Some Muslim Scholars Urge Authorities to Postpone the Hajj and Umrah Due to 2009 H1N1

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Muslim scholars * ‬ the authorities to postpone the Hajj and Umrah by the swine flu

An advisory opinion from the Secretary-General of the Islamic Research *: »‬ Shahid *« .. Died of the epidemic ‬ * «! ‬
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Abulhasan Assistant Secretary-General and the Islamic Research Academy Reyes Fatwa Committee of Al Azhar to postpone the previous Umrah in anticipation of the spread of swine flu, * ‬ by * ‬ in crowded places to find a fertile environment for the spread of *. ‬ based on the fatwa of Sheikh Abulhasan * ‬ talk to Prophet peace be upon him *: »‬ plague if it enters the land of people who do not Tdechloha If you are not graduated from *«. ‬ He cited the fact the entry of our Lord Omar bin al-Khattab to Jerusalem * ‬, * ‬ Sahaabah disagreed on when to enter, despite the presence of the plague in the region, * ‬ and Omar ibn al-Khattab decided not to enter it, * ‬ asked Against *: »‬ Iamr Otafr of God forbid?, * ‬ said *: ‬ group as far as God, God forbid, * ‬ *«. ‬ said Sheikh Ali * ‬ Abulhasan provision that permits the postponement of the pilgrimage was the result of the uncertainty of the seriousness of the disease, * ‬ provide a fertile environment for the spread of the Hajj, * ‬ and Umrah is not obligatory, * ‬ and better not to go, * ‬ If the epidemic continues to spread * ‬ prefer not to go to the Hajj *. ‬ and the Chairman of the Fatwa Committee in the previous * ‬ * ‬ that die because of flu pigs is a martyr, * ‬ and * ‬ based on an interview with the Prophet peace be upon him *: ‬ So the martyr, * ‬ Sahaabah said of * ‬ enter the battle and dying, * ‬ martyrs of the Prophet, he said a few of my nation, * ‬ and said in his speech said that * ‬ die epidemic diseases, such as the warrior is a martyr * «. ‬ disagreed, Sheikh Mahmoud Ashour, a member of the Islamic Research Academy, * ‬ of opinion on the fact that the swine flu epidemic of the deceased martyr *. The ‬ *: ‬ a * ‬ Guide to the Slabs of flu epidemic like the plague * «‬ and he proved that in the case of swine flu was the plague of the times there will be talk and other provisions *. ‬ added *: ‬ As for talk about the possibility of postponing UMRAH is otherwise it does not, * ‬ * ‬ but may be postponed this year's pilgrimage, * ‬ If the epidemic continues to spread, * ‬ based on an interview with the Messenger of * »‬ no harm in Dirar

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تلفزيون نابلس -أجاز الشيخ علي أبوالحسن أمين عام مساعد مجمع البحوث الإسلامية ورئيس لجنة الفتوي السابق بالأزهر الشريف تأجيل العمرة تحسبًا لانتشار وباء انفلونزا الخنازير، الذي يجد في الأماكن المزدحمة بيئة خصبة للانتشار. JERUSALEM - Sheikh Ali Abulhasan authorized the Assistant Secretary-General of Islamic Research Academy and the Chairman of the Fatwa Committee of Al Azhar to postpone the previous Umrah in anticipation of the spread of swine flu, which is found in crowded places, a fertile environment for the deployment.

واستند الشيخ أبوالحسن في فتواه إلي حديث الرسول صلي الله عليه وسلم: "إذا دخل الطاعون أرض قوم فلا تدخلوها وإذا كنتم فيها فلا تخرجوا منها". Based on the fatwa of Sheikh Abulhasan talk to the Prophet peace be upon him: "If the plague entered the land of people who do not Tdechloha If you are not graduating them."

واستشهد بواقعة دخول سيدنا عمر بن الخطاب إلى بيت المقدس، عندما اختلف الصحابة حول الدخول رغم وجود وباء الطاعون في المنطقة، وقرر عمر بن الخطاب عدم الدخول إليها، وسأله المعارضون: "ياعمر أتفر من قدر الله، قال: نفر من قدر الله إلي قدر الله". He cited the fact of the entry of our Lord Omar bin al-Khattab to Jerusalem, when the Sahaba differed on entry, despite the presence of plague in the region, Omar bin al-Khattab decided not to enter it, and asked Against: "Iamr Otafr of God forbid, he said: God forbid a group of some of God ".

ونقلت صحيفة "الوفد" المصرية المعارضة عن الشيخ علي أبوالحسن قوله: إن الحكم بجواز تأجيل العمرة جاء نتيجة التيقن من خطورة المرض، وتوفر بيئة خصبة في الحج للانتشار، والعمرة ليست فرضًا، والأفضل عدم الذهاب، وإذا استمر الوباء في الانتشار يفضل عدم الذهاب إلي الحج. The newspaper quoted "delegation" of the Egyptian opposition, Sheikh Ali van den Berg said: The provision that permits the postponement was the result of pilgrimage to ascertain the seriousness of the disease, and provide a fertile environment for the spread of the Hajj and Umrah is not obligatory, but it is better not to go, and if the epidemic continues to spread prefer not to go to the Hajj .

وأشار رئيس لجنة الفتوي السابق إلي أن من يموت بسبب الاصابة بانفلونزا الخنازير هو شهيد، واستند إلي حديث الرسول صلي الله عليه وسلم: أتدرون من الشهيد، فقال الصحابة من يدخل المعركة ويلقي حتفه، فقال الرسول الكريم شهداء أمتي قليلون، وذكر في حديثه ان الذي يموت بالأمراض الوبائية هو شهيد مثل المحارب". The Chairman of the Fatwa Committee in the past that die because of the swine flu is a martyr, and was based on an interview with the Prophet peace be upon him: Did you know of the martyr, the prophet said those who enter the battle and dying, he said the Holy Prophet Martyrs few of my nation, and said in his speech that the die epidemic diseases, such as the warrior is a martyr. "

واختلف الشيخ محمود عاشور عضو مجمع البحوث الاسلامية، في الرأي حول كون المتوفي بوباء انفلونزا الخنازير شهيدًا. Disagreed, Sheikh Mahmoud Ashour, a member of the Islamic Research Academy, in the opinion on the fact that the swine flu epidemic deceased people.

وقال: ما الدليل علي ان انفلونزا الخنزيز وباء مثل الطاعون "وقال انه في حالة ثبوت ان انفلونزا الخنازير هو طاعون العصر فسيكون هناك كلام وأحكام أخري". He said: What is the evidence that Slabs flu pandemic like the plague, "he said, he found that in the case of swine flu was the plague of the times there will be talk and other provisions."

