An Indian health worker R administers a meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine to a Hajj pilgrim in Hyderabad, 2010 | New technologies are also being used to confirm the identity of pilgrims this year |
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5 million Hajj pilgrims visited Saudi Arabia | has been in the for over a thousand years, thanks to the Hajj and Umrah |
This number, the ministry said, includes local and foreign pilgrims.
27There were 350,000 air-conditioned tents, 300,000 Security officers, 32,000 Scouts, 25,000 buses and drivers, 60,000 Engineers, 36,000 toilets, 600 water dispensers, 13,776 telecommunication towers, 5,400 wifi zones, 4000 cleaners equipped with 400 machines deployed for the Grand Makkah Mosque only | Science section features not just Science but also Nature and Technology |
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Successful completion of the first and second phases The Saudi Ministry of Interior announced that the first and second phases of the Hajj plans have been successfully completed | World section is for the News Buds |
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Spending on Hajj Services Coming back to the subject, all these statistics of millions arriving for Hajj every year, perhaps makes anyone trust the vile propaganda that Saudi government may have been making billions through Hajj | Prior to that, the women in Saudi Arabia had limited options when looking for work |
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While electronic Hajj permits have been issued to pilgrims for several years, for those working to facilitate the pilgrimage, this is the first year they will also use an electronic permit, officials said | Bader Al-Saif, a Gulf scholar with the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, said the kingdom is determined to attract more Western and Muslim tourists alike, but that custodianship of the holy sites gives them clear advantages with the latter |
The Hajj permit will be issued only after the application is found to meet all health conditions and regulations.