New Hajj booking system shatters dreams for thousands of UK Muslims
Saudi Arabia wipes out $182 million niche UK market; outrage on social media.
Saudi Arabia’s increasingly centralised form of governance, now dictating Hajj pilgrims register and book their packages via Motawif, has wiped out a niche UK economic sector worth ₤150 million ($182 million) and sent outraged pilgrims to social media to vent their displeasure at the new system’s flaws.
Motawif is the exclusive online platform authorised by the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah to offer Hajj services to Europe, North America and Australia. On 6 June the ministry informed pilgrims to register and book Hajj 2022 packages digitally following an April announcement that globally 1 million Muslims could perform Hajj this year.
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