By Daniel D.
Cameroonian Muslims aspiring to partake on this 12 months’s pilgrimage (Hajj) to Saudi Arabia are required to pay FCFA 3,267,942, in accordance with a launch from the Minister of Territorial Administration, Paul Atanga Nji.
This price witnessed a slight enhance from final 12 months.
The 2024 Hajj is scheduled to happen from June 14 to 19. The choice to lift the pilgrimage price is attributed to components similar to the rise in Worth Added Tax (VAT) in Saudi Arabia, housing shortage, and the excessive alternate fee of the greenback, which considerably impacts varied providers related to the pilgrimage.
Minister Atanga Nji knowledgeable potential pilgrims that registration has formally commenced and can stay open till March 15, 2024.
“As quickly as this press launch is issued, pilgrims are knowledgeable that registrations with the Single Hadj Window (Afriland First Financial institution) are open and can finish on March 15, 2024,” Atanga Nji stated within the launch.
Nonetheless, he emphasised that the registration window shall be routinely closed, if the predetermined quota of registered pilgrims is reached earlier than the set date.
Hajj is taken into account one in all Islam’s 5 pillars, necessary for Muslims who’re in good well being and possess the monetary means to undertake the pilgrimage.
The journey sometimes happens in the course of the Islamic calendar’s twelfth and closing month, referred to as Dhu’l-hijja.
Pilgrims interact in varied rituals, together with prayer, sacrifice, in search of forgiveness, and circumambulating the Ka’aba, a sacred construction in Mecca. Moreover, pilgrims solid stones at partitions believed to harbor Devil.
The announcement of the Hajj price and registration particulars comes as Cameroonian Muslims eagerly put together for this important spiritual enterprise.
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