PHOTO: Liberian Muslim pilgrims in Saudi Arabia
JEDDAH – Saudi Arabia- The Liberian delegation to the annual pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia has reportedly arrived safely.
According to a dispatch from the Embassy of Liberia in Riyadh dated Thursday, July 7, 2022, a special flight conveying 127 pilgrims from Liberia landed safely at the King Adul Aziz International Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
As they arrived in Saudi Arabia, confusion was back home within the Islamic community, as a number of other Liberian Muslim pilgrims were unable to leave Monrovia due to what Internal Affairs Minister, Varney Sirleaf described as disunity within the ranks of Muslims.
Minister Sirleaf has vowed to personally intervene to speedily end the ongoing rift within the Islamic community in Liberia.
The flight took off from the Roberts International Airport Wednesday concluding attempts to ensure Liberia was represented at annual pilgrims to the Holy City.
According to the dispatch from the Liberian mission in Riyadh, the pilgrims were received on arrival by officials of the Embassy as well as an array of Saudi officials from the Ministry of Hajj and Ummurah of The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Performing hajj is one of the fundamental pillars of Islam, and as such, every Muslim who has the financial means and good health, is expected to perform hajj at least once in one’s lifetime.