the registration process has been completed.
Announcing it, Abdulrahman bin Ali Al-Nafei, assistant
deputy minister of Haj, said domestic Haj operators have
completed registering names of pilgrims for this year. “On
the ministry’s website, 115,000 pilgrims from inside the
Kingdom have registered their information and paid fees.”
He rejected messages from local operators that they will no
longer accept cases due to the closure of the portal for
domestic pilgrims. “The site is still available with some
programs that have not yet reached maximum capacity.”
He said Haj operators are permitted to book only 10 percent
of applicants directly. “Registration is entirely via the
ministry’s portal. Applicants have 72 hours to complete the
process by paying the fees. Failure to do it within the
specified time results in cancellation of the application.”
Meanwhile, Ahmad Mohammed Ali, president of the Islamic
Development Bank, has announced that a sacrificial animal
would cost SR475 for this year’s Haj.
Ali, who is also the head of the Saudi Project for the
Utilization of Haj Meat (Adahi), made the announcement on
Thursday during a meeting with officials in charge of Haj
affairs at embassies and consulates in the Kingdom.
Veterinarians and Islamic scholars are deployed to inspect
the animals, he said.
Ali said the meat is distributed to poor people at the Grand
Mosque, holy sites, and several Muslim countries and
communities across the globe. He said Saudi Arabia has
spent over SR2 billion on modern automated
slaughterhouses.
He said coupons are available at Al-Rajhi Bank, Al-Amoudi
Exchange Company, Hadeyat Al-Haj Wal Moatamer Society,
Saudi Post outlets, and through the www.adahi.org website
using credit cards.
He said 900,000 animals were sacrificed last year and
distributed inside the Kingdom and to 24 other countries. He
urged the media to inform pilgrims that they should avoid
slaughterhouses during peak periods.
Source:arabnews
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