•Untold story of 3 ugly days in Medina
•The Shahra Mansour Quarters angle
From DESMOND MGBOH, Kano
The huge airbus finally taxied to a stop at the other end of the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, on Wednesday, throwing up a whirlwind in its trail and ending weeks of anxiety of its occupants.
Inside the plane, owned by Max Air, hundreds of distraught female pilgrims from different states of the Northern part of the country heaved a sigh of relief and offered prayers to Allah that they were home at last.
The pilgrims, young and old, strong and weak, had unpleasant stories to tell about their sojourn to Saudi Arabia, where their dream to perform this year’s hajj was aborted by Saudi authorities’ stance that women should be accompanied by their chaperones (Muhram).
Indeed, as the women disembarked from the airbus with their respective dark green luggage at about 5.30pm, they were a sharp and tragic contrast from the joyous contingent that left the country a few days ago.
Apparently humbled by cold, hunger and disappointment, they wobbled as they went through Immigration procedures. When they eventually embraced the open air, some shed tears of joy while some cried and cursed as they departed for their respective homes that Wednesday night.
Unlike them, about a hundred more stayed back inside the Max Air plane and were later flown to their home state, Katsina. But that was not the end. Ever since, batches of gloomy pilgrims, overwhelmed with pains of unfulfilled dreams are dispatched from Saudi every day.
But unlike those who returned Wednesday, the authorities have elected to fly in most of the pilgrims secretly, preferably under the cover of the night to reduce their exposure to public glare.
That was exactly what happened on Thursday in Kano when a large contingent of detained Nigeria female pilgrims, about 511 in all, landed at Makia. These were mostly female pilgrims from Kano, Jigawa and Katsina States. A few of them were from Zamfara, Kebbi and Sokoto States. Another batch of 502 pilgrims arrived Makia at about 2am on Friday even as more were being expected as at press time.
Many of these distraught mothers, it was gathered, had no money or relatives resident in Kano. They may have to be transported to their respective homes by the Kano state government or their home governments.
Experience
Accounts of the tragic experience by these pilgrims were similar. It was reported that about 1000 were stranded at a facility in King Abdulazeez International Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
A few others whose plane had landed at the Prince Muhammad Ibn Abdulazeez International Airport, Medina, which was said to be a smaller airport, were not even allowed to disembark from their planes. They were simply flown back by the planes that brought them soon after it was established that they were unqualified for entry into the country.
On arrival at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, some of the women had to cover their faces with their clothes as they sauntered into the waiting buses. But a few of the pilgrims, despite official disapproval at the airport, volunteered to speak to the media.
In all, they chorused the same sad song. They lamented that it was a shocking, painful and dehumanizing experience as they suffered untold hardship in the hands of their religious hosts whom they least expected would visit them with this kind of treatment.
According to Hajia Aisha Ibrahim Mohammed from Taraba State, they spent three ugly days held in custody in Medina, Saudi Arabia, adding that they starved for the whole of the period.
She lamented: “It was very, very cold out there. We were kept at a place all this while and denied entry into Saudi Arabia. We were hungry; we did not eat anything I tell you, not even tea. They were that wicked. It was a very difficult experience for all of us. We even asked for our passports but they refused to give them to us.”
But Hajia Aisha added that she had taken everything in her stride. She hoped to perform her hajj when another opportunity offers itself or as soon as the contending issues were resolved by the Nigerian and Saudi Arabian authorities. She prayed that it should be soon.
Hajia Medinatu Jalingo wept openly and felt cheated by fate as she gave account of her experience. She expressed disgust at the treatment that was meted to them adding that at some point, “we shouted, screamed and we were about to protest, but they sent their officers after us. We truly wanted to protest, but their immigration people were there”.
Alhaji Mustapha Abdullahi had a different experience. He is the husband of one of the deportees and was at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport to pick his wife. Later, he was informed that the pilgrims from Katsina State were being flown home by the airline and would no longer disembark in Kano. That prolonged his devastation because all he wanted was to take his family out of their precarious fate.
