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Tunisian President Sacks Religious Affairs Minister After 49 Pilgrims Died In Hajj

Tunisian President, Kais Saied, has sacked the minister of religious affairs in the country after 49 Tunisians died in this year's hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.

The death toll has risen to 1126, more than half of them from Egypt according to AFP tally on Friday, compiling official statements and reports from diplomats involved in the response.

The President "decided to end the duties of Ibrahim Chaibi, the minister of religious affairs," a statement by the Presidency who posted on Facebook said without giving any further details.

On Tuesday, the Tunisian foreign ministry reported the death of 35 Tunisian pilgrims, but the number has risen to 49 so far, according to Tunisian media.

The ministry didn't specify whether the deaths were related to high temperatures, adding that most of the dead had travelled to Saudi Arabia with tourist visas and outside of the Saudi government's official pilgrimage programme.

Each year, official permits are allocated to countries through a quota system and distributed to individuals via a lottery.

Even for those who can obtain them, the steep costs can make the irregular route - which costs thousands of dollars less - more attractive.

That has been especially true since 2019 when Saudi Arabia began issuing general tourist visas, making it easier to travel to the Gulf kingdom.

Deaths during the pilgrimage have also been confirmed by Malaysia, India, Jordan, Iran, Senegal, Tunisia, Sudan and Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region.

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WRONG move!

The innocent minister CANNOT be held responsible for the stupidity of other people.

People who have to travel to a DESERT country for their religious experience to be complete are the ones to be held able for getting ROASTED alived or trampled to death.

They died while fulfilling their religious obligations. May their God accept their soul with mercy.

The devil stone them back.

AntiChristian come and see wetin sheytan dey do for your people after throwing stones at you back for stoning him

49

If na Nigerians, Dem go say na ritual

He needs to blame someone

COMRADES, would sacking the minister forestall future reoccurrence? The answer is NO, but abolishing the religion will

Antiislaam:
AntiChristian come and see wetin sheytan dey do for your people after throwing stones at you back for stoning him

wereh don't die again. Make you live forever

The same message I've been preaching across different threads but some APC Islamic extremists are attacking me.

You cannot continue sending our people to Meca with hard earn money of tax payers and especially not when we have been thrown into grieving instead of jubuliating.

This hajj whatever must be investigated to the fullest and banned permanently for Nigerians.

We cannot continue wasting money on religious sponsoring and end up losing our people to it.

Banned hajj now permanently for Nigerians!

No nonsense leader...in Nigeria, they're untouchable. Worst case, he'd be deployed to another ministry

Chai,

After stoning devil, I guess


May God accept their souls

Lols... Non of this countries who's citizens have been dying like "fowls with flu" have called for any investigation into the causes of multiple death in Saudi. Is it that there are some levels of neglegence or reckless endangering of lifes... Non seem to care!
This Tunisian president that seem bordered will rather punish his minister than ask Saudi wetin they sup...

Religion is...

thatigboman:
it's heat wave naa

Why not provide facilities to protect the people from such killer heat wave? If AC stadium can be provided to prevent the effect of heat wave in last world cup, why isn't that possible to safe lives in this situation? If all this is impossible, why not suspend the whole program to save some lifes? Abi na do or die?

If only his sack will bring back the dead.

If you check well, there are people who schemed & lobbied their way to be part of the Hajj trip, only to go & die. Irony of life.

In Nigeria Taliban North, it would be tag blasphemy and many Xtians would have been stoned and roasted to death.

Their souls rest in peace

Depriest2020:
They died while fulfilling their religious obligations. May their God accept their soul with mercy.

Shut up!

Hh

But his colleague in Nigeria will continue enjoying his office even though Nigerian pilglimages have also died

Lives à la poubelle

Why each year pilgrims die at the point of this stonethrowing?Is there any spiritual dimension to this!

israelmao:
Why each year pilgrims die at point of this stonethrowing?Is there any spiritual dimension to this!

They died of heat

Thegamingorca:

They died of heat

Why is it not done in batches to avoid stampede or suffocation?

Them no put their swearing for this post.
You go to mecca with your hard earned money, foot your bills and even buy the stone to be used in stoning the devil upon all this you end up dieing under such pathetic conditions. One can only imagine the agony they went through before crossing over, not something to wish even an enemy.

Depriest2020:
They died while fulfilling their religious obligations. May their God accept their soul with mercy.

Life goes on.

The figures is scary.

How is the minister responsible for their deaths? Is the minister shaythan that throw stones back at them?

Una carrey una hard earned money go buy deaths for una selves is that one not madness?

Islamic disaster

Only una go use una own hand go kpai una self for another man land.

Just one stone the devil threw back
Dem don die

And they have bewn stoning d devil for decades ooo
Lol

Devilrooo