Hajj 2020: Coronavirus no be di first, see 10 oda calendar date dem wen Ministry of Hajj and Umra gatz stop pilgrimage to Mecca
Saudi Arabia decision to reduce di number of pipo wey go perform Hajj 2020 sake of coronavirus, no be di first time wey some pandemic or political kasala or war don make some pipo no fit perform di annual hajj pilgrimage.
Muslims from around the world perform Hajj every year in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Hajj na one of di five pillars of Islam and dem consider am as duty wey everi, able-bodied Muslim must do at least once for dia lifetime. Di Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, say dis year pilgrimage na for very limited number of pipo wey don already dey di kingdom, e mean say dem no go allow pipo come from abroad to perform hajj dis year. See oda times wey pipo no fit go for hajj Di stone wey make dem suspend Hajj One of di first time wey dem don stop hajj happun for 930, A.D. na wen one Ismailis group, one minority Shiite community, wey dem dey call Qarmatians raid Mecca because dem believe say di hajj na pagan ritual. Dem tok say di Qarmatians kill plenti pilgrims, come run away wit di black stone of di Kaaba - wey Muslims believe say dem send from heaven Dem cari di stone go dia base for Bahrain. Dem suspend Hajj until Abbadis, one dynasty pay ransom for di return of di stone 20 years later. Political Kasala For 983, A.D. di rulers of Baghdad and Egypt dey at war. Di Fatimid rulers of Egypt claim say na dem be di true leaders of Islam and dem no support di rule of di Abbasid dynasty for Iraq and Syria. Dia political gbas-gbos no make pigrims from Mecca and Medina attend Hajj for eight years until 991, A.D. During di fall of di Fatimids for 1168,, A.D. Egyptians no fit enta di Hijaz. Dem also tok say nobodi from Baghdad perform hajj for years afta Mongol invasion for 1258.A.D. Di Napolean military attack against di British colonial influence for di region no allow many pilgrims go hajj between A.D. 1798 and 1801. Disease and oda natural causes wey cause some restrictions for Hajj Fast foward to 2020, di decision to restrict hajj dey come as Saudi Arabia don report more dan 161,000 cases of di coronavirus, and di number of deaths don pass 1,300.