Haj Story

In his recent Mann ki baat PM Modi said the following

“It has come to our notice that if a Muslim woman wants to go on Haj Pilgrimage, she must have a ‘Mehram’ or a male guardian, otherwise she cannot travel,
“When I first heard about it, I wondered how it could be possible! Who would have drafted such rules? Why this discrimination? And when I went into the depth of the matter I was surprised to find that – even after seventy years of our independence, we were the ones who had imposed these restrictions. For decades, injustice was being rendered to Muslim women but there was no discussion on it. Even in many Islamic countries this practice does not exist. But Muslim women in India did not have this right. And I’m glad that our government paid heed to this matter.
“Our Ministry of Minority Affairs issued corrective measures and we ameliorated this restriction by phasing out a tradition that had been in practice for the past seventy years. Today, Muslim women can perform Haj without ‘mahram’ or male Guardian and I am happy to note that this time about thirteen hundred Muslim women have applied to perform Haj without ‘mahram’ and women from different parts of the country from Kerala to North India, have expressed their wish to go for the Haj pilgrimage.”


PM made the following misleading statements
1. Saudi Arabi visa guidelines decide the regulations for Haj Pilgrimage
2. The suggestion to update the guidelines for Indian women pilgrims came from a five-member panel set up for drafting the New Haj Policy 2018-22
3. He failed to mention that the relaxation is given only for women above 45 years of age.

PM Modi keeps on lying and getting caught recently he accused former Prime Minister of plotting with Pakistan. The matter ended when Arun Jaitely clarified on behalf of Prime Minister that he wasn't questioning former PM's patriotism.

Further if he was really sincere about appeasement politics as he likes to call it - He could take the bold decision of state pulling out funding from all religious arrangements be it Haj Or Mahakumbh Or any other festival. But that would take guts to do? Something missing in current PM as well.


https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/pm-claims-haj-credit-197773
https://www.thequint.com/news/webqoof/modi-govt-relax-rules-for-muslim-women-going-to-haj


https://www.dailyo.in/variety/hajj-muslim-women-islam-triple-talaq-bjp-muslim-appeasement/story/1/20034.html