وأضاف: "أما الحديث عن جواز تأجيل العمرة فهو أمر لا خلاف فيه، بل يجوز تأجيل الحج هذا العام، إذا استمر الوباء في الانتشار، مستندًا لحديث الرسول "لا ضرر ولا ضرار". He added: "The talk about the possibility of postponing UMRAH is no dispute it, but may postpone the pilgrimage this year, if the epidemic continues to spread, on the basis of a modern prophet," do no harm Dirar. "

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Rocky, do you read Arabic?

 

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my brother in law does, what I am trying to share with all of you is this is a good thing. Because of the finding of this scholar, Muslims no longer need to be afraid of being tested...

It is no longer a disgrace for the victim or the family, now it has been proclaimed an honor.

It opens the door for testing in many countries...

 

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DUBAI, May 11 - The senior Muslim cleric in the Gulf emirate of Dubai urged the faithful not to travel to the Saudi holy city of Mecca for the time being and to pray in the open air because of the risk of swine flu infection, in advice published on Monday.

In a religious decree or fatwa carried by the Emarat Al-Youm, the emirate's mufti, Sheikh Abdel Aziz Haddad, said believers should delay any pilgrimage to Mecca "for the next two or three weeks until the situation stabilises."

As well as the annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, which all Muslims are required to make once in a lifetime if they have the means, the faithful can also make a lesser pilgrimage to the holy places, known as omra, at any time of the year.

Although no cases of swine flu have been reported in Saudi Arabia or other Gulf countries so far, pilgrims travel to Mecca from around the world, including nations where the A(H1N1) virus has been confirmed.

Sheik Haddad said the faithful should also not pray too close together in Dubai's mosques or, better still, should pray outside them.

He said the same principle was applicable to churches, cinemas and other public places such as restaurants.

Dubai, a Middle East business and tourism hub, is one of seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates. The UAE authorities have announced a series of measures to control the spread of swine flu, notably careful surveillance of passengers at its airports.

http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/International/Dubai-Muslims-urged-to-delay-pilgrimage-4352.html

 

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Thousands cancel pilgrimage amid swine flu fears

Thousands of Egyptians have cancelled their plans to travel to Saudi Arabia on their minor pilgrimage later in May due to fearts about swine flu, it was reported on Saturday.

Figures from the Chamber of Commerce show that booking rates are down by 60 percent for the Umra to Makkah, according to vice president of the chamber Nasser Turki.

The cancellations followed an announcement by the health minister that he was considering banning pilgrims from traveling for three weeks as part of the Egyptian government?s response to the outbreak of H1N1, Turki said, according to Egyptian website Almasny Alyoum.

The Middle East has only seen seven confirmed cases of swine flu that have been limited to Israeli citizens, a number of whom had recently been in Mexico, the epicentre of the outbreak.
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/555040-thousands-cancel-pilgrimage-amid-swine-flu-fears

 

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Source: http://www.zeenews.com/news532098.html



Swine flu major concern during Mecca pilgrimages

Cairo, May 15: Egypt today said it will quarantine and examine its citizens returning from a pilgrimage to Mecca, if swine flu appeared in Saudi Arabia before the Hajj season.

With swine flu reaching to as many as 33 countries, concerns are growing over the spread of the H1N1 virus during major congregations of people in Umrah and Hajj, the Muslim pilgrimages to Mecca.

Egyptian Health Minister Hatem el-Gabli has said if swine flu appeared in Saudi Arabia before the Hajj season, those returning from the pilgrimage will be quarantined.

The minister said that in the current conditions, the threat of swine flu is given to any people's gathering including Umrah and Hajj.

The Umrah (or the minor pilgrimage) represents a serious problem ahead as its season starts from June 20 to early October and from November one to mid January.

The timings are a cause of concern because the virus may calm down for a while before striking hard in the fall, the Minister was quoted as saying by the Middle East News Agency (Mena).

About half a million Egyptians travel for Umrah in the first 10 days of the month of Ramadan, he said, pointing out that this might mean the infection might spread to millions of people in less than a week.

Ramadan in 2009 will start from mid-August while the Hajj will be performed in November.

A national plan had been prepared earlier to face any potential epidemics by the Egyptian Health Ministry that has a cumulative experience since the bird flu, el-Gabli said.

The plan includes supplying hospitals with medical needs, raising awareness among citizens and compiling data on the disease, he said.

The minister also said that the World Health Organisation's current pandemic alert reflects the geographical spread of the virus, not its severity.

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Source: http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=32165


First Published 2009-05-20


Egypt warns of swine flu threat to Mecca pilgrims
Health minister says there is large possibility A(H1N1) virus may reach Egypt with returning pilgrims.


CAIRO - Egyptian Health Minister Hatem al-Gabali warned in a newspaper interview on Wednesday of the dangers posed by swine flu to millions of Muslim pilgrims travelling to Saudi Arabia.

The minister said the government could not bar Egyptian pilgrims from travelling because the decision had to be made by Muslim clerics, but that the authorities could quarantine returning pilgrims.

Gabali told the independent daily Al-Masri Al-Yom that "there is a large possibility" the A(H1N1) virus, which has killed 80 people and infected roughly 10,000 in 39 countries, may reach Egypt with returning pilgrims.

Egypt, which is culling the country's 250,000 pigs, has not recorded any cases of infection so far.

Islam requires every able-bodied Muslim of sound mind, and with the financial means, to perform the hajj, an annual pilgrimage to Mecca last held in December, at least once.

The Saudi government says more than two million Muslims make the pilgrimage every year.

Umra, a lesser pilgrimage that is voluntary, can be performed year round.

Gabali said he could not bar Egypt's estimated 600,000 pilgrims from travelling as such a decision was up to clerics, but that he could "open quarantines and say: no one will return from Saudi Arabia to his home."

The senior Muslim cleric in the Gulf emirate of Dubai already published a fatwa, or religious decree, on May 11 calling on the faithful to delay any pligrimages to Mecca for the time being.

The emirate's mufti, Sheikh Abdel Aziz Haddad, also urged worshippers not to pray too close together in Dubai's mosques or, better still, to pray outside them.

Egypt, the most populous Arab country, is already battling bird flu, which has killed 27 people since the first reported case in 2006.

 

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Source: http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/...pagename=Zone-English-HealthScience/HSELayout

Hajj and Umra Debate Over Swine Flu

By Rasha Dewedar

Assistant Editor - IslamOnline.net

People performing Hajj
Islamic scholars have called upon Muslims to delay performing Umra as concerns over the spread of swine flu continues around the world. Some hinted that the annual Hajj should also be considered for cancelation as a precaution for the spread of the infection among Muslims performing the pilgrimage.

Both Hajj and Umra involve a pilgrimage to Makkah, with Umra being an optional ritual that Muslims could perform any time of the year while Hajj is a manditory ritual to be performed at least once in a lifetime by any able Muslim during a specific time of the Islamic lunar calendar.

