The Extent of Pilgrims and Umrah Performers' Reliance on the Mobile Exhibition Using Hologram Technology During the Performance of the Rituals

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The study of Wajdi Helmy Eid and Muhammad Ali Gharib (2017) aims to discover the role of security media in supporting Saudi Arabia's image among the pilgrims and Umrah performers and confronting foreign-directed media campaigns. The results show that 73% of the pilgrims and Umrah performers, who are careful to know the latest updates, follow the Saudi security media in the Hajj period. It also proves that the sample members rely heavily on media sources to collect information on security and safety during the Hajj period. In addition to what has been mentioned, it proves that there are statistically significant differences between the role of the Saudi security media in spreading security awareness in the Hajj period and the demographics of the respondents. In his study, Wajdi Helmy (2014) explains the visual websites’ role in providing pilgrims and Umrah performers with the information about the Hajj and Umrah rituals. It revealed that 32.4% of the sample members rely on visual websites for this aim. On the other side, 36.2% of them depend on the visual websites to acquire religious knowledge in general. The results of the study demonstrate a statistically significant correlation in the level of the knowledge regarding the rituals of Hajj and Umrah and statistically significant differences in the knowledge level of the information on Hajj and Umrah rituals and the respondents' demographic variables.