ISaudi Arabia iyaxhathisa naliphi na ilinge lamazwe angama-Arabhu lokunciphisa inani labahambi ngezonqulo abaza eHaj kulo nyaka, emva kokuba abaphathiswa bezempilo baseArabhi bevumile kwiveki ephelileyo ukuba bathintele abantwana, abantu abadala kunye nabo banezigulo ezingapheliyo ukuba baye kuhambo lonqulo lonyaka lokunqanda ukusasazeka. ngomkhuhlane wehagu.
Amagosa aseSaudi agxininise ukuba ukuvalwa, okulinde ukuvunywa kwabasemagunyeni baseSaudi, akuyi kubangela ukuncitshiswa kwenani labahambi ngezonqulo. Ilizwe ngalinye linikwe inani lee-visa ze-Haj ezifikelela kwi-0.1 yepesenti yabantu bebonke, okanye i-1,000 labahambi ngezonqulo kwisigidi sabantu.
“Asizukuyitshintsha ipesenti yalo naliphi na ilizwe. Sitshintshe imithetho ethile, ”umphathiswa wezempilo waseSaudi, u-Abdullah al Rabeeah, uxelele iintatheli kulandela intlanganiso yaseCairo kwiveki ephelileyo, ngaphandle kokuchaza ukuba yeyiphi le mithetho mitsha.
U-Hussein Gezairi, umlawuli wengingqi woMbutho wezeMpilo weHlabathi, uxelele amajelo eendaba ukuba ubukumkani bunokuthi lusamkele isigqibo sabaphathiswa bezempilo.
"Urhulumente waseSaudi uzakwenza [ezi meko] zibe yimfuneko ... Akukho mntu uya kufumana i-visa yakhe ngaphandle kokuba ezi mfuno zizalisekile," uxelele i-Agence France-Presse.
IHaj, enye yeentsika zobuSilamsi, ibaluleke kakhulu kuqoqosho lwaseSaudi. Olu hambo lwezonqulo lweentsuku ezintlanu, oluqhutywa ngoNovemba walo nyaka, lutsala abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezithathu minyaka le kwizixeko ezingcwele zaseMecca naseMedina. I-Saudis ifuna ukuqinisekisa ukuba imboni ye-Haj, exabisa i-US $ 7 yezigidigidi (i-Dh25.7bn), ayiyi kuchaphazeleka ngokuvalwa. Abanye abagxeki ngesigqibo sabaphathiswa bezempilo bathi sibekwe ngenxa yezizathu zoqoqosho ngaphezulu kwezempilo yoluntu, kumzamo wokugcina imali ekhaya eza kuchithwa eSaudi Arabia.
U-Saad al Gurashi, omele iinkampani ze-Haj kunye ne-Umrah kwi-Mecca Chamber of Commerce, uthe ukuba abaphathiswa bezempilo base-Arabhu banokuvuma ukuthoba i-quota, icandelo lezokhenketho lezenkolo liza kubethwa kakhulu.
“Amashumi amane eepesenti zabahambi ngezonqulo ngabantu abadala kwaye umzi-mveliso uya kuphulukana nengeniso enkulu kukuvalwa komsebenzi, kodwa kufuneka sikhathazeke ngempilo yabahambi ngezonqulo ngaphezu kwayo yonke loo nto,” wongeze watsho.
Umnumzana al Gurashi uxelele Iphephandaba lemihla ngemihla i-Al Watan ngoLwesihlanu ukuba amazwe ama-Arabhu enzakaliswe kakhulu yingxaki yezemali, ngakumbi amazwe aseMntla Afrika, sele eqalisile ukunciphisa inani labahambi ngezonqulo be-Haj ukunciphisa imali enkulu ephuma elizweni.
Amabango kaMnu al Gurashi aqinisekiswa ngu-Omar al Mudhwahi, umhleli ophezulu e-Al Watan, obezimase intlanganiso yokuqala yabaphathiswa bezempilo base-Arab eJeddah kwinyanga ephelileyo.
“Amazwe amaninzi ama-Arabhu abethwe kabuhlungu yingxaki yezemali kulo nyaka eze entlanganisweni ene-ajenda yokuvala abahambi ngezonqulo ngezizathu zoqoqosho hayi ngenxa yempilo,” utshilo.
Ingxoxo yenzekile njengoko isebe lezempilo laseSaudi izolo libike ukubhubha komkhuhlane wehagu okokuqala. Indoda eneminyaka engama-30 ubudala ingeniswe kwisibhedlele sabucala eDammam kwimpuma yeSaudi Arabia ngolwesiThathu isweleke ngoMgqibelo, yatsho inkonzo. Yayikukufa kwesibini kumkhuhlane wehagu okuxelwe kulo mmandla.
I-Egypt yaba lilizwe lokuqala lama-Arabhu ukubanga ukuba iHaj kunye ne-Umrah yayisisongelo kubomi babemi bayo emva kokuba isebe lezempilo ngoJulayi 19 libike ukubhubha komkhuhlane wehagu okokuqala. USamah al Sayyed, oneminyaka engama-25, usweleke emva kokwenza i-Umrah, uhambo oluncinci, olunokwenziwa nangaliphi na ixesha enyakeni, eSaudi Arabia.
Kodwa igosa lezempilo laseSaudi Arabia likhanyele ibango laseYiputa lokuba umkhuhlane wehagu ubangele ukubhubha kuka-al Sayyed, owangeniswa kwisibhedlele saseMedina ngelixa enesifo sentliziyo.