The debate started when Sheikh Ali Abu Elhassan, advisor to the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, stated that Hajj and Umra can be delayed if spread of swine flu infection is feared, CNN Arabic reported.

A similar call was made by the Egyptian Health Minister, Dr. Hatem El-Gabaly, who urged Egyptians to postpone performing Hajj and Umra this year if possible. According to Masrawy.com, El-Gabaly asserted that all those who do will be put in quarantine on their return from Saudi Arabia.

Sheikh Ali Gom?aa, the Grand Mufti of Egypt, called upon all fiqh councils to work hard until they come up with a united fatwa that presents the Islamic stance on whether or not it is permissible to delay Hajj and Umra due to swine flu.

He explained that after experts and officials in the areas of health, environment, and agriculture present their reports, the role of Islamic scholars will begin and Muftis will be able to have their say based on the information provided. He stressed that the preservation of human life and protecting mankind from disease is one of the goals of the Islamic Shari?ah.

Sheikh Nouh Soliman, the Grand Mufti of Jordan, asserted that the decision of delaying or prohibiting Hajj and Umra due to swine flu has to do with Saudi Arabian scholars and medical personnel. This decision, he said, should be based on whether the Saudi authorities will provide quarantine for people coming from infected regions, or whether a hold will be put on people coming from those regions.

Still Not a Risk

"This is a decision that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia should make," Dr. Mustafa Urkhan, the President of Influenza Center at the Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office of WHO, told IslamOnline.net (IOL).

Urkhan explained that until now going to perform Umra or Hajj is not considered a risk. He further explained that suitable measures can be taken to ensure a maximum degree of safety for the people attending. He cited as examples the close monitoring of airports to avoid the admission of infected people into the country, as well as providing a sufficient amount of medical supplies.

"The good news is that the virus cannot withstand the high temperature in Saudi Arabia, even during the time of Hajj which will be in November this year," commented Urkhan.

"The problem will be in closed areas because of the presence of central air conditioning which will promote the spread of infection if someone is infected," he explained.

Urkhan also pointed out that if some people there did catch any form of flu during these rituals, this might cause panic among others as they won't be able to immediately determine which type of flu it is.

As of this writing no official statement has been made by Saudi authorities on whether they will take exceptional measures in response to the swine flu threat. IOL was also not able to reach anyone from the General Presidency of Scholarly Research and Ifta in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to comment on this issue.

Rasha Dewedar is an assistant editor in the Health & Science section at IslamOnline.net. She has a degree in Oral and Dental Medicine from Cairo University, Egypt. You can contact her by sending an e-mail to ScienceTech@islam-online.net

 

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Egypt: Egypt: swine flu did not affect the turnout for the performance of the Hajj

Question: When is Hajj 2009?
Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca, is one of the greatest religious observances in Islam. What are the dates for Hajj in 2009?
Answer: Hajj is expected to fall between November 25-30, 2009.
http://islam.about.com/od/calendar/f/2009hajj.htm

http://islam.about.com/od/calendar/f/2009hajj.htm

Pilgrims attending hajj 2008: 2.9 million
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Abstract: doi:10.1016/j.tmaid.2009.01.005
Received 3 January 2009;
accepted 12 January 2009.
Available online 20 February 2009.

Review
The quest for public health security at Hajj: The WHO guidelines on communicable disease alert and response during mass gatherings

Public health security, the provision of safeguarding health and safety for a designated population during a specific event, is paramount to the success of all mass gatherings (MG).

Hajj, the pilgrimage to Makkah, Saudi Arabia – one of the largest annual MG – this year hosted over 2.5 million. Hajj presents an annual public health security challenge of extraordinary dimensions, not only due to its scale but also due to Hajj-specific environmental and host factors.

Opportunities for sharing public health security insights from Hajj are limited by the lack of standardized outcome measures. The June 2008 WHO Guidelines on communicable disease alert and response for mass gatherings offer novel opportunities for both Hajj planning and assessment. We discuss these evolution of the Guidelines and the first assessment of their efficacy in a live MG environment. We examine potential opportunities for applying these Guidelines in the novel, intensely dynamic, annually recurrent Hajj environment.

We believe Hajj-related findings and outcome measurements using these Guidelines will translate broadly to be of value to many non-Hajj MG sectors.

Finally, we suggest areas for outcome assessment and future enquiry and invite the first Hajj-specific communicable disease alert guidelines.
http://tinyurl.com/rchj27

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Egypt: swine flu did not affect the turnout for the performance of the Hajj
Wednesday, .20-5 - 2009


القاهرة: أكد محمد توفيق مدير المؤسسة القومية لتيسير الحج والعمرة بوزارة التضامن الإجتماعى المصرية أن مرض إنفلونزا الخنازير لم يؤثر على السياحة الدينية وسيتم إعتباراً من غدا الخميس تقديم طلبات الحج فى الإدارات الإجتماعية المتواجدة فى الجمعيات الأهلية.

CAIRO: Mohamed Tawfiq Director of the National Institute to facilitate the Hajj and Umrah Social Solidarity Ministry said that the swine flu disease did not affect the religious tourism and will be beginning on Thursday, a religious pilgrimage to the submission of applications found in the departments of social NGOs.

ونقل موقع الاذاعة والتليفزيون المصري عن توفيق قوله :" إن المؤسسة تقوم بتنظيم رحلة حج إقتصادية سنويا لعدد 12,5 ألف مواطن، حيث يتم تخصيص 630 تأشيرة للجمعيات المركزية و11092 تأشيرة بأسعار اقتصادية و843 بأسعار".

The relocation of the Egyptian Radio and Television adjust saying: "The Foundation is organizing a pilgrimage to the number of annual economic 12.5 thousand people, with the allocation of the 630 visa and the Central Red 11092 visa at economical prices, and price 843."

ويأتى ذلك على الرغم من التصريحات التى ادلى بها الدكتور حاتم الجبلي وزير الصحة الجمعة والتى ناشد فيها المواطنين المصريين تأجيل رحلات الحج والعمرة إن أمكن خوفا من انتشار أنفلونزا الخنازير، مؤكدا أنه سيتم تطبيق الحجر الصحي على جميع الحجاج العائدين إذا ظهر المرض في السعودية.

Comes in spite of the remarks made by Dr. Hatem el-Gabali, Minister of Health on Friday, which called on citizens to defer travel of Egyptian Hajj and Umrah, if possible, fearing the spread of swine flu, stressing that it will apply to all quarantine pilgrims returning if the disease in Saudi Arabia.

وقال الجبلي في حديث صحفي: " إن فيروس إنفلونزا الخنازير سيدخل مصر عاجلا أم آجلا، فى حين أوضح الدكتور فتحى سرور رئيس مجلس الشعب انه يلزم التنبيه بلهجة مزعجة إزاء خطر الفيروس (إتش1 إن1) ".

