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Hajj is for all Muslims

Oct 08, 2015 Letters

Dear Editor,
Hajj is an annual pilgrimage to Mecca incumbent upon Muslims who are able to make it and fit the criterion of such journey. Millions from every corner of the world, irrespective of race, colour, ethnicity or sect enjoin together for the commission of specified sacrificial rituals that serve to unite the whole nation. According to Islam, as attested from its primary and secondary sources, Hajj is an issue incumbent upon all Muslims, regardless of government, organisation or any other distinction. Therefore, the Saudi regime must not have any full control over the administration or mere management of this great holy expedition.
This year, in the stoning of devil ritual at Mina (near Mecca), more than 2000 individuals faced death and more than 3000 faced fatal injury during the stampede. Many more are still being counted and many are just plain missing. Most of the casualties were of the Islamic Republic of Iran, to which the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayaatullah Sayyid Ali Khamenei, responded strictly. This incident shows the incompetence of management from the Saudi administration and the need for an opposing voice to play a role of change. Such an incident has created a great havoc and suspicious conclusion with regards to Saudi’s approach towards the peaceful pilgrims of its neighbouring enemy. Before the stoning of devil ritual at Mina, while the Muslims were circulating around the Kaba (Tawaf), a crane ‘accidentally’ fell in the grand mosque which killed 111 and injured 394 more. In this world of advanced technology with the extravagance of revenue that the Saudi regime possesses, many of which comes from the pilgrims themselves, the worst of the worst excuses would be accident. This is not the first time such an incident has revealed its fate. In the past, from 1986 to 2006, more than 3279 pilgrims lost their lives, and more than 2213 severely injured in silly accidents, which could have been prevented with simple precautionary measures. Many also complain of the Saudi’s harsh attitudes towards helpless pilgrims of different schools of thought. As of now, Saudi regime stubbornly holds the responsibility of taking care of the religious pilgrims, but has failed to take any account in their responsibility of all those pilgrims who have come with great hope and lost their lives.
Furthermore, of those killed in such incidents, very few are from Arabia itself. Therefore, to allow justice to prosper and to return the rights to the rightful hands, the only solution is to hand over the responsibility of administrating Hajj and the overall pilgrimage of Arabia to a committee with representatives of every Muslim and Islamic organisation in the world. This way, there is no one person controlling this incident and any fault in administration will not be blamed to one face. Even more, since representatives from every single Muslim and Islamic organisation of the world and the appointed experts from across the world are in power, this issue becomes universal and thus, there is more care towards the pilgrims.
In conclusion, it is justifiable only when the countries which have lost their beloved ones in such an incident be consoled. As such, we extend our hands of the deepest of condolences to Iran, Egypt, Nigeria, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Indonesia, Cameroon and all the other countries. Indeed the martyrs have been rescued from a world of havoc to a world of peace and harmony.
Abdus-Saalih

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