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#1786 [Permalink] Posted on 31st January 2013 05:37
SR 1.15 bn set aside
 
 
for Madinah roadworks


article arabic http://www.aleqt.com/2013/01/31/article_728722.html
Thursday 31 January 2013

A sum of SR 1.15 billion was approved for road and transport projects in Madinah province in the current financial year, the director general of roads and transport of Madinah province announced.

Key projects to be implemented include the 30-km Madinah-Tabuk highway (Phase 3), 25-km King Khaled Road (third ring) and the old Madinah-Qassim Road with the intersection of the entrance of Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz International Airport, Zuhair bin Abdullah Katib was quoted by the Saudi Press Agency as saying.

He said a number of road projects are currently being carried out in Madinah province at a cost of SR 3.62 billion. The total length of roads is 1,978 km and include King Khaled Road, Yanbu Road, in addition to repair works at King Abdullah Road (second ring), Madinah-Tabuk Road, Yanbu-Amlaj-Sharma Road and other secondary and branch roads.

Earlier in the year, Transport Minister Jabara Al-Seraisry announced the Kingdom would spend SR 11 billion ($ 2.9 billion) on new road projects in 2013.
The budget allocation allows for 223 new road projects to be initiated across the country, with Riyadh and Makkah attracting most investment, an earlier report filed by Arab News said.

Riyadh will have new road projects valued at SR 1.48 billion ($ 395 million), followed by SR 1.2 billion ($ 320 million) for Makkah.

“There will be 22 road projects in Asir,” the minister said, adding they would cost SR 1.1 billion ($ 293.3 million).

http://www.arabnews.com/saudi-arabia...inah-roadworks
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#1787 [Permalink] Posted on 31st January 2013 05:41
 
 
New prayer mats for Two Holy Mosques

 

Thursday 31 January 2013

Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, head of the Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques, has signed a SR 41.6 million contract with Abdullatif Company for Carpets to supply 70,000 new prayer mats for the Two Holy Mosques in Makkah and Madinah.

The company will supply 325,000 meters of prayer mats for both mosques, said Sheikh Al-Sudais.

The Haram Mosque in Makkah will have green mats while the Prophet’s Mosque will have red mats, he said.

The company will supply the mats within 18 months. The deal comes at a time when the two mosques are witnessing massive expansion projects ordered by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah.

The two expansion projects are expected to cost more than SR 150 billion and double the capacity of the two mosques.

http://www.arabnews.com/saudi-arabia...-m-deal-signed
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#1788 [Permalink] Posted on 31st January 2013 06:13

Mataf expansion progress

Porticos poster begin on the north white wall





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#1789 [Permalink] Posted on 2nd February 2013 22:36
 
 
Exhibition on Holy Qur’an studies
 
to open in Jeddah on Sunday 3 Feb


A major attraction of the expo will be The Holy Qur’an Readings Tree, which is a chronological list
of the narrators of different approved Qur’an readings presented in the form of a ‘tree.


Friday 1 February 2013

Jeddah Gov. Prince Mishaal bin Majed will open an exhibition on the Holy Qur’an studies on Sunday.

The 12 pavilions in the exhibition being organized by the College of Education in the King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah will showcase 30,000 items including books, publications, copies of the Holy Qur’an and flyers that are directly related to the study of the holiest book for Muslims. The exhibitors in the event include the King Fahd Holy Qur’an Printing Complex, the International Commission for Memorization of the Holy Qur’an, the Saudi Scientific Society for the Holy Qur’an, and Scientific Wonders in the Holy Qur’an and the Imam Al-Shatibi Institute of the Jeddah Charity Society for the Memorization of the Holy Qur’an.

A major attraction of the expo will be The Holy Qur’an Readings Tree, which is a chronological list of the narrators of different approved Qur’an readings presented in the form of a ‘tree.’

Head of the Holy Qur’an Studies Department at the College of Education Salah Baothman said the exhibition’s organizers have been striving to get exhibits from different parts of the Kingdom to make the event most comprehensive.

He also stressed the importance of the event since it is a specialized exhibition exclusively on the studies, writings and scientifically established facts related to the Holy Qur’an.