The mountain in a newspaper interview: "The swine flu virus will enter Egypt, sooner or later, while Dr. Fathi Sorour, Speaker of the People needed to be worded warning about the risk of disturbing the virus (1 H, 1)."

وأضاف سرور أن الحكومة طالبت المواطنين بعدم التعامل مع الدجاج أو تربيتها ولم يحترموا هذا الكلام ، مشيرا الى أن كل ما حدث من جراء إنفلونزا الطيور كان بسبب الإهمال وعدم احترام قواعد التعامل الآمن مع الدواجن والاحتياطات الواجب توافرها.

Sorour said that the government asked the citizens not to deal with the chickens, farmed and did not respect this talk, pointing out that all that has happened as a result of bird flu was caused by neglect and lack of respect for the rules of safe handling of poultry and with the precautions to be available.

وأضاف محمد توفيق أن الجمعيات الأهلية تقوم بتنظيم 26 ألف رحلة عمرة ونحو 500و12 ألف تأشيرة ، مشيراً الى أن وزارة التضامن تقوم بالإشراف على الإجراءات ولابد أن يكون المتقدم للعمرة عضواً فى الجمعية الأهلية.

He added that Mohamed Tawfik NGOs organize trips every year 12,500 visas, adding that the Ministry of Solidarity and the supervision of the procedures must be developed for the old members of the assembly capacity.

وقال توفيق انه تم الإعلان عن أسعار رحلات الحج والعمرة لتوعية المواطنين من التلاعب الذى أنتشر مؤخراً نتيجة لجوء بعض الجمعيات الأهلية لبيع تأشيرات الحج والعمرة فى السوق السوداء.

Taufik said he was the announcement of the price of the Hajj and Umrah trips to educate citizens of the manipulation, which has spread recently as a result of the use of some NGOs for the sale of the Hajj and Umrah visas on the black market.

وأوضح أن وزارة التضامن الاجتماعى تقوم بتنظيم رحلات عمرة إلى الأراضى المقدسة بالتنسيق مع أعضاء الجمعيات الأهلية والشركات السياحية للحصول على أنسب الأسعار، حيث تبلغ تكلفة حصول الفرد على التأشيرة 3800 جنيه فى حالة إقامتة فى غرفة ثنائية و3500 جنيه للغرفة التى يقيم بها ثلاثة أفراد، على أن يتم سداد 50 ريالا للسلطات السعودية عن كل يوم تخلف المعتمر عن موعد الرحلة.

He explained that the Ministry of Social Solidarity is to organize trips to the Holy Land every year in coordination with members of NGOs and tour operators to obtain the most suitable price, where the cost of obtaining individual visas for 3800 pounds in the event of his stay in the Chamber of bilateral and pounds for the 3500 Conference, home to the three individuals, to are paid 50 riyals to the Saudi authorities for each day when the failure of Umrah trip.

 

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Its customary for many Pilgrims from those that can afford it, to perform a ritual sacrifice of and animal during this important Holy trip. Its worth noting the animals again are sold live in very crowed open markets. with many of them being imported from other local countries, just to meet this requirement.


Umrah season tomorrow with the first real .. Recep
اجتماع وزيري النقل والسياحة.. Meeting of ministers of transport and tourism .. لمناقشة الإجراءات الأخيرة To discuss the recent actions
مكاتب لخدمة المعتمرين بالموانيء..

Offices to serve the pilgrims ports .. تعميم الحجز المركزي Circulation of the Central Booking

كتبت - لمياء عبدالحميد: Written by - Abdul Hamid Lamia:

يبدأ غدا موسم العمرة الحقيقي والذي يبدأ مع أول شهر رجب ويستمر لمدة 3 أشهر حتي نهاية شهر رمضان. Pilgrimage season begins tomorrow, the real, which begins with the first month of Rajab, and will last for 3 months until the end of the month of Ramadan.
عقد المهندس محمد لطفي منصور وزير النقل الليلة الماضية اجتماعا مع زهير جرانة وزير السياحة حيث رأس الوزيران اجتماع اللجنة العليا لمتابعة العمرة. Contract, Engineer Mohamed Lotfy Mansour, Minister of Transport, meeting last night with Zuhair Garrana, the Minister of Tourism Ministers meeting at the head of the Supreme Committee for the follow-up and overhaul.
شارك فيه أعضاء اللجنة من ممثلي وزارتي السياحة والخارجية والداخلية ومحافظتي البحر الأحمر وجنوب سيناء وقطاع النقل البحري وهيئة السلامة البحرية وهيئة موانيء البحر الأحمر. Attended by members of the Committee of representatives of the Ministries of Tourism and Foreign Affairs and Interior and the provinces of the Red Sea, South Sinai and the Maritime Transport Sector and the Maritime Safety Authority and the Red Sea Ports Authority.
أكد الوزير مشاركة 8 عبارات للعمل خلال الموسم الحالي 4 منها علي الخط الملاحي الشمالي نويبع - العقبة - و4 علي الخط الملاحي الجنوبي سفاجا - ينبع - جدة مع امكانية تشغيل العبارتين الجديدتين القاهرة والرياض العاملتين علي خط سفاجا - ينبع في حالة زيادة اعداد المعتمرين بهذه المنطقة. He stressed the participation of 8 words to work through the current season, including 4 on the shipping line north NUWEBIAH - Aqaba - and 4 on the shipping line south Safaga - Yanbu - Jeddah, with the possibility of the operation of the new words Cairo and Riyadh SAFAGA working on the line - in the case of stems increase the number of pilgrims to the region.
طلب وزير النقل إرسال خطابات لجميع شركات السياحة المشاركة بضرورة تلافي أي ملحوظات بالعبارات التابعة لها وذلك قبل أن ترسل الي اللجان المتخصصة باجراء التفتيش عليها وذلك حتي لا يتم ايقافها واعلان ذلك. Minister for Transport requested to send letters to all tourism companies need to participate to avoid any terms of the Notes and prior to the specialized committees to send an inspection so as not to be stopped and the announcement that. كما أعلن الوزير افتتاح مكاتب لخدمة المواطنين داخل جميع الموانيء لتلقي أية شكاوي من المعتمرين وحلها علي الفور كذلك توجيه الركاب حيثما يريدون. The minister also announced the opening of offices to serve citizens in all the ports to receive any complaints from the pilgrims and resolved on the spot where passengers as well as directing want.
طالب الوزير الجهات العاملة بالموانيء بزيادة أعداد الأفراد العاملة بها وقت الذروة لسرعة إنهاء اجراءات السفر والوصول. The minister urged those working ports to increase the number of individuals working at the time of peak action to expedite the completion of travel and access.
اضاف الوزير أن لجنة العمرة وافقت علي تطبيق نظام الحجز المركزي والذي تمت تجربته العام الماضي علي خط الشمال بين نويبع والعقبة - ليطبق هذا العام علي الجنوب "ضبا وجدة" وذلك بعد ثبوت نجاحه وقضائه علي الكثير من المشاكل التي كان يتعرض لها الركاب. He added that the Commission agreed to the Umrah and the application of the central reservation system, which was tested last year on the north between Nuweiba and Aqaba - to apply this year on the south, "Duba and Jeddah", after the proven success and the absence of many of the problems which were to the passengers.
كانت السلطات السعودية قد قامت أمس بتشديد إجراءات مواجهة أنفلونزا الخنازير والاستعانة ب 40 خبيرا دوليا بعضهم من منظمة الصحة العالمية لبحث سبل مكافحة الوباء.. Saudi authorities have tightened the procedures on the face of swine flu and the hiring of some 40 international experts from the World Health Organization to discuss ways to combat the epidemic .. وحذر سعد القرشي رئيس لجنة الحج والعمرة والشيخ عبدالمحسن العبيكان مستشار الديوان الملكي السعودي من الخوض في فتاوي تأجيل العمرة والحج هذا العام بسبب أنفلونزا الخنازير قبل الرجوع للجهات الطبية المتابعة للمرض واستنكرا المطالبة بذلك بما لايتوافق مع الواقع في الدول الاوروبية التي يصل إليها ملايين السياح بأضعاف أعداد المعتمرين. Saad al-Qurashi, and warned the Chairman of the Committee for Haj and Umrah and Sheikh Abdulmohsen Obeikan adviser of the Saudi royal court to give advisory opinions and postpone the Hajj pilgrimage this year due to swine flu before returning to the views of medical follow-up of the disease and deplored the claim that with Aitwavq with reality in the European countries up to the millions of tourists doubles the number of pilgrims .

