Ayatollah‌ ‌Araki:

Islamic states should establish a forum to manage Hajj pilgrimage

Rasa – The Secretary-General of the World Forum for Proximity of the Islamic Schools of Thoughts highlights the necessity of using Islamic states’ competence for managing the pilgrimage.

News ID: 423289

Date: 07 September 2016 - 09:37

RNA – In an interview with al-Kawthar TV channel, Ayatollah Mohsen Araki, the Secretary-General of the World Forum for Proximity of the Islamic Schools of Thoughts, highlighted the necessity of using other Islamic states’ capabilities to manage the Hajj pilgrimage calling for establishment of a forum consisted of Islamic states to manage this religious ritual.

Noting the crimes and grisly measures perpetrated by Saudi forces in various Islamic countries including Iraq, Yemen, Syria, Libya, Afghanistan etc., Ayatollah Araki stressed, “We have observed Muslims slain in different times and places by Saudi officials.”

The Iranian scholar underlined that the existence of Takfiris among the Al Saud is very dangerous and noted it as a factor which has lead to the insecurity of the Masjid al-Haram (the Sacred Mosque) and other holy places in Makkah.

Pointing to the last year’s Mina stampede which claimed the lives of over 4,700 pilgrims, including 465 Iranians, Ayatollah Araki pointed the finger of blame on Saudi officials as to deadly stampede during the Hajj pilgrimage rituals in Mina and denounced the monarchy for its imprudence during the religious congregation of Muslims.

The Secretary-General of the World Forum for Proximity of the Islamic Schools of Thought placed stressed on the need for the formation of a Muslim body to supervise the management of the annual Islamic event adding Saudi regime should allow a joint committee of Muslim countries to oversee the management of annual Hajj pilgrimage.

According to Ayatollah Araki, if Saudi rulers and officials cannot provide pilgrims with the required safety during this rituals, then it would be incumbent upon all Muslims to involve and make a move with this connection.

Many clerics and scholars called for the revoking Saudi Arabia of the privilege of running the annual Hajj pilgrimage following the recent tragic events occurred in Makkah.

It is noteworthy that, recently, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei, issued a message on the occasion of the major Muslim pilgrimage season demanding Muslims to reconsider the management of Hajj.

Ayatollah Khamenei strongly slammed the murderous Saudi rulers for refusing to allow an international probe into last year’s deadly Mina stampede, urging Muslims to correctly understand the Saudis’ blasphemous, faithless, dependent and materialistic nature.

The Leader stressed, “The Islamic world, including Muslim governments and peoples, must familiarize themselves with the Saudi rulers and correctly understand their blasphemous, faithless, dependent and materialistic nature. They must not let those rulers escape responsibility for the crimes they have caused throughout the world of Islam.”

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