MWL Chief Meets Islamic Leaders, Figures at Hajj

Muslim World League Sec-Gen Mohammad al-Issa with Muslim leaders (SPA)
Muslim World League Sec-Gen Mohammad al-Issa with Muslim leaders (SPA)
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MWL Chief Meets Islamic Leaders, Figures at Hajj

Muslim World League Sec-Gen Mohammad al-Issa with Muslim leaders (SPA)
Muslim World League Sec-Gen Mohammad al-Issa with Muslim leaders (SPA)

Muslim World League Sec-Gen Mohammad al-Issa held a series of friendly meetings at the League’s building in Mina and its headquarters in Makkah with several senior scholars, muftis, and religious leaders in various countries of the Islamic world.

Issa also received calls from senior Islamic figures, including muftis, heads of Islamic centers, and members of the Council of Senior Scholars in Saudi Arabia and the Islamic world.

The guests commended the excellent services provided to the pilgrims, commending the success of the Hajj season.

They applauded Sheikh Issa’s sermon on Arafa Day, which focused on the nation’s creed, unity, and values. The speech was viewed live by more than six hundred million via Manarat al-Haramain website and translated into fourteen languages.

Sheikh Issa’s met with the Grand Mufti of Egypt, Shawki Allam, Sec-Gen of the Council of Senior Scholars Fahd al-Majed, Sec-Gen of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA) Moustapha Sano, Malaysian Minister of Religious AffairsDatuk Idris Ahmad, Indonesian Minister of Religious Affairs Yaqut Khalil Qumas, and President of the Nahdlatul Ulama Yahya Khalil in Makkah.

He also met with the Iraqi Minister of Hajj Sami al-Masoudi, the head of the Iraqi Sunni Endowment Sheikh Abdul-Khaliq al-Azzawi, members of the Iraqi Fiqh Council, Pakistani Minister of Religious Affairs Abdul Shakur Sardar Khan, the Jordanian Minister of Awqaf Mohammad al-Khalayleh, Mauritanian Minister of Islamic Affairs and Original Education Dah Ould Amar Talib, and the Chairman of the Pakistan Scholars Council Sheikh Hafiz Tahir Ashrafi.



Saudi Interior Ministry Announces Fines on Unauthorized Hajj Pilgrims, Facilitators 

A view of the Kaaba in the holy city of Makkah. (SPA)
A view of the Kaaba in the holy city of Makkah. (SPA)
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Saudi Interior Ministry Announces Fines on Unauthorized Hajj Pilgrims, Facilitators 

A view of the Kaaba in the holy city of Makkah. (SPA)
A view of the Kaaba in the holy city of Makkah. (SPA)

The Saudi Ministry of Interior announced Monday fines on individuals who violate regulations requiring a permit to perform the Hajj, as well as for those who facilitate such violations.

Starting from April 29 until the end of June 10, the following fines will apply:

First, a fine of up to SAR20,000 will be imposed on individuals caught performing or attempting to perform the Hajj without a permit, and on holders of all types of visit visas who attempt to enter or stay in Makkah city and the holy sites during the specified period.

Second, a fine of up to SAR100,000 will be imposed on anyone who applies for a visit visa for an individual who has performed or attempted to perform the Hajj without a permit, or who has entered or stayed in Makkah city and the holy sites during the specified period. The fine will multiply for each individual involved.

The same fine will apply to anyone who transports or attempts to transport visit visa holders to Makkah city and the holy sites during the specified period, as well as to those who shelter or attempt to shelter visit visa holders in any accommodations, including hotels, apartments, private housing, shelters, or Hajj pilgrims' housing sites. This includes concealing their presence or providing assistance that enables their stay. The fine will multiply for each individual sheltered, concealed, or assisted.

Third, illegal infiltrators attempting to perform the Hajj, whether residents or overstayers, will be deported to their countries and banned from entering the Kingdom for ten years.

Fourth, the relevant court will be requested to confiscate land vehicles used to transport visit visa holders to Makkah city and the holy sites during the specified period, if owned by the transporter, facilitator, or any accomplices.