Saudi Arabia bans 400,000 intending pilgrims from entering Mecca for 2017 Hajj

The Saudi Arabia authorities said no less than 400,000  illegal intending pilgrims have been prohibited from entering the Holy land of Muslims, Mecca for not having Hajj licenses.

According to Saudi Press Agency, this was featured by the interior ministry during a news conference on Hajj security designs, intended to oblige more than two million pilgrims anticipated that would perform this year's Hajj.

The Authorities, however, noticed that they have made genuine steps, including fine and jail terms against violators to guarantee smooth Hajj operation for the explorers.

Representative of Saudi Interior Ministry, Mansour Turki uncovered that the security administrations had destroyed various activist cells in Mecca and Medina over the past few years.

He noticed that strict measures were set up at the entrances to Mecca, Medina and other holy destinations and in addition airports and seaports.

"In this way, we don't disregard the truth of such potential dangers and we take all vital precaution measures,'' he said.

Turki said that the security forces had taken every single important measure to keep a rush like the one that killed many explorers in 2015, without giving details.

He additionally asked pilgrims to abide by thier assigned schedule for performing the sacred rituals.

"Each gathering must submit to the predefined ways doled out to them while throwing the jamarat," he stated, referring to one of the critical phases of Hajj when pilgrims lead the ritual stoning.

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