RNA - “The management of hajj pilgrimage and the two holy mosques and other sanctities in Saudi Arabia is the responsibility of the Muslims world, and not exclusive reserve of the Al-Saud royal family,” Rasa News reporter quoted Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky as addressing the members of the Media Forum of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria.
His eminence added that the city of Makkah is home to every Muslim believer and whatever therein belongs to all Muslims.
Sheikh Zakzaky made similar statement to pressmen in Kaduna during a condolence visit to the family of late Hajiya Bilkisu Yusuf, a victim of the tragedy.
“Muslims of all nations should be involved in the management of the hajj operations for effective coordination, welfare and safety of pilgrims,” he added.
Sheikh Zakzaky pointed out that the Al-Saud family cannot be trusted, when its hands are soaked with Muslims’ blood in countries such as Yemen, Bahrain, Iraq and Syria.
According to him, the Al-Saud prince whose convoy has apparently caused the tragedy and “all those complicity in the crime should be punished by death, as they caused the death of thousands of innocent pilgrims.”
“For the government of Saudi Arabia to blame pilgrims for killing themselves is ridiculous and a form of human degradation, which is also criminal. They are saying this in order to cover up the real cause of the tragedy.”
His Eminence further explained that if the Saudi government could describe the crane tragedy at the precincts of the holy Ka’abah as accidental, “we wonder why the crane would be left hanging over the heads of millions of pilgrims, and only to crash on them on September 11.”
“The Saudi authorities cannot fool the world or exonerate itself from the heinous crime and monumental tragedy, as the world knows who is killing their brethren in Yemen, Bahrain, Iraq and Syria,” said Sheikh Zakzaky.
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