Supervisor of the expo Fahd Al-Atari said the displayed items include 22 pictures including photographs under the title ‘pictures and signs portraying the power of the Creator’ in addition to the plates showing the miraculous statements of the Holy Qur’an regarding a number of scientific inventions that took place centuries after the revelation of the Book. Some talented students drew the pictures and diagrams.

The participating establishments and items in the expo include the King Abdullah Chair for the Holy Qur’an and various study programs for the study of the holy book.

http://www.arabnews.com/exhibition-h...es-open-jeddah

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#1790 [Permalink] Posted on 2nd February 2013 22:43

Mataf expansion progress

 

25 January

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31 January

Youtube Video

 

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#1791 [Permalink] Posted on 2nd February 2013 22:46

Shariah Arch

New Haram Boundary - Makkah-Jeddah Expressway

 

Youtube Video

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#1792 [Permalink] Posted on 2nd February 2013 22:48
 
Expert: End gap between Islamic and
 
manmade legal systems

Friday 1 February 2013

There is a conflict between Shariah authorities and non-Shariah legal experts in areas such as legal studies, methodology and execution of law in Kingdom, according to Ahmed Al-Saqih, a Saudi legal expert.

He stressed the need to close the widening gap between the Islamic legal system and the manmade legal system, and ending the disputes between the two sides.

“Even the word ‘manmade law’ was unacceptable for some Shariah experts in the past,” Al-Saqih said in a lecture delivered at the Hamad Al-Jassar Center yesterday. “The situation has now changed, especially after legal experts have realized that the non-Shariah law also has the goal of reaching at just legal rights.”

The lecture was steered by Abdullah Al-Taweel.

Al-Saqih’s lecture coincides with continuing efforts by the Saudi government to streamline the Kingdom judicial system and codify criminal and domestic laws.

Al-Saqih added that they also have realized that French law is influenced to a considerable extent by the Maliki school of thought.

“The goal of Islamic Shariah and its effort to achieve justice is loftier and comprehensive than all manmade laws, even if some manmade laws such as the Roman law are older than the Shariah,” Al-Saqih said. “On the other hand, the message of the Prophet (peace be upon him) came to perfect all the noble qualities.”

The expert also deplored the large divide between the students of the Shariah and the students of the positive law.

He attributed this chasm to the system of study at universities. Where the positive law is taught, the Shariah law is not included. The same is the case with the institutes where the Shariah is taught.

The expert stressed the importance of a merger between the syllabi of the Shariah and law schools as Egyptian universities have been doing over the past 50 years.

This kind of approach will pave the way to bring the two legal systems closer.

http://www.arabnews.com/saudi-arabia...-legal-systems
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#1793 [Permalink] Posted on 4th February 2013 03:58
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#1794 [Permalink] Posted on 4th February 2013 04:11
 
 
Saudi Arabia tightens Umrah visa rule

Feb 2, 2013

HYDERABAD: Fearing an influx of pilgrims who might overstay, the Saudi Arabian (SA) government has tightened Umrah visa rules, which is now giving sleepless nights to pilgrims and travel agents of the city.

Authorities are now cracking the whip on agencies and have made it mandatory for all pilgrims to book a government registered hotel along with the Umrah visa which would make their stay dearer by at least Rs 2,500 per day.

According to Mohammed Shoaib of Link Travels in Dewan Deodhi, there are around 1,200 such 'tasneef' registered hotels in Mecca and 800 in Medina.

"There are many people who save money for years to make the pilgrimage and star hotels are not affordable for all," said Md Farooq Ali from Husamia Travels, who rued that unlike in the past, it would now be the Saudi government which would identify these hotels.

As a result, the Umrah pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia could become a luxury, which only the affluent will be able to afford. Terming the pilgrimage as religious tourism, travel agents said around 25,000 pilgrims from city perform the Umrah every year in the Islamic months of Rabi-ul-Awwal, Ramzan and the holiday season in the months of April and May.

While 8,000 people from the state had left for Haj between the months of October and November last year, Umrah is performed throughout the year. Making matters worse is the 45-day visa processing time as against 28 days in the recent past. "Fewer people are approaching us now. There is an additional burden of a minimum of Rs 15,000 for each pilgrim. Even those who have relatives or can stay in Rubaaths are forced to rent hotels. The authorities were lenient before but the scenario has changed completely now," said Mohammed Shoaib of Link Travels.

