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General statistics
of the Umrah season 1436/2014-15
Until 27 Rabi Al-Thani 1436 - 16 February 2015
Total Number of the Mutamirs:
2,265,502
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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 February 2015
Makkah Project - Feb 2015
16 February 2015
Tuesday, 17 February 2015
MAKKAH – A female Chinese Umrah pilgrim died Monday after falling from the temporary circular bridge into the mataf (circumambulating area around the Holy Kaaba).
Brig. Gen. Muhammad Al-Ahmadi, commander of the Grand Mosque Security Force, said that the body of the pilgrim was taken to the morgue at King Faisal Hospital in Makkah.
Meanwhile, ‘Sabq’ online newspaper said the woman committed suicide by jumping from the temporary mataf bridge.
The woman stood on a chair and climbed up a wall in a high place in the mosque before jumping down, it said citing police sources.
http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index...20150217234114
لقيت معتمرة صينية في العقد الرابع مصرعها صباح أمس منتحرة بالمسجد الحرام وكانت المعتمرة قامت بوضع كرسي في المطاف المعلق وصعدت عليه حتى وقفت على حافت المطاف ثم القت بنفسها في صحن المطاف الارضي ولقيت حتفها في الحال..
وباشرت الجهات الامنية بالمسجد الحرام الحالة وتم تسليم ملف الحالة الى الجهة المعنية فيما تم نقل الجثة الى ثلاجة الاموات بمستشفى الملك فيصل بالعاصمة المقدسة، وقامت لجنة الطب الشرعي بالكشف عليها لاصدار تقرير طبي عن حالة الانتحار.
Google translation: Received Matmrh tray in the fourth decade was killed yesterday morning committed suicide Holy Mosque was Almatmrh has developed a chair in the day commentator and stepped it up and stood on Hafet up and then threw herself in the dish of the day and the ground was killed on the spot ..
The security authorities began the Holy Mosque case was the case file handed over to the concerned party regarding body was transferred to the refrigerator dead at King Faisal holy capital, and the Commission on Forensic disclose them to issue a medical report on the status of suicide.
http://www.al-madina.com/node/588874...%A7%D9%85.html
17 February 2015
توفيت معتمرة صينية في العقد الرابع من العمر في الحرم المكي الشريف، وذلك بعد سقوطها من شرفة (المطاف المؤقت) العلوي داخل صحن المطاف، حيث لقيت مصرعها على الفور.
وبين قائد قوة أمن المسجد الحرام العميد محمد الأحمدي أن الجهات الأمنية المختصة بمكة المكرمة ممثلة في البحث والتحري الجنائي والأدلة الجنائية والبصمات باشرت الحالة، حيث تولى ملف التحقيق في القضية مركز شرطة الحرم بشرطة العاصمة المقدسة وهيئة التحقيق والادعاء العام بحكم الاختصاص، فيما تم نقل جثة المعتمرة الصينية إلى ثلاجة الوفيات بمستشفى الملك فيصل بالعاصمة المقدسة.
من جهته، كشف لـ«عكاظ» مصدر أمني في شرطة العاصمة المقدسة أن المعتمرة الصينية أقدمت على الانتحار بعد أن ألقت بنفسها من الطابق العلوي للمطاف المؤقت، مؤكدا أنها كانت تعاني من أمراض نفسية حادة.
وبين المصدر أن المعتمرة وصلت إلى المملكة قبل عدة أيام لأداء العمرة برفقة زوجها وطفلتها (ثلاث سنوات تقريبا)، ولم يسبق لها أداء العمرة من قبل، لافتا إلى أنه حسب إفادة زوجها فقد حضر وزوجته إلى مكة المكرمة قبل أسبوع للزيارة وأداء العمرة، مؤكداً أنها حاولت الانتحار خارج الحرم قبل 48 ساعة من وفاتها، وتم تحويلها إلى جهات التحقيق في العاصمة المقدسة لحظتها قبل أن تعود معه لمقر سكنهما، موضحاً أنهما عادا أمس للحرم للطواف وفقدها أثناء ذلك قبل معرفته بأنها ألقت بنفسها من أعلى المطاف المؤقت.
