Posted on 04/10/2021 6:31:00 PM PDT by marshmallow
Only people “immunized” against the Chinese coronavirus will be allowed to perform the Islamic Umrah pilgrimage to Mecca starting next week, the state-run Saudi Press Agency reported on Monday.
Only pilgrims who have received two doses of a coronavirus vaccine, received the first dose of a coronavirus vaccine at least 14 days prior to arrival in Mecca, or contracted and recovered from the Chinese coronavirus, are allowed to perform Umrah. The mandate will go into effect on the first day of Ramadan, which is a month-long Islamic fasting holiday starting on April 12 this year.
The immunization requirement also applies to people seeking to pray in Mecca’s Grand Mosque or the nearby Prophet’s Mosque in Medina, Islam’s second holiest city, according to a press release by Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah on April 5.
The Umrah is an optional pilgrimage to Mecca, Islam’s holiest city, that may be performed any time of year. It remains unclear whether the immunization requirement will apply to pilgrims seeking to perform the obligatory Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, which is required once in a Muslim’s lifetime and is expected to be held later this year in July.
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And, the Saudis know all about face masks.
I don’t have actual statistics but it is probable that more people die each year from stampedes, causeway collapses, and trampling during the Haaj than from viruses.
I may be wrong, but every year there is an incident of that nature.
Whether you have been immunized or not a muslim can still be crushed in the coming Mecca celebration....
So will they have Vax Passports?
Do Johnson & Johnson and Asta-Zeneca sponsor it?
Ah, good! The plan is working. :)
Bwaha ya ya ya ya ya
Lol.
🕋 Mecca
Make it GLOW
How soon before a war breaks out over who can and cant go to mecca.? 4,3,2,..... 1
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