Further, travel agents point out that the Saudi Arabia government had closed down at least five travel agencies last year in the kingdom for flouting rules which had tie-ups with local agencies.

Syed Mahmood, a resident of Zehra Nagar, said he was planning to stay with his brother in Jeddah during the pilgrimage but his travel agent told him about the new rules. "I am rethinking my decision now," he said. Another travel agent pointed out that the Saudi government has fixed a tariff of Rs 15,000 for 15 days, Rs 17,000 for 20 days and Rs 27,000 for 25 days of stay in the Mecca.

"We would submit our International Air Transport Association membership proof with 1.10 lakh Saudi Riyals for a tie-up with agencies in the Kingdom. Now, they too are unwilling to cooperate with us due to the new rules," he said.

http://articles.timesofindia.indiati...l-agents-mecca
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#1795 [Permalink] Posted on 4th February 2013 19:30
Temporary Mobile Mataf
 
will be set for Ramadan

From a turkish article:

December 8, 2012

A temporary portative area will be created in the circumambulation area

Saudi officials will, until the expansion work is completed, set up a temporary single floor portative steel circumambulation area, as a precaution against overcrowding especially during the Ramadan months and Hajj in the circumambulation area. In the circumambulation area, while circumambulation can be carried out on the ground floor, circumambulation can also be carried out on this second temporary steel floor. But later on this portative circumambulation floor will be removed.

The portative floor is expected to be completed by the start of Ramadan. According to the contract the Turkish company will complete expansion work within 3 years."

from this source: http://www.posta.com.tr/dunya/HaberD...ticleID=151661

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#1796 [Permalink] Posted on 4th February 2013 20:15
 Second line for Mashair Metro
with capacity of 500 thousand passengers

زين العابدين: إنشاء خط ثانٍ لقطار المشاعر
بطاقة 500 ألف راكب


الإثنين 04/02/2013

كشف الدكتور حبيب زين العابدين وكيل وزارة الشؤون البلدية والقروية رئيس الإدارة المركزية للمشروعات التطويرية بان الوزارة تنتظر الموافقة من الجهات المختصة، لإنشاء خط ثانٍ للقطار، بطاقة استيعابية تتجاوز 500 ألف راكب خلال الخدمة العامة، ويفوق الثلاثة ملايين في أيام التشريق والعيد.

وأضاف: هناك عدد من المشروعات التي تنتظر الموافقة عليها، وفي مقدمتها ربط الساحة الغربية في الجمرات بتوسعة خادم الحرمين الشريفين الملك عبدالله، وتبلغ تكلفة المشروع نحو 850 مليون ريال، إضافة الى مشروع تقاطع طريق الطائف مع مشعر مزدلفة و الذي سينفذ على ثلاث مراحل متتالية، وبتكلفة إجمالية تصل الى قرابة المليار ريال.

كما طرح الدكتور حبيب زين العابدين، خلال ورقته التي ألقاها أمس في أولى جلسات الملتقى الهندسي الخليجي السادس عشر المقام في جدة، تحت رعاية خادم الحرمين الشريفين الملك عبدالله بن عبدالعزيز، الخطة الشاملة لعرفات في السنوات العشر المقبلة.

وتمثلت الخطة، في الجمع بين العناية بالبيئة في عرفات، وأداء مهمتها في كونها ركنا من أركان الحج، منهجية علمية متوازنة للتشجير، والزراعة تأخذ في الاعتبار عناصر البيئة، اضافة الى زراعة نحو 30 ألف شجرة جديدة في المشاعر، فيما تظلل 30 في المائة من مساحة عرفات في عشر سنوات مقبلة.

من جهته قال المهندس حمد الشقاوي رئيس مجلس إدارة الهيئة السعودية للمهندسين ورئيس الملتقى، إن البعد البيئي في المنطقة وفي العالم تركز على الثلاثة المحاور الرئيسة للتنمية تتمثل في العدالة والكفالة والاستدامة لحماية البيئة إلا أن النمو المتزايد في سكان هذه المعمورة أدى إلى ارتفاع الطلب على الموارد الطبيعية مما يتطلب تنفيذ برامج هادفة للرقي بالمستوى التوعوي للبيئة والحصول على التكنولوجيا النظيفة وانتاجية عالية قادرة على المنافسة والبقاء.

