Posted on 06/23/2020 2:58:50 AM PDT by C19fan
Saudi Arabia has banned Muslims from outside the kingdom from performing the annual hajj pilgrimage this year in an attempt to control the spread of coronavirus. The nation has seen 161,005 cases of COVID-19, with 1,307 confirmed deaths, the biggest outbreak in the Gulf region. But the pilgrimage ban marks the first time in Saudi Arabia's recent history that Muslims outside the kingdom have been barred from performing the hajj, which last year drew 2.5 million people.
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The Saudis will take a huge hit in the pocket book as the Haj is a major money maker for the kingdom.
Too bad.
You are right — plus oil prices are down AND Neom is a flop AND they are losing materiel in Yemen
But more importantly, this is a major hit to the Wahabbi and probably the wider Muslim pysche - it is one of the 5 pillars of Islam that muslims MUST visit Mecca at least once in their lives. If the Saudi regime bans this, then that should set Muslims enraged.
Great now we will have angry Muslims in the street protesting. July is going to be absolutely crazy.
They will be protesting in Egypt, in Iran and maybe Pakistan (Maybe because the Pakis depend heavily on Saudi “aid”)
Now they know how the lowly kufir feel.
I am willing to go out on the line here and say that they will be out in Europe and the UK also. It is riot season.
Muslims....now with more anger!
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