Praise be to Allah who has helped Hajis to complete their Haj easily, conveniently and in full tranquility.

And praise be to Allah who has helped all the concerned parties to accomplish their missions to the fullest which has contributed to the non-registration of any cases that could, otherwise, have disturbed the Haj this year.

Praise be to Allah who has enabled more than 100,000 security men and other supportive agencies to safeguard Haj and made it ideal and exemplary in everything. One of the major elements that contributed to the success of the current Haj season lies in the principles of firmness adopted by the agencies involved in organizing the Haj, notably the security men.

The security men never tolerated with any violator of Haj regulations; they busted 45 bogus Haj campaigns, sent back more than 426,000 illegal Hajis, and banned more 172,000 cars from entering Makkah.

Earlier, Commander of Haj Security Forces announced that the security men uncovered 200,000 persons while they were trying to transport more than 500,000 illegal Hajis without permits.

This figure, which represents 25 percent of the number of authorized Hajis, could have entered Makkah and disturbed the tranquility of pilgrims.

For its part, the General Directorate of Passport has issued penalties against violators ranging between prison terms, fines totaling more than SR5 million and sequestration of vehicles used to transport violators.

On the other hand, enemies of the Kingdom issued provocative statements before the current Haj season and raised doubts about the capabilities of the Kingdom to organize the Haj.

They were also keen to exploit the stampede incident that occurred last year but, however, Allah Almighty has frustrated their plans and made the current Haj season the most successful and exemplary in all respects.



Courtesy: Al-Madinah