He told Sunday Sun that he saw off his family barely 24 hours ago, adding that they departed the country by about 2.17pm the previous day. He said that he was surprised when he was communicated by phone that the pilgrims were scheduled to come back home, due their inability to enter Saudi Arabia.
He recalled that on receipt of the news including the time of their arrival, he drove to Kano to pick them home. He expressed sadness over the controversy and the cost implications materially and psychologically, adding that the matter could have been handled better by the authorities.
Issues
But why were Nigerian female pilgrims denied entry into Saudi Arabia to perform this year’s hajj? Sunday Sun was told that those who were deported fell short of the immigration laws of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as there were Nigerian female pilgrims who were not barred by the Saudi Arabian authorities.
The issue in contention was the policy of Muharram (guardian). It requires that a female pilgrim must be accompanied by a guardian or chaperon. The conflict arose when the names in the passports of some of the female pilgrims did not correspond with the names of their guardians.
It was gathered that the policy was not exactly new. A Muslim scholar who did not want his name in print, noted that the policy had been in existence since the eighties and beyond, adding, “what is obvious is that they (Saudi Government) decided to be strict on its implementation this year compared to the previous years”.
There are debates about the policy itself. Not all Nigerian Muslims concede to the idea of its strict application. It was gathered that the differing positions regarding the extent to which the policy should be applied followed the interpretation of two prominent schools of thought in Islam, mainly the Maliki and the Hunbali schools.
While most Muslims in Nigeria and in most of the West African countries are of the Makili school, the Saudis are mainly of the Hunbali school which places stronger emphasis on the use of Muhram (guardian) for female travelers.
It is said that the Maliki school agrees that women should travel accompanied by their guardian but they accept a waiver that where and when such a woman is traveling as a group or in a company such as a caravan or a contingent, a leader of the whole group could stand as a guardian of all.
Indeed, it was in the light of this background that the leaders of the various states’ Pilgrims Welfare Board or their nominees were assumed to be the guardians of the unaccompanied female pilgrims.
It was not clear why the Saudi authorities decided to scale up the entry requirements this year. It could as well be for purely religious purposes. However, there are those who were convinced that the strict application of the policy this year might be linked to other variables.
These Muslims were quick to remember that not too long ago, the Saudi authorities came up with a policy encouraging pilgrims who had performed the pilgrimage before, to tarry for five years before embarking on another pilgrimage. They held that it could be part of the moves to scale down the size of the ever-growing Nigerian contingent.
Some respondents also alluded to instances of Nigerian female pilgrims who found their way around immigration regulations, and decided to stay back in Saudi to eke a living after their pilgrimage was over. The source pointed that in areas such as Shahra Mansour Quarters, one finds a good population of female Nigerians resident or working there. This could be the reason the Saudis insisted on a male chaperon.
Reactions
It is generally believed that the topic will dominate the Friday sermons in the North. But in the interim, some of the Muslim faithful who spoke to Sunday Sun in Kano under the condition of anonymity, condemned the posture of the Saudi Arabian authorities and suggested that the Federal Government should review the entire hajj exercise for the better.
Executive Secretary, Kano State Pilgrims Welfare Board, Alhaji Laminu Rabiu, who was at the airport to receive the returnees on Wednesday, condemned the hard stance of the Saudi authorities on the issue of the use of a chaperon and felt that the case of the affected Nigerian female pilgrims ought to have been reconsidered given that they were women and mothers and were in the country for a religious duty.
Also speaking, Muhammad Zikrullah Ado, the Secretary of the Writers Forum of the Muslim Students Society, Bayero University Kano, felt that, “If the Saudi Government thinks that this is what is right for them to do, because of the challenges they face with the Nigerian pilgrims, then I think that there is no problem. My only suggestion is that they should have announced it, made it clearly known to us, so that intending pilgrims will know what to expect.”
