Female pilgrims in Saudi Arabia will now no longer require to carry a male dad or mum or “mahram” with them to do Hajj or Umrah withinside the Islamic country. “It is now perfect for a girl to carry out Hajj or Umrah with out a mahram, observed via way of means of “honest girls or steady business enterprise to carry out Hajj or Umrah”, Hajj and Umrah Services Adviser Ahmed Saleh Halabi changed into quoted via way of means of ARAB NEWS as saying.
“Allowing girls to carry out Umrah with out the business enterprise of a male family member simplifies their lives. They already face numerous hurdles and stay in hard socioeconomic situations. This might also additionally make it more difficult to discover a mahram or make Umrah greater luxurious at the same time as they’re eager to carry out Umrah”, Ibrahim Hussein, a former adviser to the minister of Hajj said. The minister’s comments at some stage in a information convention held on the Kingdom’s embassy in Cairo positioned an quit to the talk over whether or not or now no longer a mahram is important to accompany a girl.
Security has been prolonged throughout the Kingdom, in addition to in all modes of transportation and at ports, offering girls with whole safety. Furthermore, a sturdy infrastructure, which includes an anti-harassment framework, has been applied in legislation, the record in addition said. “There are deterrent punishments for every person considering breaching the law. Furthermore, protection cameras are required in crucial webweb sites like as airports, border crossing ports, the Grand Mosque, the Prophet’s Mosque, and others. As a result, a girl is protected, mainly while she is withinside the business enterprise of different girls”, the previous adviser”, Hussein said.