4,003,308
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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
15 April 2015
معالي الرئيس العام يدشن ماكينة التطريز (tajma-tfmx-602 ) بكسوة الكعبة المشرفة
أشاد معالي الرئيس العام لشؤون المسجد الحرام والمسجد النبوي الشيخ الدكتور عبدالرحمن بن عبدالعزيز السديس بالدعم غيرالمحدود الذي يتلقاه مصنع كسوة الكعبة المشرفة من قبل القيادة الرشيدة – حفظها الله - , وقال أن الفضل الأول يعود لله وحده لا شريك له في التوفيق إلى هذا التطوير المتميز الذي تمر بها الرئاسة العامة لشؤون المسجد الحرام والمسجد النبوي ثم من وراء ذلك توجيهات كريمة من قبل خادم الحرمين الشريفين الملك سلمان بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود –حفظه الله – وسمو ولي عهده صاحب السمو الأمير مقرن بن عبدالعزيز وسمو ولي ولي العهد الأمير محمد بن نايف وزير الداخلية وكذلك حرص مستشار خادم الحرمين الشريفين صاحب السمو الملكي الأمير خالد الفيصل أمير منطقة مكة المكرمة , فلهم منا كل الشكر والتقدير على هذا الاهتمام الفائق .
واضاف معاليه أن المتأمل في تاريخ العناية بالحرمين الشريفين يجد أن الدولة السعودية ( القدح المُعلى ) في العناية والاهتمام بهما في كافة الخدمات, وتأتي العناية بالكعبة المشرفة في المقدمة من حيث كسوتها التي تكتسي بها من لدن هذه القيادة الحكيمة والرشيدة مشيراً أنه منذ عهد الإمام المؤسس – رحمه الله – الذي عني بإنشاء مصنع كسوة للكعبة ومن ثم ابناؤه البررة من بعده حيث خطى المصنع خطوات تطويرية في استخدام جميع الوسائل لتصنيع هذه الكسوة , وها هو اليوم خادم الحرمين الشريفين الملك سلمان يتم ما بدأ منه في الدعم والعناية في المصنع والعاملين فيه بإيجاد طرق جديدة تواكب التطور والحداثة في صنع هذه الكسوة الغالية للكعبة المشرفة .
وبين معاليه أن اليوم تم تدشين المنجز العظيم حيث نرى يداً تعمل ومصنعاً ينجز وهمماً تتحرك نحو التطوير والأبداع , ونجد في المقابل إخواننا في جبه القتال يذودون عن ديننا وعن بلادنا وعن حدودنا وعن ثغورنا وهو ذود عن الحرمين الشريفين , فالحمد لله على هذه النعم العظيمة التي تبعث الاعتزاز والكرامة والتشرف بهذه الأعمال الجليلة مضيفا أن الجبهات تعمل والأيدي تنتج والأعمال تبرز ومع كل هذا ما أفاء الله هذه البلاد المباركة من نعمة العقيدة السمحة والأمن المستتب فلم يمنعنا القتال في الجبهات على أن نبني و ننتج وذلك من شكر نعمة الله عز وجل .
جاء ذلك خلال تدشين معالي الرئيس العام لماكينة التطريز الحديثة (tajma-tfmx-602 )التي تعتبر من أحدث المكينات في عملية التطريز حيث تقوم بإنتاج الأعلام والشعارات .
وبين معاليه أننا نرى في كل زيارة لنا لهذا المصنع كل ما هو جديد ويبعث الفخر والاعتزاز في مثل هذه الأعمال وهذه النقلة المباركة في مجالات التطوير والتدريب والتأهيل والعمل على أن تكون الأجهزة والمكنات في مصنع الكسوة على أحسن طراز عالمي , ولهذا كونت الرئاسة العديد من الفرق التي تجوب العالم لتنظر في أحدث ما توصلت إليه التقانة الحديثة لتسخيرها في خدمة الحرمين الشريفين وقبلة المسلمين الكعبة المشرفة .
من جهة أخرى اوضح سعادة مدير عام مصنع كسوة الكعبة المشرفة الدكتور محمد عبدالله باجودة أن تدرجات المهنة في هذا المجال أكسبت العاملين صبراً بعد بداية كانت فيها المعلومات شحيحة , وباتت دروب المعرفة اليوم كدلائل ملهمة تسترشد بها الأجيال التي وضعت لبنة بناء أضحت اليوم نبراساً ونوراً يستضاء به ليكمل معالي الرئيس العام مسيرة العمل ولتجتمع الكلمة والصورة لتواكب العصر.
