{"id":34037,"date":"2026-05-15T08:44:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T08:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/?p=34037"},"modified":"2026-05-15T08:44:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T08:44:14","slug":"ai-robot-at-meccas-grand-mosque-helps-hajj-pilgrims-with-religious-queries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/ai-robot-at-meccas-grand-mosque-helps-hajj-pilgrims-with-religious-queries\/","title":{"rendered":"Hajj Meets High-Tech: AI Robots Arrive at Mecca and Medina Mosques"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As Saudi Arabia gears up for this year\u2019s Hajj season, pilgrims at the Grand Mosque in Mecca and the Prophet\u2019s Mosque in Medina are being welcomed by a new high-tech helper<\/strong>. Meet Manara 2, an AI-powered robot designed to answer religious questions in real time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Manara 2 is part of an initiative to integrate cutting-edge technology into the spiritual journey of millions of Muslims visiting Islam\u2019s holiest sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The robot can respond to Islamic and Sharia-related questions in several languages using a carefully reviewed database of answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If someone asks something more specific or outside its stored information, the robot can instantly connect them with a qualified scholar through a live video call. So it\u2019s basically a mix of AI convenience and real human guidance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The evolution of religious guidance at the Grand Mosque has come a long way<\/strong>: from scholars offering advice in person, to consultations over the phone, then digital access, and now, AI-enabled service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The AI robot is also part of other new services introduced for Hajj this year. Saudi Arabia recently launched a dedicated 24\/7 hotline<\/a><\/strong> to help <\/a><\/strong>with questions and emergencies. It also introduced a new digital system allowing Hajj pilgrims to travel within the Kingdom without their passports<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As Saudi Arabia gears up for this year\u2019s Hajj season, pilgrims at the Grand Mosque in Mecca and the Prophet\u2019s Mosque in Medina are being welcomed by a new high-tech helper. Meet Manara 2, an AI-powered robot designed to answer religious questions in real time. Manara 2 is part of an initiative to integrate cutting-edge […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":34053,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-34037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"tags":[{"id":15448,"slug":"news","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News"}}],"countries":[{"id":15507,"slug":"ksa","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/ksa\/","api_id":215,"title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia"}}],"cities":[{"id":20596,"slug":"madina","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/ksa\/madina\/","api_id":333,"title":{"rendered":"Madina"}}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}