U-Ziad Maimash, usekela-mphathiswa wezempilo kwizifo ezosulelayo, uthe iimpawu zika-al Sayyed, ongakhange aphendule kunyango kwaye wabuyela e-Egypt ngesicelo somyeni wakhe, bezikude kwezo zomkhuhlane wehagu.
Umyeni wakhe, u-Mohammed Saeed Abdul Majdi, uxelele amajelo eendaba e-Egypt ukuba inkosikazi yakhe yabulawa sisifo sentliziyo hayi ngumkhuhlane wehagu kwaye urhulumente wakhe wasebenzisa ukusweleka kwakhe ukuze athintele abahambi ngezonqulo ukuba bangayi eSaudi Arabia emva kokusilela ukufumana ifatwa kwi-mufti enkulu yaseYiputa.
Umama wamaxhoba, u-Awatif al Mulla, uxelele iphephandaba lemihla ngemihla i-Al Riyadh ukuba intombi yakhe ayibulawanga ngumkhuhlane wehagu kwaye urhulumente uxoke ngalo mbandela.
Igosa lezempilo lase-Egypt lathi u-al Sayyed, owayenesifo sentliziyo esasikhona ngaphambili esibangelwa yi-rheumatic fever, wayeye e-Saudi Arabia kuhambo olungcwele ekuqaleni kukaJulayi, kwaye waba neempawu zomkhuhlane ngoJulayi 11.
Umongameli omkhulu wase-Egypt ucatshulwe kumajelo eendaba asekuhlaleni exhasa ukuvalwa umlomo, kodwa abanye kweli lizwe bahlukene phakathi. Umbutho wooGqirha baseYiphutha uthe kwingxelo kule veki: "Akukho mfuneko yokuhlehlisa uhambo ngenxa yomkhuhlane wehagu kuba intsholongwane iqhelekile njengomkhuhlane oqhelekileyo, ukuba awukho buthathaka."
Umyinge weEgypt wabahambi ngezonqulo kwiHaj ngama-80,000 ngonyaka. Ngexabiso eliqhelekileyo le-US$2,000 (Dh7,340) ngentloko nganye, amaJiphutha achitha i-160 lezigidi zeerandi ngonyaka eHaj; ukongeza kubahambi ngezonqulo base-Umrah, imali yabo ifikelela kuma-200 ezigidi zeedola.
Uninzi lwabahambi ngezonqulo bavela eTurkey, eIran, eIndonesia naseIndiya. Akukho namnye ubhengeze ukuvalwa okufanayo, nangona i-Indonesia ithatha amanyathelo okhuseleko.
UDidi Wahyudi, intloko yemicimbi ye-consular kwi-consulate yase-Indonesia e-Jeddah, uthe urhulumente wakhe sele ecebise abahambi ngezonqulo ukuba bangahambi eSaudi Arabia kulo nyaka.
Ngokutsho kwamanani oonozakuzaku baseIndonesia, nyaka ngamnye bangama-210,000 50,000 abahambi ngezonqulo baseIndonesia abaqhuba iHaj baze abangama-19.5 19.1 beze kwiUmrah. Inkcitho edityanisiweyo yala maqela omabini ifikelela phantse kwi-XNUMX yeebhiliyoni zeerali zaseSaudi (DhXNUMXbn).
I-India, enesabelo se-Haj esingaphezulu kwe-1.5 yezigidi, ayikhange isabele kwisithintelo sabaphathiswa bezempilo base-Arab.
"Ukuba abo bangaphezulu kweminyaka engama-65 abavumelekanga ukuba bathathe uhambo oluya eMecca ngenxa yezizathu zempilo ke ezi ziindaba ezimbi malunga neepesenti ezingama-35 zabahambi ngezonqulo," uHafiz Naushad Ahmed Azmi, ilungu leKomiti yeHaj yaseIndiya, uxelele umArabhu. Iphephandaba lemihla ngemihla leendaba.
E-Iran, igosa lenkonzo yezempilo ngoLwesibini odlulileyo liphinda libiza abantu abadala base-Irani kunye nabantwana ukuba baphephe ukuya e-Saudi Arabia kuhambo lokuya kuhambo ngezonqulo njengoko inani lamatyala aqinisekisiweyo omkhuhlane wehagu kwiriphabliki yamaSilamsi lenyuke laya kutsho kwi-16.
"Abalishumi elinesibini phakathi kwabo ngabahambi ngezonqulo base-Umrah," uMahmoud Soroush, intloko yesebe lenkqubo yokuthintela umkhuhlane kunye nomda, uxelele i-AFP.
I-Tunisia kule nyanga yanqumamisa abahambi ngezonqulo e-Umrah ngenxa yale ntsholongwane, ngelixa igcina isigwebo sokuba iHaj ifanele ukwenziwa ngoNovemba.
Umhleli kwi-Al-Quds Al-Arabi eseLondon yonke imihla ngoLwesine ucele abasemagunyeni baseSaudi ukuba bayirhoxise iHaj. "IMecca ifumana izigidi zabahambi ngezonqulo kunye nabanquli iiyure ezingama-24 ngosuku, igxalaba kunye ... kwaye ukuba umntu omnye uphethe le ntsholongwane, anokuyisasaza kwabanye abantu abangamawaka alishumi," latsho eli phepha, longeza ukuba inani labantu abandwendwela iSaudi Arabia ngexesha leRamadan. ngoSeptemba nango-Oktobha kufuneka kwakhona kuthintelwe.
