Hajj 2004 and some suggestions
Syed Ziaul Hussain Shujon, Hiala Shaheb Bari, Habigonj
I would invite the kind attention of the Prime Minister for alleviating the sufferings of the Hajjis during their month long stay in the holy cities of Makkah Mukarrama and Madinatul Monwara. Every year thousands of pilgrims from Bangladesh perform Hajj and almost all the Hajjis, on their return, express the sorry plight and unending sufferings due to the mismanagement of the Hajj Mission and about the dilapidated rented houses situated far from the Holy Kaba. I would like to put forward my humble suggestions as follows: There should not be any broker/agents without having a genuin licence from the ministry concerned. Somehow it appears that the ministry often recommends agents who/that do not work properly and that should be stopped. Allegedly the agents hire some Imams, and hundreds of such Maulvis collect innocent pilgrims and compel them to deposit the necessary fund in their bank account. But after reaching Jeddah and the holy city they do not take care so much, for which the Hajjis suffer a lot. The pilgrims should be under government's management, there should be strict rules for the Hajj Missions in Jedda, Makkah and Madina, to serve the Hajjis properly. The ministry concerned can send young, energetic, honest and brilliant Muslim students from Kamil Madrassa and the univrsities, only on the recommendations from the heads of departments. There should be one committee who will talk to the Hajjis during their stays in Dhaka and after their return and take action against those who make irrgularities and causes sufferings to the Hajjis.
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