وأكدت مصادر التحقيق أن المنتحرة كانت تستخدم مهدئات للسيطرة على ما تعانيه من أمراض نفسية وصفت بالحادة، حيث لا تستطيع السيطرة على نفسها حال تعرضها للحالة، منوهة إلى أن الطفلة كانت برفقة والدها أثناء انتحار الأم وسيتم تسليم الجثة إلى زوجها إذا رغب دفن جثمانها في مكة المكرمة.
Google translation: Matmrh Chinese died in the fourth decade of life in the Haram al-Sharif, after falling from the balcony (Temporary Mataf) within the upper bowl of the Mataf, where he was killed on the spot.
And the commander of the security of the Grand Mosque force Brigadier General Mohammad Ahmadi that security authorities competent in Makkah represented in the research and investigation of criminal and criminal evidence and fingerprints embarked case, where he was investigating the case file campus police station police the Holy City and the Bureau of Investigation and Prosecution by virtue of competence, as has been the transfer of the body of Almatmrh Chinese refrigerator to death at King Faisal sacred capital.
For his part, revealed for «Okaz» A security source in the Holy Metropolitan Police that the Chinese Almatmrh committed suicide after he threw herself from the top floor of the interim took shape, stressing that she was suffering from severe mental illness.
The source indicated that Almatmrh reached the UK a few days ago to perform Umrah with her husband and daughter (almost three years), and never perform Umrah before, pointing out that, according to her testimony was attended by his wife to Mecca week to visit and perform Umrah before, saying she had tried to suicide outside the campus 48 hours before her death, was transferred to the investigation of the Holy City to destinations moment before returning him to the headquarters of Sknhma, explaining that they returned to campus yesterday to cruise and lost during the prior knowledge that she threw herself from the top of the temporary road.
Investigation sources confirmed that Almenthrh was used sedatives to control what you are suffering from mental illness described Balhadh, where you can not control themselves if their exposure to the case, noting that the girl was with her father during the mother's suicide will be the body handed over to her husband if he wanted to bury her body in Mecca.
Kiswa Cleaning
16 February 2015
Coline Milliard,
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Ahmed Mater's Magnetism (2012) is emblematic of the vibrant new art scene emerging from the Gulf. The etching print, which exists in several versions, pictures a black cubic magnet neatly encircled by steel dust—a poetic evocation of the pilgrimage to Mecca, known as the Hajj, and of the pilgrims' undulating movements around its most sacred building, the Ka'aba.
This didn't stop watchmaker Omega, part of the Swiss Swatch group, to appropriate Magnetism in one of its latest ad campaigns, replacing the Ka'aba with a Seamaster Aqua Terra watch. The Quotidien de l'Art reports that the artist never agreed to this commercial use and is now suing the group for copyrights and moral rights infringement via a Paris law firm. He has requested €1,337,500 in damages, as well as an injunction to stop using the image in France.
In legal documents quoted by the QdA, Mater's lawyer, Michel Dutilleul-Francoeur, explains that the artist couldn't possibly have given the authorization to use his image without an official green light from the Saudi authorities, since blasphemy is a crime in the kingdom. Hinting at early negotiations, he mentions the fact that Mater might have considered a deal if Omega had acquired two editions of the work and donated them to a museum, but this didn't come to pass.
“Omega SA has destroyed several years of work by letting the public believe that [Mater] is mocking religion when he lives in a country with a religious police and where blasphemy is a crime—it is thus putting the artist and his family at risk," Dutilleul-Francoeur states. “They could be forced into exile should a fatwa be declared against him and those who broadcast these counterfeited images."
Contacted by Le Figaro, Swatch's head of communications, Bastion Buss, said the he believed it was within the group's rights to use the image “to extol the watch's antimagnetic properties." “For the first time in the history of watchmaking, a watch resists magnetic fields superior to 15,000 gauss," he said. “It's a real technological prowess."