 

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Translation: Arabic ? English
نقابة الأطباء:لا ضرورة"علمية"لتأجيل الحج والعمرة
الأربعاء، 24 يونيو 2009 - 14:37


نقابة الأطباء تحسم قضية تأجيل موسم الحج والعمرة - تصوير عصام الشامى
كتبت أميرة عبد السلام


أصدرت هيئة مكتب النقابة العامة للأطباء بياناً تعلن فيه عدم الضرورة العلمية والصحية لإلغاء رحلات الحج والعمرة لهذا العام. وأسست النقابة قرارها على أساس أن الفيروس المسبب لمرض الأنفلونزا "H1 N1" هو من نفس نوع Strain (الأنفلونزا الموسمية) بل إنه أخف منه ضرراً.

واستطلعت النقابة فى قرارها آراء أطبائها المتخصصين فى علم الميكروبيولوجى الإكلينيكى، الذين أجمعوا على أن الاتجاه لإلغاء الحج والعمرة للمصريين هذا العام يُعد إجراء علمياً غير صحيح.

واستشهدت النقابة بأن معظم المصابين المصريين الوافدين لمصر تماثلوا للشفاء، ولم تحدث حالة وفاة واحدة من الحالات الأربعين المصابة. كما أن منظمة الصحة العالمية لشرق المتوسط أعلنت عدم وفاة أى حالة فى الإقليم من مجموع الحالات البالغة 195.

ودعت النقابة لتقليل مظاهر الهلع المتزايدة فى وسائل الإعلام حول المرض، وأكدت على الاكتفاء بالتدابير والعادات الصحية العامة الجيدة لمكافحة العدوى، مثل : غسيل الأيدى بالماء والصابون، والحفاظ على النشاط البدنى، وتجنب الأشخاص المصابين. كما انتقدت تنفيذ الحجر الصحى فى مصر، والذى لم يتم تنفيذه فى الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية بالرغم من إصابة 21 ألف إنسان ووفاة 87 حالة منهم حتى 23 يونيو 2009 طبقاً لإحصائيات منظمة الصحة العالمية.

وبالنسبة للتعامل مع العائدين من الحج والعمرة، اقترحت النقابة أن يتم المسح الحرارى لهم وأخذ مسحة أنفية بلعومية من الذين يثبت ارتفاع درجة حرارتهم، مع إعطائهم علاج التاميفلو.. ثم يتم استدعاء من يثبت التحليل (RT-PCR) إصابته الإيجابية بالفيروس، ليتم استكمال باقى العلاج (جرعتين يومياً لمدة 5 أيام) مع علاج المضاعفات إن وجدت، دون الحاجة لحجزه فى المستشفيات.

كما اقترحت النقابة الاستعانة بمعامل الجامعات ومعامل مستشفيات القوات المسلحة وبعض المعامل الخاصة المتميزة إذا اقتضت الضرورة، حيث لم تكف المعامل الحالية لوزارة الصحة العائدين من العمرة (300 ألف) والحج (80 ألف) مواطن.

ورأت النقابة أن إعلان الصحة العالمية رفع مستوى الإنذار للمرحلة السادسة بسبب الانتشار الجغرافى للمرض فى كل قارات العالم، لا يشير لشدة الوباء، وهو ما صرحت به أيضا د. مارجريت شان المديرة العامة للمنظمة.

Medical Association: No need for "scientific" to postpone the Hajj and Umrah
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - 14:37


Medical Association decided to postpone the issue of Hajj and Umrah season - Camera Essam El Shami
Written by Amira Abdel-Salam


Authority has issued the General Office of the Association of Physicians issued a statement announcing the lack of necessary scientific and health of the abolition of the Hajj and Umrah trips for this year. The union was founded on the basis of its decision that the virus that causes flu "H1 N1" is the same type of Strain (seasonal influenza), but it is lighter than harm.
Explored the views of the union in its own doctors specializing in clinical knowledge of Microbiology, who agreed that the trend for the cancellation of the Hajj and Umrah for the Egyptians this year is conducting scientifically incorrect.

She cited the union that most people living with the Egyptians coming to Egypt Tmathloa recovered, and there was no case of the death of one of the forty-infected cases. The World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean declared the death of any situation in the Territory of the total amount of 195 cases.

And invited the union to reduce the manifestation of the growing panic in the media about the disease, and stressed the sufficiency of measures of public health and habits of good infection control, such as: washing hands with soap and water, and the maintenance of physical activity, and avoidance of infected persons. It also criticized the implementation of quarantine in Egypt, which had not been implemented in the United States, despite the injury of 21 thousand people and the death of 87 of them until June 23, 2009, according to the statistics of the World Health Organization.

As for dealing with returning from the Hajj and Umrah, the union suggested that the thermal survey tinge to them and take from those who deny Belaomip prove the high temperature, give them the treatment with Tamiflu .. Then be called from the analysis proves (RT-PCR) being HIV positive, to be completed by the rest of treatment (two doses per day for 5 days) with treatment of complications, if any, without the need for detention in hospital.

