Mina, suburb of Makkah, Dhu-AlHijjah 7, 1439, Aug 18, 2018, SPA -- A number of Islamic ministers, leaders and intellectuals, on board Madinah-Makkah highspeed express, today highlighted the service the train is offering to pilgrims. In remarks to reporters after they disembarked the pleasant and easy journey of two hours 25 minutes from Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah to Makkah, the leaders, including Sheikh Dr. Shawgi Allam, Mufti of Egypt; Dr. Abdullah Al-Maatooq, former Islamic affairs minister of Kuwait; Sheikh Mustafa Seretic, Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Shaikh Dr. Abdullah Al-Hay, Chief Judge of Bahrain; Sheikh Dr. Taher Khaznah, Mufti of Jordan; Dr. Majed Najm, President of Holwan University of Egypt; Dr. Hozeifa Amzian, President of Abdulmalik Al-Saadiya university of Morocco; and a number of intellectuals and leaders of the Islamic world in the western world, expressed admiration of the facility which they said would contribute very much to shortening and easing the journey between the two holy cities. --SPA 23:36 LOCAL TIME 20:36 GMT 0040 www.spa.gov.sa/w735213