Safety Measures Beefed up for Khatm-ul-Quran
Safety measures have been beefed up in and around the Grand Mosque in Makkah for Khatm-ul-Quran (reading the entire Quran) on Tuesday night, security sources said.
Huge crowds of worshipers are expected in Makkah on the 29th night of Ramadan to attend the Khatmul Quran prayers when the imam completes reciting the Holy Book.
Maj. Gen. Saad Al-Khelaiwi, head of the Umrah security forces, said a thoroughly planned crowd management plan will be put into effect. He added that it will be the last major security plan enacted in the Grand Mosque this Ramadan.
Col. Mohamed Al-Esaimi, head of Makkah’s special security forces, said 6,000 personnel will participate in crowd management alone.
The deputy commander of the Hajj and Umrah security forces, Brig. Gen. Maeed Al-Joaid, said his forces are responsible for channeling the crowds from the Bilal Gate at the southern extremity of the mosque complex, and until the northern and eastern courtyards.
Al-Joaid added that more than 4,000 personnel, including over 60 senior officers, will work on organizing worshipers in the northern and eastern courtyards.
Source: SG
Maj. Gen. Saad Al-Khelaiwi, head of the Umrah security forces, said a thoroughly planned crowd management plan will be put into effect. He added that it will be the last major security plan enacted in the Grand Mosque this Ramadan.
Col. Mohamed Al-Esaimi, head of Makkah’s special security forces, said 6,000 personnel will participate in crowd management alone.
The deputy commander of the Hajj and Umrah security forces, Brig. Gen. Maeed Al-Joaid, said his forces are responsible for channeling the crowds from the Bilal Gate at the southern extremity of the mosque complex, and until the northern and eastern courtyards.
Al-Joaid added that more than 4,000 personnel, including over 60 senior officers, will work on organizing worshipers in the northern and eastern courtyards.
Source: SG
