Hajj, a spiritual sojourn for millions of Muslims around the
world, is a journey and a form of Muslim worship that is praised for it's
organized discipline by people from all faiths and countries. A gathering of 2
million people belonging to all ages and nationalities is catered to and
organized in a brilliant manner. It is something to be appreciated and many
foreign delegates have appreciated the steps taken by the custodian of the Holy
Kaaba King Abdullah for the Hajj 2013. The way that everything just falls into
place and the 2 million people are not only accommodated but made comfortable as
the guests of Allah.
In the year 2013, Hajj has been performed with utmost
comfort and even more discipline than ever before. Many people who had been for
Hajj many years before and had gone in this year were thoroughly impressed by
the arrangements made by the Saudi authorities under the supervision of King
Abdullah. The delegation from Guinea, whose Minister of Religious Affairs was
also performing Hajj mission in 2013 has shown his gratitude and commented that
he is highly impressed by how everything went so smoothly. He has expressed his
appreciation on behalf of all delegation members for the smooth performance of
their Hajj.
Another 25 member delegation from Brunei Darussalam has aso
expressed their appreciation for the care and warmth that the Saudi people and
authorities have shown towards the pilgrims. Haji Abd Kahar bin Haji Hussain
who was the head of the Brunei delegation spoke that they were highly satisfied
with this years Hajj missions. There was also a foreign delegation from Togo, whose
head Sanni Karimou said that he has been on Hajj many times before and this
time he was happy with the development and reduction in accommodation problems.
King Abdullah presented outstanding performance awards to
various journalists from around the world for their balanced and comprehensive
reporting about Hajj 2013. The foreign delegates believed that this step of
giving awards to journalists was a good one to encourage and promote journalism
during Hajj time as it is tough job to do Hajj and at the same time do your
job. Bandar Hajar, the Hajj Minister encouraged Muslims to keep up the
journalistic coverage of Hajj as it is an honor for Muslims to be reporting and
writing about this highly spiritual and rewarding journey.
Every year the arrangements of Hajj are getting better as is
the example of Hajj 2013 where several new accommodations were built as well as
the building of a lot of bathrooms. This has made it easy for more people to
perform Hajj with less difficulty. They have also been very vigilant in health
issues and the outbreak of any epidemic or viral disease has been successfully
prevented. In a gathering of millions of people, it is an immense
responsibility on the shoulders of the Saudi authorities. To find out more
about future Hajj missions, you should get in touch with reliable Hajj and
Umrah touring organizations.