The union proposed the use of labs and universities, hospitals, laboratories and some of the armed forces for the outstanding factor, if necessary, as it did not stop the current laboratory of the Ministry of Health of returnees from Umrah (300 A) and Hajj (80 A) a citizen.

The union felt that the Declaration of the World Health raise the level of warning for the sixth because of the geographical spread of the disease in all the continents of the world, does not refer to the severity of the epidemic, which is also stated by d. Margaret Chan Director-General of the Organization.

 

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this article indicates if you performed the pilgrimage in the recent past,and are planning to go as some form of vacation just because you can as you have extra money. its a sin against god.

the correct thing to do, would be to stay where you are and use the funds to help the poor in your own country first. and for this action you will receive gods rewards.

Translation: Arabic ? English
استندت إلى أن مساعدة الفقراء أولى من "السنة"..
فتوى جديدة.. تكرار الحج فى زمن الأزمة المالية وأنفلونزا الخنازير "إثم"
الجمعة، 26 يونيو 2009 - 08:39


أغنياء المسلمين يحرصون على الحج سنوياً.. وكثيراً ما ينسون الفقراء
كتب عمرو جاد


رغبة قوية من أغنياء المسلمين فى تكرار الحج أكثر من مرة إرضاء لله، متناسين آلاف الفقراء فى بلدانهم لا يجدون ما ينفقون..تناقض لم يقره أبدا التشريع الإسلامى، زاد من كشف عوراته الأزمة المالية الأخيرة، وتلاها خطر أنفلونزا الخنازير..أليس بعد كل هذا لم يحن الوقت لطرح السؤال: لماذا تكرار الحج فى ظل مخاوف من خطرى الفقر والأنفلونزا.

"الرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم لم يحج سوى مرة واحدة"، كان هذا المبرر الذى ساقته الدكتورة سعاد صالح أستاذ الفقه المقارن بجامعة الأزهر، لتؤكد أن المسلمين عليهم أن يقتدوا برسولهم، وفقراء المسلمين أولى بأموال الحج المتكرر. وأضافت "أن من يذهب إلى الحج أكثر من مرة من باب التظاهر أو عنده أموال كثيرة لايعرف أين ينفقها، وحوله الفقراء فى كل مكان، فهو آثم ولا ينال أجر الحج".

سعاد صالح أكدت أيضا أن هذا يتوقف على النية والقصد، فإذا كان القصد هو الرياء والتفاخر فهو "آثم"، وتبريرها لذلك أنه إذا أنفق على الفقراء أو أنشأ بهذه الأموال مشاريع تنموية أو مساكن للشباب فهذا أفضل وأعظم أجرا. وأضافت أنه حتى من كان ينوى الحج أول مرة وخاف من وباء مثل الأنفلونزا فتصدق بأموال الحج على الفقراء فإن له أجر التصدق وهو أجر عظيم، بحسب وصفها، مشيرة إلى أن الفريضة فى هذه الحالة لا تسقط عنه حتى يؤديها.

وقريبا من هذا الرأى جاءت فتوى الشيخ على أبو الحسن مستشار شيخ الأزهر ورئيس لجنة الفتوى السابق، والذى قال "إنه إذا أدى المسلم فريضة الحج ، ثم أراد أن يكررها وفى جواره فقراء فهو آثم فى هذه الحالة"، أبو الحسن فسر ذلك بما سماه "تقديم الفضائل على بعضها"، فهو يرى أن تكرار الحج سنة بحيث لا تقل المدة بينهما عن 5 سنوات، أما إذا كان فى بلد الحاج فقراء ومحتاجون أو كانت الدولة تحتاج لهذه الأموال فى ظل أزمة مالية كالتى نعيشها وهناك مخاوف من الحج مثل وباء أنفلونزا الخنازير، فعدم تكرار الحج هنا أولى من تأدية السنة، فالقاعدة تقول "صحة الأبدان مقدمة على صحة الأديان".

أبو الحسن أضاف أيضا أن الدولة إذا كان لها مساهمات فى عملية الحج وكان بها فقراء أولى بهذه المساهمات أو طرأت عليها ظروف اقتصادية معينة، فلا حرج عليها أن ترفع يدها من هذه المساعدات وتترك التكاليف كاملة على الحاج. Based on that to help the poor first "year" ..

A new advisory opinion .. Repeat the Hajj in a time of financial crisis and the swine flu "sin" Friday, June 26, 2009 - 08:39


Keen on the wealthy Muslims the pilgrimage every year .. They often forget the poor Wrote Amr Gad


Strong desire of the rich Muslim pilgrimage to repeat more than once, to please God, forgetting the thousands of poor in their countries do not find what to spend .. not contradict Islamic law never recognized, the detection of Aourath the recent financial crisis and the subsequent risk of swine flu .. not after all this is not the time to ask the question: Why do you repeat the Hajj in the fear of poverty and the risks of influenza.

"Prophet Muhammad, blessings and peace be upon him did not use the one-time only", this was the justification cited by Souad Saleh, Professor of Comparative Jurisprudence at Al-Azhar University, stresses that Muslims have to follow Brsulem, and the first funds to poor Muslim pilgrimage repeated. She added that "it is going to the Hajj more than once as a demonstration or have a lot of money to spend does not know where, and around the poor everywhere, is a sinner is not getting paid the pilgrimage."

Suad Saleh also stressed that this depends on the intent and purpose, if the intention is hypocrisy and pride is the "sinner", and justified, therefore, that if spent on the poor or established such funds, development projects or housing for young people is the greatest and the best paid. She added that even he was the first time and the pilgrimage of the feared pandemic of influenza, such as money ratify the pilgrimage to the poor, the charity has paid a great wage, as described, pointing out that duty in this case do not fall for him until he performs.

Soon, this opinion was the advisory opinion of Sheikh Abu Al-Hassan Al-Azhar Sheikh, adviser and head of the Fatwa Committee in the past, and who said that "if a Muslim has Hajj, then he wanted to reiterate in his side's poor is a sinner in this case," Abu Hassan explained that what he called a "submission some of the virtues ", he felt that the repetition of the pilgrimage at least a year to their term of 5 years, if the country was poor and the Haj need or require the State for these funds in light of the kind we are experiencing a financial crisis and there are fears of the Hajj, such as swine flu epidemic, lack of repeat the pilgrimage here to play the first of the year, the rule says, "Introduction to the physical health of the health of religions."

Abu Hassan also added that the State if they are to contribute to the process of the pilgrimage was the first of these contributions is poor or in the particular economic circumstances, there is nothing wrong to get out of this aid, leaving the entire cost of the Hajj.

 

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This article is about the computerized lottery drawing system used across the governorates of Egypt. in concept, it allows all Egyptians equal access to the Chance to perform the pilgrimage.Due to limited space being available on transportation and within Saudi.

