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| Source: Ministry of Haj, KSA. HH Dr Bandar bin Mohammed Hajjar, the Minister of Haj (left), met HH the Jordan Minister of Endowments and Islamic Affairs, Dr Hayel Abdul Hafeez Dawood. |
The ministry aims to study and organise the affairs of each country's pilgrims, along with the procedures and the instructions adopted in this matter. HH Dr Bandar bin Mohammed Hajjar, the Minister of Haj, met HH the Jordan minister of Endowments and Islamic Affairs, Dr Hayel Abdul Hafeez Dawood, discussing the organisation of Jordan pilgrims, their housing and transportation, and the services provided to them by Arbab Al-Tawaif Establishments, The Unified Agents Office, and General Cars Syndicate.
HH Dr Bandar emphasised that the early preparations for this year's Hajj aim to consolidate the positive, and reduce the negative. He stressed the necessity of promoting pilgrims' awareness before arriving in the holy lands, and of need to completely abide by the ministry's instructions concerning the electronic portal for foreign pilgrims, payment from their countries, as well as transportation programmes and schedules, all for safety. Currently, the KSA receives Hajj pilgrims from 180 countries every year from different backgrounds and who speak about 200 languages.
HH Dr Hayel praised the cooperation with the Ministry of Haj, and the ministry's activation of all the technical systems to facilitate the rituals for pilgrims. On top of these systems comes the Hajj electronic portal which has helped pilgrims complete procedures more quickly.
There will be 56,000 pilgrims from Jordan this year.