ولفت وكيل وزارة الشؤون البلدية، ان صيانة المشروعات الكبرى لا بد ان تبتعد عن الصيانة الروتينية، وتعتمد على اربعة محاور أساسية لضمان سلامة المشروع واستمراريته، ومن ذلك الصيانة العلاجية، الصيانة الاستبدالية، والصيانة الشاملة، وما هو معمول به الان في غالبية المشروعات الصيانة السطحية .

وعلى هامش ملتقى المهندسين الخليجي، وقّعت الهيئة السعودية للمهندسين، خمس مذاكرات تفاهم مع خمس نقابات عالمية منها، المانيا ، مصر، باكستان، السودان، بنغلاديش، وذلك بهدف تقريب وجهات النظر والاستفادة من الكوادر البشرية المقيمة في المملكة والذي يعملون في قطاع الهندسة بمختلف تخصصاتها.

من جهته قال الدكتور إبراهيم الحماد رئيس اللجنة المنظمة وعضو مجلس الإدارة: إن الملتقى سيشهد أكثر من أربعين جلسة ومتحدثا وأكثر من 700 مهندس مسجل بالملتقى وإثني عشر رائداً هندسياً على مستوى الخليج كما يشارك أكثر من مليون مهندس ومهندسة عبر نقابات واتحادات المهندسين العربية والدولية.

http://www.al-madina.com/node/431337

Monday 02/04/2013

Google translation: Revealed Dr. Habib Zine El Abidine Undersecretary of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Rural Head of Central Department for projects development that the ministry is waiting approval from the competent authorities, to create a second line of the train, with a capacity exceeding 500 thousand passengers through public service, and more than three million in tashreeq and feast.

He added: There are a number of projects that are awaiting approval, primarily linked to the Western stage in Jamarat expansion King Abdullah, and project cost about 850 million riyals, in addition to project the intersection of Taif with hairy Muzdalifah, which will be implemented in three successive stages, and at a total cost of up to nearly one billion riyals.

Ask Dr. Habib Zine El Abidine, through his paper delivered yesterday at the first session of Gulf Engineering Forum XVI place in Jeddah, under the auspices of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, the comprehensive plan for Arafat in the next ten years.

The plan was, to combine care for the environment in Arafat, and the performance of its mission of being a pillar of Hajj, scientific methodology balanced for afforestation, agriculture take into account the elements of the environment, in addition to the cultivation of about 30 thousand new trees in sentiment, with rises of 30 per cent of the area of Arafat in the next ten years.

For his part, Engineer Hamad Cquaoui Chairman Saudi Council of Engineers and the President of the Forum, the environmental dimension in the region and in the world focused on the three main axes of development is to justice and guarantee the sustainability of environmental protection but the growth in the population of these globe led to higher demand for natural resources which requires the implementation of targeted programs to raise the level of awareness of the environment and access to clean technology and high productivity competitive and survive.

He and Undersecretary of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, said the maintenance of major projects must move away from routine maintenance, and relies on four basic themes to ensure the safety of the project and its sustainability, including maintenance treatment, maintenance replacement, and maintenance of comprehensive, and as applied now in the majority of projects maintenance surface.

On the sidelines Engineers Gulf, signed Saudi Council of Engineers, five Mmakrat understanding with five unions global ones, Germany, Egypt, Pakistan, Sudan, Bangladesh, in order to bring the views and take advantage of the cadres residing in the Kingdom who are working in the engineering sector in various specializations.

For his part, Dr. Ibrahim Hammad Chairman of the Organizing Committee and Board Member: The Forum will more than forty hearing and speaking and more than 700 engineer registered forum and twelve leading engineered in the Gulf is also involved more than one million engineers and engineer through unions and federations engineers Arab and international.

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#1797 [Permalink] Posted on 4th February 2013 20:34
Mashair metro stems in Mecca ..
 