What it does not mention, is the simple fact, one of of the areas maintains over two hundred and fifty position's on the one thousand poorest, under developed parts of Egypt. where things have remained traditionally and culturally, as they have always been in that area of the farming community.

its also an area, which seems to have both reported suspect cases of bf/sf and even a higher reported rate of cases of food poison recently.

Translation: Arabic ? English
السبت بداية القرعة العلنية للحجاج إلكترونياً
الجمعة، 26 يونيو 2009 - 08:17


قرعة حج الداخلية تستمر لمدة 3 أيام
كتب محمود سعد الدين


يبدأ اللواء وزير الداخلية حبيب العادلى، غدا، السبت، إجراء القرعة العلنية لحج القرعة هذا العام باستخدام الكمبيوتر فى جميع المحافظات، تحت الإشراف المباشر من مديرى الأمن بالمحافظات وبمشاركة ضباط الإدارة العامة للشئون الإدارية والإدارة العامة للمعلومات والتوثيق.

ومن المقرر أن تظل عمليات إجراء القرعة 3 أيام على أن تبدأ غدا السبت الموافق 27 يونيو بمديريات أمن "القاهرة وحلوان وأسوان و6 أكتوبر والمنيا، وتبدأ بمحافظات الجيزة وجنوب سيناء والأقصر والقليوبية وبنى سويف وسوهاج يوم الأحد 28 يونيو، وتنتهى فى يوم الاثنين 29 يونيو بمحافظات قنا شمال سيناء والسويس والفيوم والغربية وأسيوط.
Saturday, the beginning of lots of public e-Hajjaj
Friday, June 26, 2009 - 08:17


Ag internal draw for a period of 3 days
Mahmoud Al Saad Eddin


Brigade begins Interior Minister Habib Adli, tomorrow, Saturday, a public draw of lots Hajj this year using the computers in all the provinces, under the direct supervision of the security manager with officers nationwide and the Department of Administrative and General Department for Information and Documentation.

It is scheduled to stay 3 days of the drawing of lots that are scheduled to begin on Saturday, June 27 Bmderiaat security "Cairo, Helwan and Aswan, and October 6, Menya, and begin the Suez and South Sinai, Giza, Luxor, Qaliubiya and Beni Suef and Sohag on Sunday, June 28, and ends on Monday, June 29 provinces of Qena North Sinai, Suez, Fayoum, Assiut, and the West.

 

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Translation: Arabic ? English
الكاميرات لا تكفى والكشف اليدوى هو الحل ..
أزمة فى مطار القاهرة بسبب زيادة أعداد المعتمرين
الأحد، 28 يونيو 2009 - 10:00


مطار القاهرة الدولى كتبت إحسان السيد


كشف اللواء حسن راشد رئيس مجلس إدارة شركة ميناء القاهرة الجوى فى تصريحات خاصة لليوم السابع، أن مطار القاهرة سيواجه زيادة فى أعداد القادمين من الدول الموبوءة بفيروس أنفلونزا الخنازير، خاصة خلال موسمى الحج والعمرة، وعودة المصريين العاملين بالخارج والدول العربية، بالكشف اليدوى بالترمومترات لقياس درجة حرارة الركاب، خاصة وأن الأعداد الكبيرة ستؤثر على عمل الكاميرات الحرارية.

راشد أكد على أن زيادة الأعداد ستشكل ضغطاً على عمل سلطات الحجر الصحى بالمطار، وبالتالى هناك تفكير لنقل رحلات طيران الوصول لجدة والمدنية من المبنى الجديد رقم 3 للمطار القديم، خاصة وأن كثافة التواجد فيه انخفضت عقب نقل جميع الرحلات للمبنى الجديد، وذلك لاستيعاب فحص جميع المصريين القادمين من الخارج بدقة أكبر.

وأضاف اللواء حسن راشد، أنه يجرى حالياً تنسيق على جميع المستويات لجميع الجهات العاملة بالمطار لتحديد عدد رحلات الطيران للقادمين من رحلات العمرة وتوقيتها حتى يتناسب مع القدرة الاستيعابية للحجر الصحى بالمطار.

Cameras are not enough and the manual detection is the solution ..
Crisis in the Cairo airport due to an increase in the number of pilgrims
Sunday, June 28, 2009 - 10:00


Cairo International Airport, Mr. Ahsan wrote


A Major General Hassan Rashid, head of the Board of Directors of Cairo Airport in a special statement on the seventh day, the Cairo International Airport will face an increase in the numbers coming from countries infected with swine flu, especially during the Hajj and Umrah seasons, and the return of Egyptians working abroad and the Arab States, the disclosure Baltermumtrut (to hand) measure the degree of temperature of the passengers, especially since large numbers will affect the work of thermal cameras.

Rashid stressed that the numbers will increase pressure on the work of the airport's quarantine authorities, and consequently there is thought to transfer flights to Jeddah and the access of the building, the new Civil No. 3 of the old airport, especially the presence and intensity of which decreased after the transfer of all flights of the new building, to accommodate the screening of all Egyptian coming from abroad with greater precision.
The Hassan al-Rashid, was being coordinated at all levels for all airport operators to determine the number of flights from the pilgrimage and timing of flights, even in proportion to the absorptive capacity of the airport quarantine.

 

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Translation: Arabic ? English
فى حواره مع برنامج القاهرة اليوم مساء أمس
الجبلى يطالب بتقليل أعداد الحجاج
الأحد، 28 يونيو 2009 - 13:39


الجبلى: لدى الوزارة خطة سيتم تنفيذها فى حالة تزايد حالات الإصابة بأنفلونزا الخنازير
كتب محمود المملوك


قال الدكتور حاتم الجبلى وزير الصحة، إنه مهتم بالأساس بتوفير أكبر قدر من الحماية لصحة المصريين فى ظل انتشار مرض أنفلونزا الخنازير مع تزايد رحلات الحج والعمرة موضحاً "أنا لا سياحة تفرق معايا ولا أرباح شركات تفرق معايا، ولكن وفقاً للمادة 16 و17 من الدستور، فإنى مسئول سياسياً عن حماية صحة المواطنين".

وأضاف الجبلى فى حواره مع برنامج "القاهرة اليوم" أمس: "حالياً الوضع لا يثير القلق لأن أمريكا مثل السعودية جاءت منها حالات مصابة، إلا أنه قد يتطلب الأمر اتخاذ إجراءات وقائية جديدة، لافتاً إلى أنه تلقى اتصالاً مع زهير جرانة وزير السياحة، وتم عقد اجتماع مع عدد من ممثلى الشركات السياحية وطلبت منهم عدم الارتباط بمواعيد محددة حتى يمكنهم استرداد أموالهم، كذلك تقليل أعداد المعتمرين والحجاج.

وقال الجبلى إن لدى الوزارة خطة سيتم تنفيذها فى حالة تزايد حالات الإصابة بالمرض وتفشى الوباء خلال موسمى الحج والعمرة، تقوم على نقل الركاب بطائرة واحدة فقط فى اليوم وقيام باخرة واحدة كل 3 أيام بدلاً من 12 ساعة.

