Sri Lankan Muslims not to participate in Hajj pilgrimage this yr resulting from worsening Financial Disaster

Sri Lankan Muslims not to participate in Hajj pilgrimage this yr resulting from worsening Financial Disaster

Sri Lankan Muslims will not be going to be a part of the Hajj 2022 pilgrimage as per the nation’s pilgrimage organizers, because of the ongoing worst financial disaster within the nation. Follow Saudi Expatriates on Instagram

– Muslims make up virtually 10% within the 22 million inhabitants of Sri Lanka, which is predominantly Buddhist.

– Even after Saudi Arabia diminished the pilgrim quota for Sri Lanka for this yr, the price of sending the Hajj pilgrims to the Kingdom is just too excessive for the nation to bear.

– The All-Ceylon Hajj Tour Operators Affiliation and Hajj Tour Operators Affiliation of Sri Lank in a press release to the nation’s division of Muslim Non secular Affairs stated, because of the ongoing prevailing scenario and the struggling the individuals are present process in our Mom Lank, members of each associations determined to sacrifice this yr’s Hajj pilgrimage.

– The choice by operators was unanimous because of the extreme greenback disaster going through Sri Lanka. Because the nation’s financial system is in bankrupt. The nation has already defaulted on its money owed after lacking a deadline for international debt repayments.

– The entire Hajj operation of Sri Lankan pilgrims will value round 10 million {dollars}, which is an enormous quantity within the present scenario of the nation stated Ahkam Uwais, the chairman of the Nationwide Hajj Committee in Sri Lanka’s Division of Muslim Non secular Affairs.