Hajj Disaster 2015

Hajj Disaster 2015

A Collection of Critical Analyses, facts and figures Hajj Disaster 2015 Prepared by Jawid Akbari Under the Supervision of P a g e | 2 Supreme Leader's Representative Office in Hajj and Pilgrimage Affairs P a g e | 3 P a g e | 4 Contents Introduction ...................................................................................................9 How Zionism helped create the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ................................ 11 An Overview of Hajj tragedy .......................................................................... 20 Hajj disasters under Saudi occupation ............................................................ 25 Mina stampede ............................................................................................. 29 The disaster .................................................................................................. 31 Casualties ..................................................................................................... 33 Saudi King Orders Concealing Mina CCTV Records ....................................... 34 Prominent victims ......................................................................................... 34 Eyewitness accounts ..................................................................................... 35 Saudis did nothing to save us for couple of hours! ....................................... 37 Saudi fault for closing roads ahead of tragedy ............................................. 39 Did Iranian pilgrims cause Hajj stampede? .................................................. 40 I saw little of Islam’s compassion, but a lot of Saudi Arabia’s neglect. ........... 43 Press TV poll shows Saudi regime was to blame for Mina disaster ................ 47 Investigation ................................................................................................. 50 Recommendations by independent experts ................................................ 50 Reactions...................................................................................................... 51 Governments......................................................................................... 51 Algeria .................................................................................................. 51 Bangladesh ............................................................................................ 52 India ..................................................................................................... 52 P a g e | 5 Indonesia .............................................................................................. 52 Lebanon ................................................................................................ 52 Nigeria .................................................................................................. 53 Pakistan ................................................................................................ 54 Senegal ................................................................................................. 55 Syria...................................................................................................... 55 Turkey................................................................................................... 55 Russia ................................................................................................... 55 United Kingdom..................................................................................... 56 United Nations ...................................................................................... 56 United States ......................................................................................... 56 Vatican.................................................................................................. 56 Non-governmental ........................................................................................ 56 Dr. Romesh Gautam, Indian legal expert ..................................................... 59 Sayyed Nasrallah: Saudi Kingdom Responsible for Hajj Tragedy .................... 61 Nouri al-Maliki Urges Trial of Perpetrators of Mina Tragedy ......................... 62 Sheikh Zakzaky, Leader of the Shiite Islamic Movement in Nigeria................ 62 Niaz Hussain Naqvi, Pakistani Shia cleric ..................................................... 64 Maulana Kalbe Jawad, Senior Indian cleric .................................................. 65 Abdul Alim Musa, Imam of Masjid al-Islam.................................................. 66 Saudi cleric: Riyadh regime responsible for Hajj Tragedy.............................. 66 Shaykh Abdul-Naser al-Jabri, a Lebanese Sunni scholar ................................ 67 Pakistani Senator Calls for Int'l Prosecution of Saudi Arabia ......................... 69 P a g e | 6 Political motives behind Hajj stampede: Pundit ........................................... 71 Pope expresses solidarity with Muslims after Mina tragedy ......................... 73 Jack Straw condoles Iran on Hajj tragedy victims ......................................... 74 Aftermath..................................................................................................... 75 Criticism of Saudi control of Hajj................................................................. 75 Increased Saudi-Iranian tensions ................................................................ 76 Iranian Officials' Reaction .............................................................................. 78 Iranian leader declares 3-day national mourning ......................................... 78 Supreme Leader’s remarks on Mina disaster ............................................... 79 Leader urges Muslim world to probe into Hajj tragedy ................................ 80 Mina incident must not be forgotten .......................................................... 82 Supreme Leader attends memorial ceremony for Mina tragedy victims........ 84 Mina fact-finding body must be formed: senior Iranian cleric....................... 85 President Rouhani offers condolences over tragedy in Mina ........................ 87 President Rouhani at UN: Mina deadly disaster caused by Saudi's incompetence ........................................................................................... 88 Iran to Continue Efforts to Shed Light on Mina Tragedy ............................... 89 Iranian FM condoles families of Mena victims ............................................. 89 Iran's Foreign Ministry Condoles Nation on Mina Tragedy............................ 90 Iran's Deputy FM ....................................................................................... 90 Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani offers condolence to Hajj stampede victims ... 91 Senior Cleric Blames Saudi Regime's Mismanagement as Cause of Mina Incident .................................................................................................... 91 Iran to Saudi FM: Don’t test our patience.................................................... 92 P a g e | 7 Iranian Parliament Speaker Condemns Saudis’ Dishonesty........................... 93 Iranian Judiciary expects international community appropriate response to Hajj tragedy .............................................................................................. 94 Iran's Attorney General.............................................................................. 95 Saudi Mismanagement, Imprudence behind Mina Crush ............................. 96 Iran's Shamkhani Urges Saudis’ Accountability on Mina Crush...................... 97 Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi writes letter to Muftis on Mina incident ............. 98 Grand Ayatollah Wahid Khorasani: 'House of Saud, Traitors of the Two Holy Mosques' ................................................................................................ 100 Grand Ayatollah Safi Golpayegani urges Islamic unity ................................ 101 Ayatollah Nouri Hamedani: Mina catastrophe defamed Al-Saud................. 102 Ayatollah Sobhani: Mina incident cannot be forgotten .............................. 103 Ayatollah Javadi Amoli: Holy Ka'bah should be taken from grip of House of Saud ....................................................................................................... 103 Seyed Ali Qazi Askar: Saudi Regime Unprepared, Negligent towards Hajj Pilgrims................................................................................................... 105 The statement of Ahlul-Bayt World Assembly over 'Tragedy in Mina' ......... 106 The Statement of Al-Mustafa International University ............................... 109 Islamic Centre of England issued statement on Hajj Tragedy ...................... 112 Al-Khalifa congratulated Saudis for organizing successful Hajj .................... 113 House of Saud source of corruption, sedition in Muslim world ................... 115 Iranian Foreign Ministry to Pursue Compensation for Victims of Mina Incident: Official .................................................................................................... 117 Body of ex-Iran ambassador identified in Saudi Arabia............................... 118 Cartoon image ........................................................................................ 119 P a g e | 8 P a g e | 9 Introduction Hajj this time proved to be bloody affair thousands of pilgrims died in two separate incidents. First a gigantic crane crashed in Makkah resulting in the loss of lives of 114 pilgrims. Then a stampede at Mina,

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