واضاف سعادة مدير مصنع كسوة الكعبة أن الرئاسة تحتفل اليوم بتدشين أحدث الماكينات العالمية التي استحدثت خصيصاً لمصنع كسوة الكعبة وهي ماكنة التطريز (tajma-tfmx-602 ( تاجيما اليابانية الصنع ) والتي تعد من أحدث ما توصلت إليه الصناعات المتطورة الحديثة في عالم التطريز حيث بإمكانها إنتاج الأعلام والشعارات بالمواصفات والمقاييس التي تحتاجها الرئاسة , مؤكداً أن الماكنة تعمل برأسين أماميين كل رأس منها يحتوي على ستة ألوان , حسب برمجة المنتج المطلوب بسرعة تصل إلى نحو ألف غرزة في الدقيقة الواحدة .
وزاد سعادته أن الماكنة تتميز في سرعة التنفيذ عما كانت عليه في السابق , من خلال تقليص المدة الزمنية حيث باستطاعتها إنجاز شعار أو أي منتج آخر في لحظات سريعة جدا , وهذا جزء من بداية إنهمار الخير وهناك ثمان ماكينات قادمة بإذن الله تعالى وسوف تنتهي إجراءاتها في القريب العاجل سوف تورد الى المصنع قبل نهاية العام الميلادي, وهي :
ماكنة النسيج الآلي لقماش الحرير المنقوش , وماكنة الحرير السادة , وماكنة القطن , وجهاز الجاكارد ( وهو نظام التحكم لنقش الآيات المنسوجة ) , وماكنة السداية , و ماكنة لف الخيط , وماكنة جهاز ربط الخيط , ورافعات اسطوانات مكائن النسيج .
وأختتم سعادته أن كل هذه الإنجازات تصب في خدمة بيت الله المعظم وهذا جزء من تعظيمه , والذي يعكس حرص قيادة هذا البلد والمسؤولين على عملية الموازنة والمواءمة بين الأعمال اليدوية الحالية وتنفيذها آلياً ووضعها على خط الإنتاج دون ترك فراغات تخل بالعمل والمظهر العام..
كما أنها تعكس تطلعات القيادة الرشيدة – حفظها الله – وعلى رأسها خادم الحرمين الشريفين الملك سلمان بن عبدالعزيز وسمو ولي عهده صاحب السمو الملكي الأمير مقرن بن عبدالعزيز , وسمو ولي ولي العهد صاحب السمو الملكي الأمير محمد بن نايف وزير الداخلية وصاحب السمو الملكي الأمير خالد الفيصل مستشار خادم الحرمين الشريفين أمير منطقة مكة المكرمة ومتابعة معالي الرئيس العام ومعالي نائبه لشؤون المسجد الحرام .
وقد حضر حفل التدشين فضيلة المستشار الإداري ورئيس هيئة المستشارين الشيخ محمد بن حمد العساف , وفضيلة المستشار الإداري نائب رئيس هيئة المستشارين الشيخ الدكتور يوسف بن عبدالله الوابل , وسعادة الوكيل المساعد لشؤون الخدمات الأستاذ مشهور المنعمي , وفضيلة المستشار الشرعي الشيخ رويبح بن رابح السلمي , والمستشار ومدير مكتب معالي الرئيس العام الدكتور خالد السبيعي وعدد من المسؤولين ومندوب الشركة الموردة للماكنة
http://www.gph.gov.sa/index.cfm?do=c...4&categoryid=2
Google translation: HE General President inaugurates embroidery machine (tajma-tfmx-602) Kaaba
HE General President of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque, Sheikh Dr. Abdul Rahman bin Abdul Aziz Al-Sudais Giralmahdod support received by covering of the Kaaba factory by the wise leadership - saved God - and said that the first thanks to God alone is not a partner in the success to this outstanding development that pass the General Presidency for the affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque and then from behind a decent guidance by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud -hfezh God - and His Highness the Crown Prince, His Highness Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz and Crown Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, the interior minister, as well as the keenness Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques adviser His Royal Highness Prince Khalid Al-Faisal, Emir of Makkah region, they have all our thanks and appreciation to this ultra-interest.
