Qatar accuses Saudis of hampering Qatari hajj pilgrims


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DATE: July 31, 2017, 9:18 a.m.

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  1. DOHA, July 31 — The Qatari specialists have blamed Saudi Arabia for endangering the yearly hajj journey to Mecca of Qatari travelers by declining to ensure their security.
  2. Saudi Arabia and its partners have been boycotting Qatar since June 5, blaming it for sponsorship fanatic gatherings and of binds to Shiah Iran, in the district's most exceedingly awful strategic emergency in years.
  3. On July 20, Riyadh said that Qataris needing to play out the current year's hajj would be permitted to enter the kingdom for the journey, however forced certain limitations.
  4. The Saudi hajj service said Qatari pioneers touching base via plane must utilize carriers in concurrence with Riyadh.
  5. They would likewise need to get visas on landing in Jeddah or Medina, their sole purposes of passage in the kingdom.
  6. The Qatari Islamic issues service, in an announcement distributed by the authority QNA news office yesterday, said the Saudi side had "declined to convey with respect to securing the explorers wellbeing and encouraging their Hajj".
  7. The service blamed Riyadh for "interweaving governmental issues with one of the mainstays of Islam, which may bring about denying numerous Muslims from playing out this heavenly commitment".
  8. As indicated by the announcement, 20,000 Qatari residents have enlisted to partake in the current year's hajj. The service said it denied Saudi claims that Doha had suspended those enlistments.
  9. "The twisting of certainties is intended to set snags for the travelers from Qatar to Mecca, following the emergency made by the attack nations," the Qatari service included, alluding to Saudi Arabia and its partners.
  10. The hajj, a mainstay of Islam that fit Muslims must perform at any rate unique, is to occur this year toward the start of September.
  11. Saudi Arabia and its partners Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates cut strategic ties and forced endorses on Doha in June, including the conclusion of their airspace to Qatari aircrafts.
  12. The four Arab states blame Qatar for supporting radicals and of becoming excessively near Shiah-ruled Iran, the local chief opponent of Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia.
  13. Qatar denies the charges and blames the Saudi-drove alliance for forcing an "attack" on the modest emirate.

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