{"id":57314,"date":"2013-05-29T04:28:46","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T04:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierraexpressmedia.com\/?p=57314"},"modified":"2013-05-29T04:28:46","modified_gmt":"2013-05-29T04:28:46","slug":"saudi-hajj-minister-receives-moijue-kaikai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/?p=57314","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Hajj Minister Receives Moijue Kaikai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Saudi Arabia\u2019s Minister of Pilgrimage, Dr. Bandar bin Mohammed Hajjar yesterday received Sierra Leone\u2019s Minister of Social Welfare Gender and Children&#8217;s Affairs, Honourable Moijueh Kaikai and team at the Hajj Ministry in down town Jeddah.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The minister was accompanied by a team comprising of Alhaji M.S Kargbo, Special Assistant to His Excellency the President on Political Affairs who also doubles as a senior member of the National Hajj Coordinating Committee and Dr. Ahmed Ramadan Jalloh, one of the senior Muslim scholars representing the Muslim community in Sierra Leone.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_57316\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Moijue_and_team_with_Saudi_Hajj_minister.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57316\" class=\"size-full wp-image-57316\" alt=\"Moijue and team with Saudi Hajj minister\" src=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Moijue_and_team_with_Saudi_Hajj_minister.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-57316\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moijue and team with Saudi Hajj minister<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Welcoming the Sierra Leone delegation, the Saudi Minister praised President Koroma for sending Minister Kaikai to Saudi Arabia for this year\u2019s Hajj arrangements. He says that shows the importance the President attaches to the Muslim pilgrimage, (Hajj).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He stressed the depth of relationship and bonds of brotherhood between the two brotherly countries.<br \/>\nThe Saudi Minister disclosed his ministry\u2019s plans to the Sierra Leone delegation about this year&#8217;s Hajj season. He said to them that one of the plans the ministry is intending to implement is to create the digital information system, which will allow pilgrims access to all the services offered prior to their departure until returning back to their countries.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_57317\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Moijue_discussing_hajj_matters_with_Saudi_hajj_minister.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57317\" class=\"size-full wp-image-57317\" alt=\"Moijue discussing Hajj matters with Saudi Hajj minister\" src=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Moijue_discussing_hajj_matters_with_Saudi_hajj_minister.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-57317\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moijue discussing Hajj matters with Saudi Hajj minister<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also said his government has embarked on major projects that seek to expand the area of the Holy Mosques in Mecca and Medina to accommodate more pilgrims, adding that, the project in Mecca if completed before this year\u2019s Hajj season will accommodate over four million Muslim worshippers at a time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe new design of the mosque will house other facilities around the area that include conference halls, residential buildings, command centers to control the flow of traffic, security and other services,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Responding, Minister Kaikai conveyed heartfelt greetings and felicitations from His Excellency the President of Sierra Leone, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud his Government and the people of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.<br \/>\nKaikai expressed satisfaction with the relationship between the two countries, pointing out that, Sierra Leone and Saudi Arabia started enjoying cordial relationship since both countries entered into diplomatic relations in the late 1970\u2019s.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_57318\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Moijue_in_warm_handshake_after_signing_with_head_of_Saudi_hajj_establishment.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57318\" class=\"size-full wp-image-57318\" alt=\"Moijue in warm handshake after signing with head of Saudi Hajj establishment\" src=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Moijue_in_warm_handshake_after_signing_with_head_of_Saudi_hajj_establishment.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-57318\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moijue in warm handshake after signing with head of Saudi Hajj establishment<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nHe also praised the Kingdom under the intellectual leadership of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, for its care and attention to pilgrims in general and Sierra Leone pilgrims in particular as well as its facilities and achievements in Makkah, Madinah and all the holy sites which have enabled them to perform their rituals easily and comfortably over the years.<br \/>\nMinister Kaikai also praised the accomplishments of the government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques in the implementation of the large-scale expansion projects and provision of excellent services in Makkah, Madinah and all the holy sites.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_57319\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Moijue_signing_hajj_contacts_with_Saudi_hajj_authorities.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57319\" class=\"size-full wp-image-57319\" alt=\"Moijue signing Hajj contacts with Saudi Hajj authorities\" src=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Moijue_signing_hajj_contacts_with_Saudi_hajj_authorities.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-57319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moijue signing Hajj contacts with Saudi Hajj authorities<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Sierra Leone head of delegation also commended the Saudi Government for improving and expanding \u201cJamaraat\u201d, the area in which pilgrims perform the ceremonial stoning of the wall that symbolizes the Devil \u2013 a place he says was considered dangerous as many had been trampled to death in stampedes over the years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kaikai concluded by requesting kindly to his Saudi colleague\u00a0 to increase the quota allocation for\u00a0 his country from 750 pilgrims last year to 1,000 this year due to Sierra Leone\u2019s large Muslim population \u2013 the request was graciously approved .<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_57320\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Moijue_and_team_with_Saudi_Hajj_authorities.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57320\" class=\"size-full wp-image-57320\" alt=\"Moijue and team with Saudi Hajj authorities\" src=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Moijue_and_team_with_Saudi_Hajj_authorities.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-57320\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moijue and team with Saudi Hajj authorities<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In another engagement, the Minister and team were all also received by officials of the Establishment of Pilgrims from African and Non- Arab countries at Mecca on the same day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In his welcome address, the head of Administration at the Establishment, Abdul Wahid Bin Burhan Saifudeen praised Sierra Leone pilgrims for their orderly conduct during past pilgrimages.\u00a0 He described them as \u201claw abiding Muslims\u201d.<br \/>\nThe Sierra Leone delegation and senior officials of the Establishment also reviewed the 2012 hajj operations, signed the 2013 Hajj contracts and discussed the level of preparedness for this year\u2019s Hajj season.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Stay with Sierra Express Media, for your trusted place in news!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<hr align=\"center\" size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi Arabia\u2019s Minister of Pilgrimage, Dr. Bandar bin Mohammed Hajjar yesterday received Sierra Leone\u2019s Minister of Social Welfare Gender and Children&#8217;s Affairs, Honourable Moijueh Kaikai 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