RIYADH: Saudi Interior Minister Prince Abdul Aziz bin Saud bin Naif on Thursday conveyed the congratulations of King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the personnel of the Ministry of Interior and security sectors on the success of security plans for the Umrah season and the advent of Eid Al-Fitr.
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MAKKAH: Each year, millions of worshippers travel to Saudi Arabia to pray at the Two Holy Mosques in Makkah and Madinah. Keeping these vast crowds safe and provided for is a gargantuan task at the best of times, but the pandemic has added many more layers of preparation.
Saudi Arabia banned international visitors from making the Islamic pilgrimage, or Hajj, in 2020, in a bid to control the coronavirus pandemic. Only a very limited number of people residing in the Kingdom were permitted to take part.
Now that flights have resumed and the Kingdom’s borders have reopened, worshippers are permitted to enter provided they abide by a strict set of protocols.
RIYADH: Wednesday is the last day of Ramadan and Thursday will be the first day of Eid Al-Fitr, the Saudi Royal Court said on Tuesday night.
The decision came after Saudi Arabia’s moon sighting committee said the crescent of the month of Shawwal could not be seen from the Tamir observatory.
The Royal Court issued a statement saying the Supreme Court’s Crescent Department held a meeting on Tuesday evening, corresponding to Ramadan 29, according to the Umm Al-Qura calendar, to study and evaluate the sighting of the crescent moon for the month of Shawwal.
“Since the sighting of the crescent was not visible, the department decided that Wednesday will be the 30th day of Ramadan,” and that Eid Al-Fitr will start on Thursday, the statement said.
BEIJING: An American business group warned Tuesday that government-instigated consumer boycotts of foreign shoe, clothing and other brands in China are making companies less willing to invest. That is adding to anxiety over Beijing’s plan for a list of “unreliable entities” that might be punished for actions deemed to run counter to Chinese interests, the American Chamber of