In the dialogue with Egypt on Sunday evening
Mountain calls to reduce the number of pilgrims
Sunday, June 28, 2009 - 13:39


Mountain: the Ministry's plan will be implemented in case of increasing the incidence of swine flu Mahmoud Al-owned


Dr Hatem el-Gabali, Minister of Health, said that he was interested mainly to provide the greatest degree of protection for the health of Egyptians in the outbreak of swine flu with the increase in Hajj and Umrah trips, saying that "I do not differentiate Ma'aya tourism companies do not differentiate Ma'aya profits, but in accordance with Article 16 and 17 of the Constitution, I politically responsible for the protection of the health of citizens. "

The mountain in the dialogue with the "Cairo Today" yesterday: "Currently the situation is worrying because the U.S. such as Saudi Arabia came from infected cases, it may be required to take new preventive measures, he received a telephone with Zoheir Garranah, Minister of Tourism, was held Meeting with representatives of a number of tourist companies and asked them not to link specific dates so that they can recover their money, as well as reducing the numbers of pilgrims and pilgrims.

The mountain that the Ministry's plan will be implemented in case of increasing the incidence of the disease and the outbreak of the epidemic during the Hajj and Umrah seasons, based on the transport of passengers by only one day and the ship once every 3 days instead of 12 hours.

 

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Re: Some Muslim Scholars Urge Authorities to Postpone the Hajj and Umrah Due to 2009 H1N1

Translation: Arabic ? English
الصحة تطالب السياحة بـ"طبيب" مع كل رحلة عمرة
الخميس، 2 يوليو 2009 - 23:30


تلقت وزارة السياحة خطابا من وزارة الصحة تطلب فيه تخصيص طبيب مع كل رحلة عمرة، وضرورة إجراء فحص طبى للمعتمرين قبل سفرهم. وأوصت الوزارة ـ فى خطابها ـ بعدم السماح بسفر مرضى الصدر والقلب والكبد والكلى، لأن مصابى هذه الأمراض أكثر عرضة للإصابة بفيروس إيه (إتش 1 إن 1) المعروف بأنفلونزا الخنازير.

وقال أسامة عشرى وكيل أول وزارة السياحة إنه فور تلقى خطاب وزارة الصحة، دعا إلى اجتماع عاجل للجنة الأزمات بوزارة السياحة والتى تضم فى عضويتها أعضاء لجنة السياحة الدينية فى غرفة الشركات السياحية.

وأضاف أنه تم خلال الاجتماع عرض خطاب وزارة الصحة والوقوف على آخر الاستعدادات لموسم العمرة، مشيرا إلى أن وزارة السياحة كانت قد تقدمت بطلب لوزارة الصحة لإقامة مقرات صحية دائمة تابعة لوزارة الصحة فى المدينة المنورة ومكة المكرمة على نفقة وزارة السياحة لمتابعة الحالة الصحية للمعتمرين خلال موسم العمرة.

وأشار العشرى إلى أنه فى حالة موافقة وزارة الصحة على هذا الطلب سيكون هذا القرار سهل التنفيذ، منوها إلى أن شركات السياحة تنظم ما بين 20 إلى 50 رحلة عمرة يوميا، حيث سيكون تواجد بعثة طبية دائمة أفضل للمعتمرين. يأتى هذا بعد قرار وزير السياحة زهير جرانة بإلزام شركات السياحة باستخراج وثيقة تأمين صحية لكل معتمر تضمن له العلاج فى أرقى المستشفيات بالسعودية ومصر.

Health tourism calls the "doctor" with a minor
Thursday, July 2, 2009 - 23:30


The Ministry of Tourism has received a letter from the Ministry of Health requesting the allocation of a doctor with a minor, the need for a medical examination of the pilgrims before their travel. And recommended that the ministry not to allow the travel of her patients, chest, heart, liver and kidney, because these diseases are injured are more likely to be infected with A (H 1 that 1) swine flu known.
Osama al-digit, first undersecretary of the Ministry of Tourism, as soon as he received the letter of the Ministry of Health, called for an urgent meeting of the Ministry of Tourism Crisis Committee whose membership includes members of the Tourism Committee in the Chamber of religious tourism.

Had been presented during the meeting a letter of the Ministry of Health and find the latest preparations for the pilgrimage season, pointing out that the Tourism Ministry had submitted a request to the Ministry of Health to establish a permanent headquarters for the Health Ministry of Health in Medina and Mecca at the expense of the Ministry of Tourism for the follow-up health status of the pilgrims during the pilgrimage season .

The decimal in the event that approval of the Ministry of Health to this request would be easy to implement this resolution, noting that the tourism companies organize between 20 to 50 flights a day old, will be the presence of the permanent medical best for pilgrims. This comes after the decision of the Minister of Tourism Zuhair Garrana tourism companies to compel an insurance recovery and health of each Moatamer ensure the best treatment in a hospital in Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

 

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Re: Some Muslim Scholars Urge Authorities to Postpone the Hajj and Umrah Due to 2009 H1N1

International Experts Call on Governments to Postpone Islam's Major and Minor Pilgrimages for Swine Flue Most Vulnerable Groups




By Tarek Amin and agencies 6/ 7/ 2009


International experts in epidemiology and infectious diseases, according to the Cairo-based Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO), have called on governments to postpone this year's Islamic Major and Minor Pilgrimages for the groups most vulnerable to the H1N1 virus known as swine flu pandemic, such as the elderly, pregnant women, persons suffering from chronic diseases and children.

The team of experts has recommended the continuous search for positive cases of the virus appropriately in all Saudi airports and ports in order to limit the spread of the disease.

They also recommended continuing using currently-applied measures - such as thermal cameras and provisional quarantine - strengthening both surveillance and reporting systems in Saudi Arabia, and using electronic systems to convey information by setting up an advanced and integrated distance communication network in the kingdom. The aim is to monitor the spread of infectious diseases, including the virus, and to ensure that they are warded off on time.

The experts also recommended using the vaccine against the virus as soon as it is available and allowing using it on pilgrims and health-care providers during both kinds of pilgrimages.

They also called on all pilgrims to take care of their personal hygiene.

The experts stressed that the Saudi Ministry of Health and the medical missions going with the pilgrims must provide enough antiviral drugs to treat and prevent the pandemic, and must supply enough personnel and technical capacities to laboratories in order to deal with a possible rise in the number of cases during the Major and the Minor Pilgrimages.

Finally, the experts also stressed that the Ministry and the missions should provide adequate facilities for quarantining cases.

Meanwhile, Egypt has announced four new cases of H1N1, thus raising the total number of cases in the country ? according to a Health Ministry official - to 78.


Translated from the Arabic by Eltorjoman International