{"id":610,"date":"2017-08-26T05:29:53","date_gmt":"2017-08-26T05:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madaresharghi.com\/?p=610"},"modified":"2017-08-26T05:29:53","modified_gmt":"2017-08-26T05:29:53","slug":"no-hajj-for-qataris-this-year-amid-saudi-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/no-hajj-for-qataris-this-year-amid-saudi-row\/","title":{"rendered":"No Hajj for Qataris this year amid Saudi row"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For Muslim pilgrims in Qatar who hoped to perform one of the pillars of Islam, the annual Hajj that began this week is out of reach.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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\n\tThis is because Saudi Arabia \u2014 which overseas and manages Islam’s two holiest sites in Mecca and Medina \u2014 has made it impossible for them to go, Aljazeera wrote.<\/p>\n

\n\tHajj is a pilgrimage to Mecca that Muslims worldwide are expected to make at least once in their lifetime, if they are able to.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Qatari Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, which regulates and organizes the annual Hajj for Qatari citizens and residents, announced it hasn’t received responses from its Saudi counterpart on travel logistics or security guarantees.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn June, Saudi Arabia and three other Arab nations barred Qatari nationals from their countries and set up a blockade to prevent goods from entering the Persian Gulf emirate.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe official Qatar News Agency reported on Tuesday that Qatar’s religious authorities “did not find any cooperation or positive response from the Ministry of Hajj, which has led to confusion and suspension of the regulatory process for Qatar’s pilgrims”.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe lack of communication and cooperation from the Saudi side ultimately means there will be no Hajj for Qatar’s citizens and residents in 2017.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tSaad Sultan al-Abdullah, director of international cooperation at Qatar’s National Human Rights Commission, expressed concern that Muslims were being prevented from performing their religious duty.<\/p>\n

\n\t“There should be no mixing between political disputes and Muslims’ natural and human right to perform their religious duties,” he said. “Politics and human rights must be separated.”<\/p>\n

\n\tAbdelmajid Mrari, head of Middle East and North Africa division at the Brussels-based Alliance for Freedom and Dignity, criticized Saudi authorities for mishandling the situation.<\/p>\n

\n\t“Mecca is not owned by any government. Mecca is for all Muslims,” Mrari told Al Jazeera over the phone from France.<\/p>\n

\n\t“The Saudi behavior is a clear violation of Islamic values and norms, as well as all international human rights agreements and conventions.”<\/p>\n

\n\tLike other Muslim countries, Qatar has agreements with Saudi Arabia regarding Hajj that specify the number of pilgrims, travel arrangements, place of residence once in Saudi Arabia, and legal protections.<\/p>\n

\n\tBut since Saudi Arabia \u2014 along with Egypt, UAE and Bahrain \u2014 severed all ties with Qatar and laid the blockade against it on June 5, Qatari religious authorities have been unable get any answers from the Saudi government in order to organize this year’s pilgrimage and guarantee the safety of Qatari pilgrims.<\/p>\n

\n\tLast week, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia ordered his government to send Saudi-owned airplanes to bring Qatari pilgrims as his own guests and at his own expense.<\/p>\n

\n\tObservers and international human rights organizations described that move as a political stunt designed to deflect criticism of Saudi Arabia for its behavior towards Qatar.<\/p>\n

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