New Site at Grand Mosque Distributing Copies of Quran to Pilgrims

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Authorities have established a new site at Mecca’s Grand Mosque to offer copies of the Holy Quran to pilgrims as gifts.

The General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques, represented by the Holy Qur’an Affairs Department, has designated a site at the eastern yard of the Grand Mosque to distribute and gift copies of the Holy Qur’an, increasing the number of accredited sites to three.

Head of the department Hamzah Al-Salimi said that up to 2,500 copies of the Holy Qur’an are distributed as gifts on a daily basis inside the Grand ‘Mosque.

The department provides 750 cartons for daily distribution with a total of 75,000 copies of the Holy Qur’an each month, in addition to gifting 30 copies of the Holy Qur’an in Braille language to the blind.

Source: saudigazette.com