PILGRIMS PERFORMED HERE TODAY JOINTLY DHUHR (NOON) AND ASR (AFTERNOON) PRAYERS AT NAMIRA MOSQUE IN LINE WITH THE TEACHINGS OF PROPHET MOHAMMED, PEACE BE ON HIM. THE WORSHIPPERS WERE LED BY SHEIKH ABDULAZIZ BIN ABDULLAH AL ALSHEIKH, THE GENERAL MUFTI OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA. IN HIS SPEECH, AL ALSHEIKH URGED THE PILGRIMS TO TURN THEIR HEARTS TO ALMIGHTY ALLAH AND TO BEHAVE AS GOD-FEARING PEOPLE. AL ALSHEIKH CALLED FOR CLOSING THE RANKS OF THE MUSLIMS, AND SAID THE MUSLIMS SHOULD REMAIN VIGILANT FOR FACING THE CHALLENGES FACING THEM. HE LAUDED THE GREAT EFFORTS BEING EXERTED BY THE SAUDI OFFICIALS FOR THE SERVICE OF THE PILGRIMS AND THE HOLY PLACES.
