Statement issued by Ministry of Awqaf , Interior Ministry about procedures and arrangements for the pilgrimage season

16 أكتوبر/تشرين الأول 2011 الساعة . 09:45 م   بتوقيت القدس

Gaza-Interior Ministry 

1. After the Ministry of Awqaf licensed the Hajj and Umrah companies opened the doors of registration for the pilgrimage season for those who were enrolled last year and their number is 17.400.

 

2. The Ministry of Awqaf has selected 2500 pilgrims from the Gaza Strip by 38% out of 6600 and the rest from the West Bank and Jerusalem.

 


3. Palestine received the honorable for 2000 people from families of prisoners and martyrs and poor cases, the share of the Gaza Strip, including 1000 people from the Gaza Strip, where the number of Hajj pilgrims this year is 3700.

4. The Ministry of Awqaf rented houses for the pilgrims in Mecca .


5. The Ministry organized the travel of hajjes from the Rafah and the Egyptian side to facilitate their movements.

 


6. The Ministry of Interior has organized the Committees to receive the pilgrims at Jeddah airport , Medina , and Mecca during the performance of rituals.

7. The Ministry of Awqaf held intensive meetings for the preachers, counselors, administrators to guide pilgrims, and distributed the mobile segments to facilitate communication in any obstacles or difficulties encountered by them in Saudi Arabia.