Islamic Development Bank (IDB) President Ahmad Muhammad Ali, who was personally supervising the Moaisem Abattoirs’ operation was extremely upset with the “illegal” and “unregulated” slaughtering of animals in Mina. The Kingdom launched a programme for optimal utilisation of sacrificial meat in 1983. According to the programme for the Utilisation of Sacrificial Animals During Haj, which is managed by the IDB, pilgrims can purchase coupons and delegate the bank to sacrifice an animal on their behalf. The idea behind the programme is to make use of the meat by distributing it to the poor and needy both in the Kingdom and abroad. The IDB chief said that the unregulated slaughtering of sacrificial animals around IDB’s facility and other parts of Mina is a serious health hazard. In 2001, Saudi Arabia built the world’s biggest slaughterhouse in Mina at a cost of SR470 million ($125 million). This state-of-the-art facility sprawling over a 500,000 sq. meter area is able to slaughter 200,000 sheep a day utilising some 10,000 workers who work in two 12-hour shifts.
IDB CHIEF FOR REGULATED ABATTOIRS
Islamic Development Bank (IDB) President Ahmad Muhammad Ali, who was personally supervising the Moaisem Abattoirs’ operation was extremely upset with the “illegal”
