Among the multitude of activities of Hajj Organization which require careful planning bus assignment to the Iranian pilgrim caravans d g pilgrimage is the most important one. The objective of this assignment is to have a minimum number o standing passengers/empty seats, while satisfying a large number of operational and religious constrain. This problem was formulated as a large scale zero-one ...

Following the declaration of COVID-19 as a global disaster, one affected events is Hajj. Ideally, desire by faithful to observe their religious practices calls for collaborative efforts. Kingdom Saudi Arabia can adopt smart technology in facilitating fight against spread disease. After declaring Covid 19 pandemic, new challenges healthcare sector Hajj have emerged. represents major challenge Mi...

1569-190X/$ see front matter 2010 Elsevier B.V doi:10.1016/j.simpat.2010.12.004 ⇑ Corresponding author. Tel.: +60 17 4179800. E-mail addresses: [email protected] (S. Sarma Masjid Al-Haram in Saudi Arabia is one of the most crowded pilgrimage locations in the world. More than two million pilgrims gather in Saudi Arabia annually during the Hajj season, and it is compulsory for them to perform a s...

This paper looks at how the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca (the Hajj) adapted novel circumstances created by COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021. The has been an entirely and, probably, dominant liminal situation which significantly affected behavior of faithful way their individual identity transformed, least psychological sense. Following introductory overview, provides a brief description ritual ...

Each year more than 2 million people from all over the world attend the Hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. At least 60% of them develop respiratory symptoms there or during outward or homebound transit [1, 2]. During recent interpandemic years, approximately 1 in 10 pilgrims with respiratory symptoms in Makkah have had influenza detected by polymerase chain reaction tests of respiratory samples [...

Performing the pilgrimage for Muslims is obligatory those who can afford it. This included in fifth pillar of Islam. The category being able means financially to bear all costs and physically mentally healthy. For Indonesian nation, whose population predominantly Muslim, has become a part people's lives. Because that, various ways methods have been developed be go Hajj from early days Islam unt...

The religious pilgrimage of Hajj is one the largest annual gatherings in world. Every year approximately three million pilgrims travel from all over world to perform Mecca Saudi Arabia. high population density confined settings throughout rituals can facilitate infectious disease transmission among and their contacts. Infected may enter without being detected potentially transmit other pilgrims...

About three million Muslims are traveling annually to Makkah in Saudi Arabia perform the rituals of Hajj (i.e. pilgrimage), fifth pillar Islam. It requires pilgrims move several holy sites while performing ritual, including Mina, Arafat, and Muzdalifah sites. However, spend most their time prepared tent-camps at Mina site during days Hajj. Among challenges that organizers face is distribution o...