This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Hibapress
The Saudi Ministry of the Interior has reaffirmed the formal prohibition of filming, brandishing standard or confessional standard, as well as chanting slogans, in all their forms, in the holy places.
In a press release, the ministry specifies that, in accordance with the directives supervising the Hajj season, it is prohibited, as of Wednesday 5 and until the end of the 13 Dou Al Hijja, to all types of vehicles to enter the holy places, with the exception of vehicles officially authorized to transport pilgrims, as well as those of supervisors, employees and services duly empowered.
The press release adds that it is also prohibited for all types of vehicles to transport people who do not have an authorization for pilgrimage, work or residence for Mecca and holy places.
The offense vehicles will be the subject of seizures and legal proceedings will be engaged for their confiscation, in addition to the application of the sanctions provided for their drivers and any person involved in these offenses.
The ministry has also stressed that it is imperative to refrain from lighting fire, bringing or using cooking stoves, recalling that the regulations formally prohibit the use and handling of gas in the area of holy places.
He also insisted on the ban on all types of trucks to transport cattle to Mecca and holy places, with the exception of approved trucks within the framework of the Saudi Sacrifices Management Project (Hady and Adahi), provided that they have a veterinary certificate attesting that the transported cattle was examined in the centers of the Ministry of the Environment, located Mecca.
The director of public security and president of the Hajj security committee, General Mohammed al-Bassami, said on Sunday that the security forces had expelled more than 205,000 people from Mecca to attempt to carry out Hajj without authorization. He also announced the adoption of new legal provisions to supervise offenses during the Hajj season.