While pointing out that he was not an Islamic scholar yet, he agreed that the denial of entry to Nigerian female pilgrims was unfair to the country and to the affected pilgrims.
He appealed to the authorities in Saudi to allow the pilgrims that were already in the Holy land to complete the hajj.
He declared that if the Saudi authorities felt that the failure to be accompanied by Muharram (guardian) was wrong, then it is wrong, adding that, “Anyway, my stand is going to be in support of whatever Islamic scholars say on this issue. What the scholars say on this issue is going to be my stand”, he concluded.
He declared that if the Saudi authorities felt that the failure to be accompanied by Muharram (guardian) was wrong, then it is wrong, adding that, “Anyway, my stand is going to be in support of whatever Islamic scholars say on this issue. What the scholars say on this issue is going to be my stand”, he concluded.
EVEN IF THE SCHOLARS ASK YOU TO VOLUNTEER UR SON FOR SUICIDE MISSION AGAINST SAUDI ARABIA, IT WILL BE UR STAND ALSO… NONSENSE
RELIGION OF DEMONS & VAMPIRES. EMPTY BRAINS
you think everything is what is bypassing. most of these women are politician girlfriend
and concubine.
Watz d essence of al dz wastage of public fund? B/c I’ven’t sen d +ve efects of ds in our national.Instead dey go der 2 b schooled mor in terorism! Ds Is Saudic Haram! Stupid!
is time for christians and other religion to organize and start to attend prigrim. this yr about 60,000 muslim, so christian and traditionalist need up to 120,000 of their member to go out side niger and come back in the name of prigrim if not we allow none benefit religion to damage our money.nigerians need to open eyes
This is to tell nigrians muslim that goverment law is working even in their holy land. this is time for Boko Haram to bomb saudi Arabia Embassy for allow their country to use goverment law againt the boko harams wives that attend haji. Is time northern nigerians should abide with nigeria law instead of causing confusion in the name of their religion. If i may ask muslims, what is Mohamed miracle that make people to believe in his preaching? is his miracle fighting with sword to make people believe him by force, this day muslim can’t win more soul cause no one will follow them if is by sword so Boko haram sponsors Obey nigeria law, as u can see saudi use man made law against ur religion and you no do anything. what did muslim expect mohammed GEG to do while chief Imam is there or is he ashame to speak for the females. anyway they always when their for prostitution and drugs selling. i know Saudi goverment dosent want to tell the true to avoid bringing shame to their none miracle useless religion. another question, when Muslims mention Mohammed they say peace be upon him, that mean the man is suffering for his sin or he never know peace at all. how can motal given peace to imotal i think something is wrong mentally
This is to tell nigrians muslim that goverment law is working even in their holy land. this is time for Boko Haram to bomb saudi Arabia Embassy for allow their country to use goverment law againt the boko harams wives that attend haji. Is time northern nigerians should abide with nigeria law instead of causing confusion in the name of their religion. If i may ask muslims, what is Mohamed miracle that make people to believe in his preaching? is his miracle fighting with sword to make people believe him by force, this day muslim can’t win more soul cause no one will follow them if is by sword so Boko haram sponsors Obey nigeria law, as u can see saudi use man made law against ur religion and you no do anything. what did muslim expect mohammed GEG to do while chief Imam is there or is he ashame to speak for the females. anyway they always when their for prostitution and drugs selling. i know Saudi goverment dosent want to tell the true to avoid bringing shame to their none miracle useless religion. another question, when Muslims mention Mohammed they say peace be upon him, that mean the man is suffering for his sin or he never know peace at all. how can motal given peace to imotal i think something is wrong mentally
Let them go to Jerusalem, they don’t need any man to accompany them, Christianity respect all gender. Lol funny though, wasted money and effort, Saudi Government wicked oooo
Ntoooo, your world has boomeranged on you, almajiris. The worst will soon happen, ntoooo.