“This is exactly what we are showing with the steel dust that cannot get near the watch, demonstrating its magnetic resistance," he explained, adding that, “Antimagnetic properties have always been illustrated in this way in reference manuals."
For other plagarism stories see Jeff Koons Sued for Plagiarism, Jeff Koons Plagiarism Lawsuit Could Top Millions, and Luc Tuymans Convicted of Plagiarism.
http://news.artnet.com/art-world/sau...giarism-258653
scaffolding and support being removed from other new arches
Tiling inside the arch
Friday 20 February 2015
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has instructed authorities to open the newly expanded areas of the Grand Mosque in Makkah for use by the growing number of Umrah pilgrims and worshippers.
“King Salman has approved the opening of the completed areas of King Abdullah Haram Expansion Project for worshippers,” said Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, head of the Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques.
The royal gesture will create additional space for at least 500,000 worshippers. The move is significant as it would help accommodate the thousands of pilgrims who come from different parts of the world for Umrah.
King Salman’s order also comes at a time when the ongoing third phase of the mataf (circumambulation area around the Kaaba) expansion has denied access to some parts of the existing mosque for worshippers.
“The opening of the expanded area of King Abdullah project would ensure smooth flow of pilgrims and worshippers,” Al-Sudais said.
He added that the presidency would keep the area ready by providing prayer mats, light and sound systems, Qur’an copies and Zamzam water cans.
The latest Haram Mosque expansion, which was launched by the late King Abdullah, was estimated to cost SR80 billion. It will increase the mosque’s capacity to two million worshippers while that of mataf 130,000 per hour.
King Salman also ordered to provide translation of the Juma sermon at the two holy mosques in Makkah and Madinah in Turkish and Hausa languages in addition to English, French, Urdu and Malay.
http://www.arabnews.com/news/707086
MAKKAH — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has issued directives on Thursday to take advantage of the areas that have been completed from the King Abdullah Expansion Project of the Grand Mosque.
The King’s directive came in the wake of the heavy turnout of Umrah pilgrims and visitors to the holy mosque.
The ongoing third and final phase of the mataf (circumambulation area around the Holy Kaaba) expansion is expected to complete before the next Haj.
Sheikh Abdurahman Al-Sudais, head of the Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques, said that the presidency will take initiatives to implement the royal directive with immediate effect.
Meanwhile, the evacuation of areas in Madinah to make way for the expansion of the Prophet’s Mosque had been postponed till after the Haj pilgrimage.
http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index...20150220234453
http://www.alriyadh.com/1023576
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Monday, 23 February 2015
MADINAH — The municipality in Madinah has begun moving the remains of the dead at a cemetery near Quba Mosque to a new location before starting expansion work on the mosque.
The spokesman of Madinah Municipality Yahya Saeed said expansion of the mosque and its cultural center was “very important” so it could accommodate larger numbers of worshippers, prompting the decision to relocate the remains buried nearby. He said the cemetery was closed to new burials years ago.
The operation to remove the remains of the dead from the cemetery is being carried out by experts in this field, he added.
Muhammad Khatri, head of the branch of the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Call and Guidance, said the expansion of Quba Mosque would coincide with the expansion of the Prophet’s Mosque.
http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index...20150223234700
Tuesday, 24 February 2015
MAKKAH – The Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques has swung into action to implement the directives of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman to open the newly expanded areas of the Grand Mosque in Makkah for use by Umrah pilgrims and visitors.
Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, head of the presidency, said that the worshipers will take advantage of more than 50 percent of the newly built annex building on a total area covering more than 53,000 sq. meters.
This area has the capacity to hold 150,000 worshipers, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
In line with the directive of the King, large number of copies of the Holy Qur’an from King Fahd Qur’an Printing Complex of Madinah have been made available, Al-Sudais said.
“The presidency has also readied all the required services including Zamzam water containers, prayer rugs, light and sound systems and air-conditioning. Seven new doors from the western side of the annex building, 16 escalators, in addition to 450 toilets at the western Shubaika courtyard of the building have been opened,” he said.
http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index...20150224234866
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