More men than women pilgrims: India may revisit mahram rules for haj
Photo: Haj pilgrims wave to their relatives before leaving for the annual haj pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca, in Ahmedabad, India August 13, 2017. REUTERS/Amit Dave
With rules restricting all women’s travel without a male relative, in spite of Saudi mahram regulations, fewer women than men from India go for haj every year under the government’s quota
In late July 2017, the batches of pilgrims leaving for haj from 21 embarkation points across India earmarked by the official Haj Committee of India continued to have fewer women than men travelling even as a senior official told Salaam Gateway that the country may revisit its internal rules related to mahram based on Saudi Arabia’s regulations.
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Shalini Seth, White Paper Media