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Solutions for Stoning the Devil in Pilgrimage using Simulation

by Mohammed Refai
International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 113 - Number 11
Year of Publication: 2015
Authors: Mohammed Refai
10.5120/19868-1853

Mohammed Refai . Solutions for Stoning the Devil in Pilgrimage using Simulation. International Journal of Computer Applications. 113, 11 ( March 2015), 5-8. DOI=10.5120/19868-1853

@article{ 10.5120/19868-1853,
author = { Mohammed Refai },
title = { Solutions for Stoning the Devil in Pilgrimage using Simulation },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { March 2015 },
volume = { 113 },
number = { 11 },
month = { March },
year = { 2015 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 5-8 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume113/number11/19868-1853/ },
doi = { 10.5120/19868-1853 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
}
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Abstract

Every year, more than two millions of Muslims went to the Holy city of Makah for pilgrimage "Hajj". There are a lot of activities that should be done during pilgrimage. One of the rituals performed by Muslim pilgrims during pilgrimage in al-Jamarat area in Mina, adjacent to Makah, is throwing stones at a pillar target. This activity is a symbol of stoning the devil "Throwing Jamarat" as done by Prophet Ibrahim. Throwing stones in mina during "aladha" eid is the most bottle neck ceremony. It caused a death of many Muslims last few years. This study suggests multi-solutions to solve the problem by using simulation program. Solutions include add more bridges; increase the radius of al-jamrat circles or using gates and semaphores. The suggested simulation presents any combination of the three solutions. The results of the study encourage adopting these solutions.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Simulation al-hajj bridge gates.