{"id":11044,"date":"2020-07-06T17:40:38","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T17:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/?p=11044"},"modified":"2020-07-06T17:40:40","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T17:40:40","slug":"makkah-mayor-chairs-virtual-meeting-to-discuss-plans-for-hajj-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2020\/07\/06\/11044\/","title":{"rendered":"Makkah mayor chairs virtual meeting to discuss plans for Hajj season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Makkah Mayor Mohammed Abdullah Al-Quwaihis chaired a virtual meeting on Sunday to discuss plans for this year\u2019s Hajj season.<br>Undersecretaries and directors general of Makkah Municipality joined the meeting via videoconferencing.<br>They discussed the arrangements for the Hajj season including a plan of action for field service centers.<br>The mayor pointed out that this year\u2019s Hajj will be safe as all necessary preemptive and precautionary measures will be taken to protect pilgrims from contracting COVID-19.<br>Al-Quwaihis stressed the importance of being aware of the responsibilities bestowed on everyone to achieve the best services for pilgrims.<br>He said Saudi Arabia, under the guidance of King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, had mobilized all human and financial resources for the pilgrimage.<br>Saudi Arabia\u2019s decision to limit this year\u2019s Hajj to worshippers residing in the Kingdom has received support from various countries.<br>The Arab League welcomed Saudi Arabia\u2019s announcement and said in a statement that the wise decision came to preserve the health and safety of worshippers during the coronavirus pandemic.<br>The UAE Hajj Affairs (HAO) said it will not take part in this year\u2019s Hajj season.<br>The Egyptian Minister of Endowments and Al-Azhar have also welcomed the decision, as well as the ambassador of Djibouti to the Kingdom Dya-Eddine Bamakhrama.<br>Bahrain commended the Kingdom\u2019s efforts to assist pilgrims and care for their health in order to enable them to perform the pilgrimage safely, state news agency.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Makkah Mayor Mohammed Abdullah Al-Quwaihis chaired a virtual meeting on Sunday to discuss plans for this year\u2019s Hajj season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11046,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-c59-islamic-world"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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