Religious Affairs Presidency Launches Umrah Season Plan for 1446 AH

Makkah, The Presidency of Religious Affairs at the Grand Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque has launched the Umrah season plan for 1446 AH, the largest of its kind in the presidency's history. The plan aims to enrich the experience of visitors, Umrah performers, and pilgrims and to create a devout atmosphere through hundreds of religious and scientific initiatives and programs throughout the Umrah season, involving thousands of volunteers in the Two Holy Mosques, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. The President of Religious Affairs at the Grand Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque, Sheikh Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Sudais, during the launch of the plan at his office, noted that the Umrah season plan commenced with the beginning of the new Hijri year 1446 AH. He stressed that the plan aims to boost the strengths of the Umrah season, elevate the concept of serving and caring for Umrah performers as a central theme, enhance integrative roles with the Umrah system, and achieve harmony with all government entities and succ ess partners. Al-Sudais pointed out that the operational plan for the Umrah season in the Two Holy Mosques spans nine months, divided into three phases, concluding at the end of Shaban 1446 AH, after which the Ramadan plan for 1446 AH will commence. He revealed that the presidency is set to launch numerous intelligent religious robots to provide effective services to visitors at the Grand Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque, facilitating access to services at all times. He noted the continuous delivery of the Two Holy Mosques' religious and directive message, with the presidency preparing numerous lessons and scientific and directive lectures delivered by esteemed scholars from the Council of Senior Scholars and teachers of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque. Al-Sudais added that the presidency has focused on diversifying initiatives, programs, and services in its 1446 AH Umrah season plan to achieve the highest levels of comfort for visitors, making their rituals easier and smoother in a devout, healt hy, and spiritual environment. The plan also includes intensifying scientific and guidance lessons, increasing Quran lessons and on-ground religious awareness, launching enriching religious exhibitions, and inaugurating the largest religious gifting programme. The presidency aims to leverage artificial intelligence technologies, digitize programmes, and utilise e-applications across various fields to serve visitors and communicate with them in global languages, facilitating their rituals and enriching their experience. Source: Bahrain News Agency