Jeddah receive the first batch of pilgrims abroad

قطار المشاعر ينطلق في مكة
.. وجدة تستقبل أول فوج من حجاج الخارج

جــدة:واس

انطلق قطار المشاعر في رحلة تجريبية مساء أمس كان على رأسها الأمير منصور بن متعب وزير الشؤون البلدية والقروية قبل دخول القطار الخدمة جزئيا في موسم حج العام الجاري ويعد قطار المشاعر جزءا من سلسلة مشاريع يتم تنفيذها حالياً في البقاع المقدسة لتيسير تنقل الحجاج وقال وزير الشؤون البلدية: "هذا العام يعد عاما تجريبيا لتشغيل القطار بكافة محطاته وبنسبة تشغيلية تصل إلى نحو 30 في المائة من طاقته الاستيعابية، حيث ستتم الاستفادة من خدماته من قبل أكثر من 150 ألف حاج".

إلى ذلك يصل مطار الملك عبدالعزيز الدولي في جدة يوم غد الخميس أول فوج من حجاج الخارج والبالغ عددهم 79 حاجاً من جمهورية جنوب أفريقيا، حيث سيكون في استقبالهم في صالة القدوم رئيس مجلس إدارة مؤسسة مطوفي حجاج الدول الأفريقية غير العربية عبدالواحد بن برهان سيف الدين ، ونائب رئيس المجلس الدكتور سليمان بن محمد عبدالفتاح قطان .

وأوضح رئيس مجلس إدارة المؤسسة بأن الفوج من جنوب أفريقيا سيصل مطار جدة على دفعتين الدفعة الأولى مكونة 54 حاجاً وسيتجه مباشرة إلى مكة المكرمة، في حين تتكون الدفعة الثانية من 25 حاجاً سيتوجهون إلى المدينة المنورة، مشيراً إلى هذا الفوج يعتبر أول فوج يصل الأراضي المقدسة من خارج المملكة هذا العام.

http://www.aleqt.com/2010/10/06/article_451795.html


Google translation: Go Train Mashair in a test flight yesterday evening was led by Prince Mansour bin tired and Minister of Municipal Affairs and Rural before entering the train service in part in the pilgrimage season this year and longer train Mashair part of a series of projects are currently underway in the Bekaa holy to facilitate the movement of pilgrims and said Minister of Municipal Affairs: "This year is a pilot year for the operation of all its stations and train operational by up to about 30 per cent of its capacity, in order to take advantage of its services by more than 150 thousand pilgrims."

It reaches King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah on Thursday the first batch of pilgrims abroad totaling 79 pilgrims from the Republic of South Africa, where it will be greeted in the hall come Chairman Foundation of pilgrims African countries non-Arab Abdul Wahid bin Burhan Saifuddin, Deputy Chairman of the Council, Dr. Sulaiman bin Mohammed Abdel Fattah Kattan.

The President of the Board of Directors of the Foundation that the regiment of South Africa will reach Jeddah airport in two installments the first installment consisting 54 pilgrims and will go directly to Mecca, while composed the second batch of 25 pilgrims will go to Medina, referring to this regiment was the first regiment up holy land of outside the kingdom this year.

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#1798 [Permalink] Posted on 4th February 2013 20:47
Madinah Events
 
 
As ''Capital of Islamic Culture''

 
To Start on 30 Rabi II / 12 February

Madinah City, Rabi'I 23, 1434, Feb 4, 2013, SPA --

The General Secretariat of Events of Madinah as Capital of Islamic Culture 2013 has announced that the opening ceremony of the events will be held on 30 Rabi II (12 February) instead of the previous date on 7 Rabi II.

The Secretary-General of the Events Sheikh Saleh bin Awad Al-Maghamsi said that the General Secretariat has invited more than 130 Islamic cultural personalities from abroad, in addition to intellectuals at home.

http://www.spa.gov.sa/English/print.php?id=1075056
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#1799 [Permalink] Posted on 4th February 2013 21:31
Holy Mosque - Masjid al Haram

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#1800 [Permalink] Posted on 4th February 2013 21:41
Any news on the rumors of them relocating the minarets?

I hope they close the gap between the haram and the new expansion.
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