Scattered Clouds
clouds

18 April 2024

Amman

Thursday

71.6 F

22°

Home / World

Saudi cabinet: No pilgrims barred, Iran blamed for Hajj ban

16-05-2016 08:14 PM


Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - Saudi Arabia’s Cabinet of Ministers Monday reaffirmed its committed to ensuring Muslims from around the world can perform the pilgrimage. The Saudi Press Agency reported that the kingdom ‘welcomes and is honored in serving pilgrims, Umrah performers and visitors of all nationalities and it does not prevent any Muslim from coming to the holy lands’.

The cabinet meeting - chaired by Saudi’s King Salman - reiterated its opposition to Iran’s refusal to allow its people from attending the Hajj pilgrimage this year.

The cabinet discussed how officials from the kingdom had met with representatives for the affairs of Hajj of the Islamic Republic of Iran to discuss arrangements and requirements of Iranian pilgrims’ affairs like others from around the world.

It was during this meeting that the Iranian delegation refused to sign the minutes of the agreement to complete arrangements for their pilgrims, the cabinet was told in a meeting chaired by Saudi’s King Salman.

The meeting heard that the decision to prevent Iranian citizens from performing Hajj rites was due to officials from their country ‘who will be responsible in front of Allah Almighty and the entire world’.

The statement went on to stress Saudi Arabia’s rejection of Iranian attempts to put obstacles to prevent the arrival of Iranian pilgrims aiming to politicize Hajj rites and exploit them for harming the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

*Al Arabiya




No comments

Notice
All comments are reviewed and posted only if approved.
Ammon News reserves the right to delete any comment at any time, and for any reason, and will not publish any comment containing offense or deviating from the subject at hand, or to include the names of any personalities or to stir up sectarian, sectarian or racial strife, hoping to adhere to a high level of the comments as they express The extent of the progress and culture of Ammon News' visitors, noting that the comments are expressed only by the owners.
name : *
email
show email
comment : *
Verification code : Refresh
write code :