No hajj for Malaysia’s Muslims this year due to pandemic
Malaysia’s pilgrims will not be going to the hajj this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri, minister in the prime minister’s office announced on Thursday (June 11).
In a speech whose text was published on his official twitter account, the minister said the decision was arrived at in consultation with the Ministry of Health and Lembaga Tabung Haji, as well as after discussions with members of a special meeting of the Committee of the National Council for Islamic Religious Affairs on June 9.
Dr. Al-Bakri said that hajj is to be carried out considering health, safety, permission to travel to Saudi Arabia, and financial means. Since most of these conditions cannot be currently met, it would not be compulsory for the pilgrimage to be carried out this year.
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