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| Report: Iran suspends hajj trips to Saudi Arabia amid spat | ||
| 2015-04-14 | ||
| [Ynet] Iranian state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe? is reporting that the Islamic Theocratic Republichas suspended all minor hajj trips to Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... amid growing diplomatic tensions between the two countries. The report Monday said Iran's Culture Ministry made the decision over alleged abuse suffered by two male Iranian pilgrims traveling through Saudi's Jeddah airport in March. The alleged abuse, the details of which authorities have not publicly discussed, has sparked unauthorized protests at the Saudi Embassy in Tehran. Some 500,000 Iranians visit Saudi Arabia each year for the minor hajj, which involves pilgrims visiting Mecca and Medina, two of Islam's holiest sites. Tensions between Shiite power Iran and the Sunni kingdom of Saudi Arabia have been strained amid Saudi-led ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... targeting Iranian catspaws known as Houthis there.
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 abuse suffered by two male Iranian pilgrims traveling through Saudi's Jeddah airport Do they have TSA scanners there? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2015-04-14 15:22 |
| #1 Will this positively impact the Rantburg Hajj lottery? Could this be my year ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-04-14 06:22 |