SECRETARY GENERAL OF MAKKAH-BASED MUSLIM WORLD LEAGUE (MWL) DR ABDULLAH AL-TURKI MET HERE TODAY A NUMBER OF AMERICAN PILGRIMS WHO PERFORMED HAJJ RITUALS THIS YEAR WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE PROGRAM OF THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ TO HOST SOME PILGRIMS. THE PILGRIMS EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR THE EXCELLENT ARRANGEMENTS MADE BY THE SAUDI CONCERNED AUTHORITIES TO ENABLE THE PILGRIMS PERFORM THEIR RITUALS IN COMFORT AND EASE. THOMAS HOWARD, THE LAWYER, LAUDED THE EXCELLENT MANNER IN WHICH THE SAUDI GOVERNMENT HAD MANAGED THE HAJJ AFFAIRS. DR MOHAMMED HASSAN, THE PROFESSOR OF ECONOMY AT NEBRASKA UNIVERSITY IN THE US, PRAISED THE EFFORTS EXERTED BY THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA FOR IMPLEMENTING THE EXPANSION PROJECTS AT THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES AND THE HOLY PLACES. HE NOTED THAT THE EXPANSION PROJECTS WOULD ENABLE THE PILGRIMS TO PERFORM THEIR RITUALS IN COMFORT AND EASE.