Solo and Ajala, what disturbs me and other Muslims is that from the way some of you Christians think is that the only thing that makes you good and committed Christians is when you abuse Islam, Muslims and our way of life. Do a check and hardly will you find any Muslim paying attention to the way and manner you practice your religion. You need to please pay attention to your own religion, learn it and you may develop good morals. For example pay attention to the 10 commandments, some of misdemeanor may disappear. May those of you who have gone astray be guided.
The different between Nigeria and other determined countries is evident: In Nigeria the powerful breaks the law with impunity but in those countries that has respect to the rule of law; the law is always supreme and been enforced to the later without fear of favour.
Events have now shown that the Saudi’s have no respect nor regards for any of these Northern Political nor religious elites in Nigeria. Even the Sultan nor the Emirs means nothing for the Saudi’s. Yet this is the place they rush to plot evil against Nigeria. It is a very sorry situation that the emirs, the Sultan, the Northern elites are themselves renegades in the eyes of the Saudi authority.
Can you see how they are wasting our resources to visit other counties who are using themas tourist to make their own money & enriched their own country, i pray one day Christians will equally be sent back to reduce wastage. Our oil & agriculture money. Every one will be blaming the government poor governance, Nigerians could not afford three square meal but some have to wast for tourism.
Let them protest now n burn up mosques.its gud its their fellow brothers who dd it to them
Well they Saudis are only test running Boko Haram policies, so these female Muslims should see this as an opportunity to appreciate the benefits of the democratic governance in Nigeria wihch does not treat women as a dangerous specie or like they are retarded children who need guarantors
Really funny. What a hurrible experience by these female Nigerians
Some of them are mothers of these criminals terrorist called boko haram. So they deserve it. Least I forget, I tot they all protestd together against “caricaturism” of their prophet so hw come they are nw been discriminate against by their own people?
You and others who commented earlier have short memories. Otherwise you will remember even South African deported Nigerian sport contingent because of vaccination issue earlier this year. The issue is that Nigerian mentality to beat any rule is not acceptable in other civilized countries.Nigerians and the government should learn to do things right and do the right thing always.
@Abdulfattah it is not news that nigerians are harrassed world over but it becomes a damage that islamists were rejected, marouned, ridiculed and eventually deported without their eyes seeing the kabbah. Whither OIC? This is just the beginning of their woes to come. Good riddance for bad rubbish.
Abdulfattah, you are on point.
this new policy was communicated to our govt since last year, but they ignore it. thinking it’s nigeria ,anything goes.
I see the treatment meted on Nigerian women by the saudi authority as anti-islam and a blasphemy. Nigerian muslims should come out and protest, go to their consulate and burnt their flag. We should refuse to go to saudi againt, we can build our own ka’aba near Abuja central mosque, zaria can be our medina, kano our jedda, mt arafat in sokoto, maiduguri our mecca etc and when saudi people start coming for hajj in nigeria, we’ll humiliate their women and even the men more than what the did to us.
This is purely an Islamic affairs which require understanding of the basic laws and principles in hajj performance. I only fault the Saudi authority for not communicating their stand for ease of reference. In as much that there is break in communication, and that there has been waivers in the past hajj operations, and that their respective passports were endorsed by Saudi embassy as fit to perform the hajj and that the pilgrims were already in the holy land to perform one of the obligated duties as decreed by ALLAH, the Saudi authority should have reconsidered their stand and allow them the right to perform the hajj. This is also a lesson to Nigeria authority for adequate verification of pending laws and waivers b4 the hajj process. I want to appeal to all affected pilgrims to take it in good faith and as a will of ALLAH and not making any ulterances that will attract a sinful act fom Him. And I am truely sure part of their money will be returned by the authority concern or withheld for future performance when the issue at stake is resolved. MA SHA ALLAH.
The problem is the security situation in the north. Saudi was tactical about the whole thing. It has nothing to do with Muran nor Makili,(male guardian). any of the women could have been a boko so to avoid wahala in Saudi, it was better not to allow them in. Let the north and Nigeria put their houses in order. Period!
