On the measures taken by the Kingdom towards the Iranian pilgrims and their call for the politicization of Hajj, Prince Khalid Al-Faisal explained that "The Iranians are Muslims and this country is open to all Muslims to perform Hajj rituals and we did not prevent the Iranians nor anyone else from any part of the world from performing their rituals or visiting the Holy Land and Makkah. They all are invited, like other Muslims, to come to these places for Hajj and the visiting of Makkah and Madinah to perform their rituals, but we beg everybody that when comes to these place to come for Hajj and worship only because this is a land of worship; a land for all Muslims to perform their duties and rituals divinely ordained upon them by Allah Almighty. He stressed that the Kingdom did not prevent the Iranians or others, but required from that the their visit to be for worship only and not for politics, because Hajj is not for politics, and there is no politicization in Hajj, and the Kingdom rejects any use this time or this place for something other than worship. --More 17:18 LOCAL TIME 14:18 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w480882