2024-06-23 14:34:28
Cairo: This time the warmth has wreaked havoc on the Haj pilgrimage, which is taken into account essentially the most sacred non secular ritual for Muslims. Greater than 1000 pilgrims have died throughout Haj 2024 in Saudi Arabia. These embody 98 Indians as effectively. A lot of the Haj pilgrims have died as a result of scorching warmth in Saudi Arabia. In Islam, it’s compulsory for all Muslims to carry out Haj as soon as of their lifetime. That is the rationale why each wealthy and poor go on Haj pilgrimage. The best variety of pilgrims who died are from Egypt. Many pilgrims from Egypt had come from poor villages, who spent their life financial savings on the journey to Mecca, the holiest metropolis of Islam, however couldn’t return house.
Efendia had arrived after promoting jewellery
70-year-old Effendiya of Egypt offered her jewelry to go on Hajj pilgrimage, however she died whereas performing the rituals. Effendiya’s son Syed informed BBC that happening Hajj was his mom’s largest dream. Effendiya, a mom of 5 kids, went to Mecca on a vacationer visa as an alternative of an official Hajj visa. In Egypt, one has to spend 6000 {dollars} i.e. about 5 lakh Indian rupees for an official Hajj pilgrimage. Effendiya’s journey was organized by a dealer. He took solely half the quantity and promised five-star services, however the actuality was fully completely different.
The bus dropped me 12 kms in the past
Effendiya’s eldest son Tariq stated that the bus dropped his mom about 12 km from Mount Arafat and left. She needed to stroll the whole method. He stated that every time he spoke to his mom on video name, she was seen pouring water on her head. She was not in a position to bear the warmth. When Tariq final spoke to his mom on video name, she seemed very drained. Effendiya’s daughter Manal says that when her mom final spoke to her brother, she stated that her soul was leaving her physique. With tears in her eyes, Manal stated, ‘I want I used to be together with her at the moment.’
didn’t get any facility
Throughout the Haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, pilgrims are often accommodated in air-conditioned tents. Buses are organized to take them from one place to a different. Sayyed says that Effendiya was not among the many registered pilgrims. Subsequently, she was not given any services. She was left fully unattended. Sayyed informed that his mom tried to make a tent with a sheet to flee the warmth. Egyptian officers say that most of the pilgrims who died weren’t registered, making it tough to formally decide the variety of lifeless. The International Ministry has stated that it could take extra time to establish the lifeless and call their households. On the identical time, Egyptian Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly has talked about investigating the actions of tour corporations concerned in sending unregistered pilgrims to Saudi Arabia.