Hajj Research Center - Overview

Hajj is the 5th colonnade of Islam and it is binding already in a lifetime on every able Muslim. The Hajj is the crusade to Makkah, in Saudi Arabia, it occurs in the ages of Dhu al-Hijjah, the twelfth ages in the Islamic Calendar. The cardinal of pilgrims is about 3 millions every year, which accomplish it the better anniversary crusade in the world.

Pilgrims appear about in groups as assurance of unity. They biking from all over the apple to Makkah; the cardinal of adopted pilgrims in 2008 was 1,729,841 according to the aristocratic admiral of Saudi Arabia. The government of Saudi Arabia, accustomed the admiral of Hajj, which is the ascendancy that is anxious with the accomplishing of the State action affiliated with Hajj, pilgrims and performers of Umrah.

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Convention for Hajj Analysis (CTHMIHR) started as a analysis assemblage at King Abdul Aziz University (KAU) in Jeddah in 1975 beneath the name of he Hajj Analysis Centre (HRC). In 1983, the HRC was clearly transferred from KAU to Umm Al-Qura University (UQU) in Makkah.

The capital aim of HRC was to authorize an advice coffer about the Hajj. Up until 2006, the cardinal of studies for CTHMIHR totaled four hundred and ninety three. The convention objectives are:

To set up a Hajj advice coffer that serves as a absolute bookish advertence for all kinds of statistics and facts.

To advance an chip actual archive, accurate with studies, documents, pictures, films, maps and actual manuscripts about Hajj events, the Holy Makkah and Madina.