SAHIH AL-BUKHARI VOL 9,BOOK89,NO 256,NARRATED ANAS BIN MALIK:ALLAH’S MESSENGER SAID ‘YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO&OBEY YOUR IMAM(MUSLIM RULER)EVEN IF HE WAS AN ETHIOPIAN(BLACK)SLAVE WHOSE HEAD LOOKS LIKE A RAISIN.
WHAT AN INSULT, A COMMENTARY, WHICH MEANS UR PROPHET DNT VE REGARD 4 BLACK.
SAHIH AL BUKHARI VOL9 NO 161.NARRATED IBN UMAR:THE PROPHET SAID I SAW IN A DRM A BLACK WOMAN WITH UNKEPT HAIR GOING OUT OF AL-MADINA&SETTLING@MAHYA,i e AL-JUHFA. I INTERPRETED THAT AS A SYMBOL OF EPIDERMIC OF AL-MADINA BEING TRANSFERED TO THAT PLACE(AL-JUHFA).WHAT AN INSULT TO BLACK RACE,YET NORTHEN CNT REASON AND THINK
A PROPHET WHO DNT VE REGARD 4 BLACK,HOW WOULD U EXPECT HIS FOLLOWERS RESPECT BLACKS?
THIS IS THE BEGINING OF SORROW TO THOSE WIDOW,U MUSLIM SHD BETTER ACCEPT CHRIST NOW B4 IT’S TOO LATE.IN CHRISTIANDOM THEIR IS NOTHING LIKE BLACK,WHITE,MARRIED,UNMARRIED,PROTOCOL,ALL WHAT IS REQUIRED IS UR SALVATION&FAITH,VICTORY WHICH IS IN CHRIST JESUS.1CORIANTHIAN 15:57
The point is that spending public fund sending people on pilgrimage is a case of misplacement of priorities.Nigerian govts do the right things at the wrong time,placing the cart before the horse.Kano State govt recently married out 1000 divorcd women instead of equipping such women economically.It is better to give Nigerians jobs,good governance, water, power supply than to send them to pilgrimage in Rome, Jerusalem or Medina,wasting public fund unnecessarily! Religion remains the marijuana of the common man!
“Come unto me, all ye who are heavy laden, and i will give thee rest”__ JESUS CHRIST. I Thank my Almighty God that am a Christian, it can NEVER AND EVER be possible for a christian pilgrim to be disgrace or barred from the HOLY LAND, why is it so? It is becos CHRISTIANITY IS A WELL APPROVED AND ORGANIZED RELIGION BY THE ALMIGHTY GOD. We are not into a CONFUSED RELIGION.
My brother, I am very much in support of your argument. That serves them right. I expected the Cannibals BOKOHARAM to make a statement, regarding this global humilation. While did they not strike? Useless animals.
Yea abdul my broda u r very rit on that…nigerian govt think they can beat internation laws and standards at will the way they do here in nigeria. Am sorry for those women that sufferd this but I think it was necesary to proving a clear point to nigeria that they are other contries that respect and value their laws…
The evil of these hypocritically sanctimonious, bloodsucking holier-than-thou vampiric fanatics, has found them out. These are the same hags who look on as their husbands massacre other women’s husbands. The Truth: Saudi king dont want his country corrupted with these daughters of jezeebel. Who said that God is not in His throne? Expect the worst, your tears is just about to begin
A country where Lawlessness is the order of the think other countries are like them. Nigerians most change their attitude for Nigeria to be welcome in the committee of GOOD nations particularly Islamic nations where Qur’an and Hadith is bind on all.
@Abdfattah,what an intelligent response,Nigerians learn in the hard way,though painful but they have learnt their lessons and hope it will not be allowed to repeat itself.
Is like Naija northern religion is not recognize by saudi govt. Because our govt love to waste money. (this is a small lesson for them)
My advice, why not go to zamfara state to perform the remaining hajj.
