Hajj pilgrims stranded in Africa

aventurier · #1 (**permalink**) 14/12/2007, 18h09

Chaque annee, c'est la meme chose. Beaucoup de pelerins africains n'arrivent pas a faire le hajj. Est-ce un manque de coordination, un manque de competence de la part des gouvernements africains, ou un fait delibere des saoudiens pour reduire le nombre de pelerins africans?

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Thousands of African pilgrims heading for next week's annual Muslim pilgrimage, the Hajj in Saudi Arabia, are stranded across the continent.
Around 3,000 are in Ghana, where a plane arrived on Thursday but was unable to take off.

Nearly 6,000 Nigerians have also found it impossible to make the journey, despite having airline tickets for Saudi Arabia.

However, some 1,100 pilgrims have now been able to travel from Tanzania.

African pilgrims have frequently complained about the difficulties of attending the Hajj, one of the duties of every Muslim, if they can afford it and are physically able.

Compensation

Some 1,500 pilgrims from Tanzania, the Comoros and Democratic Republic of Congo had feared they would miss the Hajj after spending 10 days at Dar es Salaam airport.

But the third and final batch of 379 pilgrims left at 1100 local time (0800 GMT) on Friday for Medina, from where they will be ferried by coach to Mecca.

Jeddah international airport was closed on Thursday night.

Some 400 of them, especially the old and the sick, have decided to cancel the trip and returned to their homes.

They say that this is Allah's test during this period and that they will not raise their anger against those responsible for the delay.

They are disappointed and say they will be demanding compensation from the government.

Every year about 2m Muslims converge on Mecca - the holiest place in Islam - for the Hajj.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7145016.stm

bintou · #2 (**permalink**) 23/12/2007, 18h17

On entend jamais d'autres nationalites subir ce genre de traitement, seulement les Africains. Il est tps q nos gouvernements se reveillent et se battent pour faciliter le Hajj. C'est une telle abherration de lire ce genre d'articles.