Jeddah (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - A top Saudi official on Saturday warned that the kingdom will not tolerate any riots at the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca next month.
"We will not allow anything that would disrupt the peace of the Hajj pilgrimage and disturb the pilgrims. That is why we shall not tolerate any damage, riots or chaos during the season of Hajj or out of it," Prince Khaled al-Faisal, governor of Mecca province, told reporters.
"The most important responsibility for this country is ensuring the comfort and security of the pilgrims," added the Saudi royal who heads the committee for the Hajj.
Pilgrims have already begun to arrive in western Saudi Arabia for the Hajj, which this year peaks in the first week of November with all pilgrims, numbering over two million, gathering in the plain of Arafat, just outside Mecca, home to the holiest shrine in Islam.
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15 October 2011 - 20:30
News ID: 272164
A top Saudi official on Saturday warned that the kingdom will not tolerate any riots at the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca next month.
