RIYADH — The pavilion of the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance, participating in the 54th Cairo International Book Fair, has welcomed more than 500,000 visitors, according to statistics of the committee overseeing the pavilion.

The numbers of visitors are between the opening of the exhibition on Jan. 25 till Saturday evening, and distributed 50,000 copies of the Holy Qur’an as gifts to visitors of the pavilion.

The pavilion of the Ministry at the exhibition includes a special corner of the King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Qur’an in Madinah, and contains a wide variety of publications of the Holy Qur’an and interpretations of the meanings of the words of the Holy Qur’an into more than 76 international languages.

It also includes the printing stages of the Holy Qur’an, to acquaint visitors with the Kingdom's noble message in caring for and serving the Holy Qur’an through printing and distributing it to all Muslims across the world.

The pavilion reviews e-applications and display monitors for the Ministry's programs and technological projects, such as the virtual program to teach rituals of Hajj and Umrah, the right citation applications, and the Makkah exhibition for manuscripts.

The visitors praised the role of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its leadership in serving Islam and Muslims. — SPA