Am watching developmemt unfolding in naija.
Mothers of boko halam criminals and murderers! they deserved even more than they got in saudi. some of them should have been stoned or gullotined.
mothers of boko halam criminals and murderers! they deserved all they got from saudi. some of them should have been stoned and gullotined.
The truth there,they believed that the Nigerian Muslim is behind the boko harram issue,that’s they give them the punishment indirect,they are peacefully and hates terrorist.
The truth there,they believed that the Nigerian Muslim is behind the boko harram issue,that’s they give them the punishment indirect,they are peacefully and hates terrorist.
Sorry.
My broda no b lie. I agree wit u BOB G.
How can a hundreds of married women travel without their husbands to another responsible country? these revealed that those involved are bunch of irresponsible citizens who think that they can live lawlessly. Thanks to the Saudi government, their barn from such place without their husbands implies that the place is truly a holy land.
Muslim’s inhumanity to Muslims; Arab racism at work; Islamic contradictions glaringly manifesting. If this were done by others to Muslims, the whole world would have been on fire now in the name of defending Muslims. It’s so sad that those who would kill in the name of the religion are mute over this type of treatment.
Hmm…, Nigerians, Nigeria, Northern, Southern, Christians and Muslims.
@Bob G,the fact that in ur faith is any goes,does not means others don’t hav rules,regulations and principles which must be obeyed,If they like in Jerusalem let them accept anything after all the Bible do not command going to Jerusalem for tourism or what ever, emback on research and be properly guided.
Well said my brother. Thank God we are not muslims that worship black stone in mecca.
Y re ple being economical wit d truth. D truth is dt, though they travelled without male guardians, pilgrims from other countries also tralvelled without male guardians. Y did they pick only on Nigerians? Very simple, over d yrs, d Nothern Alhajis have been using d hajj as an excuse to traffick females to engage in prostitution in d ‘holy’ land during d hajj. Some of dem abscond afta d hajj cos commercial sex is a lucrative industry there! Let us tell ourselves d truth!
I think that black stone in Mecca is spreading evil i.e Islam. The world can live in peace only if the black stone of Kaaba is demolished.
good talk BOB G
I think the only sensible comment was made by Abdulfattah, let’s leave religion and other sentiment apart, I’m sure Nigerian pilgrims and FGN think that KSA is like Nigeria where anything goes. A rule is a rule period, Pilgrim welfare board should be blamed for this disgrace. This will teach Nigerians to learn to obey rules or we should invite Gen Buhari to teach our GEJ and his crew WAI and how he made it happen before criminal IBB threw spanner into the system because heat was on him due to his wife’s involvement with one Gloria Okon, drug pusher in the 80s. Nigerian rulers not leaders need revisit how Gen Buhari and Idiagbon of blessed memory sanitized Nigeria.
I think that black stone in Mecca is spreading evill i.e Islam. The world can live in peace only if the black stone of Kaaba is demolished.
They should do Jihad to Saudi Consulate now. I think they know how to bumb, what are they waiting for? Their women and wives have been horibly insulted and they are keeping quite. Shame
This should be a lesson to our muslim brothers and sisters; the Saudis think Saudi not muslim,yet here our northen brothers think muslim and not Nigeria.
Dont be surprised that these deported free women will still attach Hajia to their names. They use Hajia to get contracts and other connections. Already information has it that some of them from Kogi are hiding in Abuja to shield their deportation from Saudi,so that they can surface when others are returning,and claim the hajj is over.Why are muslims of Kogi and Kwara extraction so hypocritical?
Stop making unsubstantiated strong words,what makes the Kogi and Kwara female moslems hypocritical?Do not be judgemental,leave that for the all knowing God.Thanks.
its high time we think twice and forget about what started in the middle east. these two religions started in the middle east and we embrace them sheepshly. let us tell them that we africans have our own religion too. and only when we realize that that we can have our own respect. imagine this kind of discrimination in the same faith.