The Minister added that the meditator in the history of the Two Holy Mosques Care finds that the Saudi state (holy grail) in and attention to their care in all the services, come Kaaba care at the forefront in terms of clothe which are out from the presence of these wise leadership and governance, noting that since the reign of Imam founder - God's mercy - which meant the establishment of livery factory of the Kaaba and then his sons sons after him, where the pace of plant developmental strides in the use of all means to manufacture this cladding, here he is today the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman is what started it in the support and care in the factory and its workers to find new ways keep pace with development and modernity in the making of this precious cladding for sacred Kaaba.
And between Ma'aleh that today was the launch of the Great done where we see the hand works and factories performing and Hmma moving towards development and innovation, and we find on the other hand our brothers in the meal fighting Ivodon about our religion and our country and our borders and Tgorna which defend the Two Holy Mosques, praise be to God for this great blessings that sends pride, dignity and the honor of such acts venerable adding that fronts working hands produces and business stand out with all this what Allah has bestowed this blessed country of grace tolerant faith and Security enduring did not stop us fighting in the facades to build and produce and so grateful for the blessing of God Almighty.
This came during the inauguration of His Excellency the President-General of the modern machine embroidery (tajma-tfmx-602) which is one of the latest machine tools in the embroidery process where the production of flags and logos.
And between Ma'aleh we see on every visit us for this plant all that is new and gives pride in such acts and this shift blessed in the areas of development and training, rehabilitation and work on the devices and machines to be in clothing factory on the best world-class, and this formed the presidency of many teams that scouring the world to consider the latest modern technology to be harnessed in the service of the Two Holy Mosques and Muslims kiss the Kaaba.
On the other hand, said HE general manager covering of the Kaaba factory Dr. Mohammed Abdullah Pajudh that gradients profession in this area have given workers Sabra after the beginning of where the information was scarce, and has become the paths of knowledge today as evidence inspirational guide the generations that put the brick building is today a beacon and Nora Istdhae by To complement Excellency President General Career and meets word and image to keep pace with the times.
He added HE director Kiswah factory that the presidency is celebrating today the launch of the latest international machinery that has been created for the factory Kiswah a embroidery machine (tajma-tfmx-602 (Tajima Japanese-made), which is one of the latest hi-tech industries in the world of embroidery where they can produce flags and logos specifications and standards required by the presidency, stressing that the machine is working double-headed outposts every head of which has a six colors, depending on the desired product programming speeds of up to about a thousand stitches per minute.
And increased happiness that the machine is characterized by the implementation of what it was in the previous speed, by reducing the length of time where able logo or any other product achievement in a very quick moments, and this is part of the beginning of the downpour good and there are eight coming machines, God willing, will end its proceedings in the near will soon supplied to the plant by the end of the calendar year, namely:
Machine automated fabric cloth inscribed silk, machine gentlemen, and machine cotton silk, and a Jacquard (a control system to engrave verses woven), and machine Sudaah, and machine winding thread, machine connecting thread device, and cranes cylinders weaving machines.
He concluded his happiness that all these achievements are in the house of God, service bulks and this is part of veneration, which reflects the keenness of the leadership of this country and officials on the budget process and alignment between the current manual tasks and automate them and put them on the production line without leaving voids disturb the work and general appearance.
It also reflects the aspirations of the wise leadership - saved God - and on top of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman Bin Abdul Aziz and Crown Prince His Royal Highness Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz, the Crown Crown Prince, His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, the interior minister and His Royal Highness Prince Khalid Al-Faisal adviser Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, Governor of Makkah Region and the follow-up of His Excellency General and His Excellency the Vice President for the Grand Mosque.
The inauguration ceremony was attended by the virtue of the administrative adviser and head of the advisers, Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad Al-Assaf, and the virtue of vice president of the advisers administrative adviser Sheikh Dr. Yusuf bin Abdullah Volley, HE Assistant Undersecretary for Services Affairs Prof. famous Almnama, and the virtue of the legal adviser Sheikh Roabh Ben Rabah peaceful, Advisor and Director His Excellency the President-General, Dr. Khalid Subaie and a number of officials and a representative of the company's supplier of machine Office.
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