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வஹாபிகள் ஆட்சியில் ஷியா பிரிவினர் படு மோசமாக கேவலப்படுத்தப்படுவதாலும் ஈரானியர்கள் என்று குறிவைத்து கேவலப்படுத்துவதாலும் ஹஜ் யாத்திரையை தடை செய்வதை தவிர வேறு வழியில்லை என்று ஈரான் அறிவித்துள்ளது.

சமத்துவம்!

Iran Threatens
To Ban Haj

The Iranian warning comes after a series of shocking reports shed light on the serious misconduct of Saudi police in dealing with Iranian pilgrims.

Iran says pilgrimage to holy cities in Saudi Arabia would be banned unless Saudi officials agree to change their disrespectful and offensive behavior toward Iranian pilgrims.
“The future pilgrimage of Iranians to Saudi Arabia will depend on whether the government in that country would treat them with the respect they deserve,“ said Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, Presstv reported on Tuesday.
Mottaki made the remarks in a meeting with the outgoing Saudi ambassador, Osama bin Ahmad Al-Sonousi, while condemning the systematic mistreatment of Iranian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia.
The warning comes after a series of shocking reports shed light on the serious misconduct of Saudi police in dealing with Iranian pilgrims.
The controversy surfaced publicly in 2007 when the Saudi police started fingerprinting Iranian pilgrims--a move that caused an outcry in the Tehran government.
Mohammad Taqi Rahbar, a senior parliamentarian, earlier condemned the move, proposing to boycott the Haj pilgrimage until the Saudis provide an explanation.
“The parliament would question the concerned officials at the Iranian Foreign Ministry regarding the fingerprinting of Iranian women, and we in the parliament are also going to issue a communiquŽ,“ he said.
Rahbar said Iranian Haj pilgrims spend tens of billions of rials (millions of US dollars) annually, contributing to that country’s businesses and market economy significantly.
The bid to ban Haj pilgrimage was seconded by leading religious figures such as Ayatollah Nasser Makarem-Shirazi. “If extremist Wahhabis continue their shameful behavior, we will have no choice but to ban Umrah (minor pilgrimage),“ he said.
Wahhabis, a small minority in the Muslim world, are believed to be extremists dominating Saudi Arabia.
These extremists prevent women from driving, voting and even visiting graves.
In a separate incident, an Iranian cleric, Hojjatoleslam Mohammad Garmab-Dashti, was sentenced by a Saudi court to three months in prison and 75 lashes, after a Wahhabi man accused him of “spitting on the grave of the first Caliph“.
Garmab-Dashti rejected the charges and urged the court to review his case. Arab judicial officials, however, refused to review footage on surveillance camera on the premises, arguing that the testimony of the Arab witness is sufficient.