I dont be surprised of what Bob G and his friends are commenting, becouse they dont know what is currently happening in the world and also the dont know what is christianity
I agree with my brother, Abdulfattah. The pilgrims thought that Saudi is Nigeria where anything goes; where we have may laws and policies but none is enforced. If we do not respect and obey our laws, we must obey other nations’ So, Nigeria and her pilgrims deserve the avoidable embarrassment. Who says that the Israeli government. Would admit intending Nigerian pilgrims if they fall short of their immigration laws?
@Abdul fattah. Pls, who is this guy called Muharram? He must be a very busy man to cordinate more than a thousand women at a go. Why didnt he show up at the Air port?.
Anyway, those who are crying should not cry since they have gone there to throw stones at a rock, we epually have rocks in nigeria, zuma rock, olomo rock in south west, ugwurerenkwu rock in udi,Enugu state, south east. They are free to chose one of these rocks to perform their hajji.
This has gone to show that even in Saudi, religion is not confused(mixed) with the law.’ Kome Allah ne’ does not exist there.
These women are NOT Nigerian women,they are HAUSA/Fulani prostitutes who went there to market their body in the false hope that Arabo men will want to use them.Otherwise I cannot see any reason why ANYBODY should board a flight to faraway lands to go and humiliate herself in the name of worshiping a wicked and careless god that doesn’t give a damn about how his worshipers are treated by their fellow believers.Islam is a backward religion that does not respect their womenfolk.Serves mallams right,they love the Arabos more than their own Southern fellow countrymen who has been feeding and clothing them from time immemorial.So much for aboki mentality.Ungrateful parasites that mallam people are.
Once again,all I see is the ramblings of ignorant pathetic fools! Make no mistake, I’m all for due process and all that, but the fact is, Nigerians have this penchant for always bending the rules. This bizarre belief that some how the rules are not binding on us. Hajj or not, if u don’t obey simple guidelines u’re bound to be punished.
For those equating Hajj wit mere stoning of rocks, can u be any less of an arse? This fellow nigerians is how intolerance is brewed. Its the 21st century, u obviously know how to use the internet, Google Hajj if u don’t know about it. Don’t spread ur vile half-arsed ignorance,Ignoramus!
See dia yeye faces.dem no gree dem enter saudi na im dem wan protest put.You think say na kano abi na borno state una dey wey una fit do anyhow.
If na naija dis happen,hmmm boko haram for don strike d airport and immigration office,dey claim islamic law superceede any country”s law.
Saudi govt do well.Deport more abeg.
IT’S A LESSON FOR EVEBODY, LOVE YOUR COUTRY NIGERIA DON’T BECAUSE OF MONEY OR RELIGION SELFCINEES SELL YOUR PRIDE. THANK ALL.
The question am asking is why should a man accompany them? I want to believe that those women are not babies.
Why boasted thy self oh yee evil men, playing smart and not been clever.
I am a muslim living in Kenya and I am fed up with Islam. Muslims always talk about women, alcohol, infidels, etc. More importantly, they hate christians, Jews, Hindus, etc. I believe Islam is not a religion, so why are these crazy muslims go to Saudi Arabia for Hajj. Most terrorists are from Saudi Arabia and the great Mufti of Mecca will teach all pilgrims to prepare for Jihad. It is very funny to see these guys throwing stones to kill devils. How can devils will be there. I think the real devils are muslims. So we should throw stones at Muslims around the World and eliminate them, so no war, no killing, no pedophile, no looting, no Jihad.
May almighty ALLAH forgive you for all your sinful comments here. I think you should learn more about what you do not know rather than apportioning blames and causing other people’s religion here. I have it in mind that you are a liar, you are not a Muslim., likewise you are not a Christian. And if you are a follower of one of these two prominent religions, it means you are an Hippocrates. And all Hippocrates unless they repent will end up in the hell fire. If you are correct that you are a Muslim and you are fed up with a religion of peace, please without wasting a second go to another religion that is nore peaceful on your eyes. Please go to the history all over the world, there is another religion that kills more of her people on this earth. May be you are the follower of that religion. All what came up in your statement are just hatred words and not fact findings. May almighty ALLAH shows you the truth and let you follow it to the end.
crazy pple………… nw na mornin, God will punish u pple 4 all d innocent soul u pple hav killed in the name of religion………….. dix 1 na d beginning, set of pple wit low mentality.. aboki na nama
come to Jesus and you will never be treated this way
@Mango oil abi na Mang’oli, u are daft! Some muslim u are. U don’t even have the temerity to giv ur name,bloody COWard. In d land of the blind, ur eyes are enucleated and exenterated. Geez go west Goddamit!
@A.B Nigerian.. Man, I am a muslim living in Kenya, east Africa, we now see jihadists coming into Kenyan territory to bomb innocent people. We don’t need Islam anymore. Islam has divided India into three countries. Islam destroyed Somalia etc. How many terrorist attacks you had seen in Afganistan, pakistan and middle east countries?. Many muslim leaders in indonesia are calling for Sharia Law and want to ban other religions. So many non muslims there are being attacked for no just cause and they are crazy to immigrate to Australia, why?
Islam is cultic in every way and it would be a gross mistake to number it among religions just because 1.2 billion benighted people call themselves Muslims.
what should i say to our sisters muslim, that they should know that the muslim arabo never consider the black muslim as a true muslims they consider them as slaves, if they think am lying go to countries like,Tunisia,pakistan,afghanistan, iran, even the saudi if self just to mension few and see how they treat black muslim there, they are the one who does all their house work, stil they don,t regard them,my God help them all to recover their lostt glory
I hate double standards. The Saudi humiliated us. All this soft talk about religion is neither here nor there. For me the way we fought South is the way to go, otherwise we need to apologize to South Africa. The behave in an uncivilized manner. The answer is to pay them back. For the contributors abusing people here, it only shows your level of civility. In the face of external aggression you don’t talk of our internal problems. We stood together against South Africa. When we play games, especially football we support together. It is a shame that you making derogatory comments. Boko Haram is general problem and might have been orchestrated to cause us not go focus on real issues.
i want every body to think and regard this as a national disgrace not only to deported pilgrims but to all nigerians.religion or not it is a national embarasment that must be condemned by all.why must nigerians be singled out all the time for ridicule and mockery?again the officials of the pilgrims commission must be blamed for not doing their work well.please lets be objective in all our dealings
one thing d@ keep surprises me is how some people goes about shouting that ISLAM is PEACE? not known d@ action speaks louder dan voice, I bliv islam has a diff. meaning 2 peace dan what we hv in common languages. besides, I hv prepared 2 stage a national protest in Saudi consulate in Nigeria if those women & dia Muhram hesitates doing so comes next Jummat(Friday), possibly burn d consulate & Saudi flags, I ll demand d HANGING of those Saudi immigration officers & dia compliances, cos any humiliations done 2 Muslim is a humiliation done 2 Allah & its Religion, d Jihadist hv prepared waiting 4 command!!
Why all this hassles of running here and there to earn a religious title. Note, whether you go to Mecca or Jerusalem for pilgrimage and remain ignorant to the saving work of God’s grace in the Lord Jesus Christ, you are nothing but living in delusion. “Jesus is coming NOW! are you ready before it gets late?” From my view, this treatment is purely humiliating and unfair, considering their gender.
This shabby and disgraceful treatment meted out to Nigerian Muslims shows the two sides of the same blade are sharp. Muslims are roused to deep anger and violence when it comes to petty issues that have nothing to do with Christians living in Nigeria. If it had been the other way round God knows the number of Churches that would have been burnt. The Saudi Government have handled them with Kids gloves and not a single peaceful demonstration to register their disgust.