JEDDAH - Arab Saudi, sing wis nyuda jumlah turis religius sajrone sangang wulan pisanan taun iki, ngadhepi musim haji sing angel amarga ngumumake tiwase papat jamaah saka flu babi.
Haji, salah siji saka limang pilar Islam, penting banget kanggo ekonomi sing gumantung minyak kerajaan, sing gumantung ing pariwisata agama kanggo diversifikasi penghasilan.
Nanging, ibadah haji taun iki, sing diwiwiti sesuk, wis wedi amarga nyebarake virus H1N1 saliyane nambah ketegangan politik karo Iran, utamane para ulama lan presiden, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, sing ngaku wulan kepungkur manawa pamrentah Saudi. ora kudu dadi tuan rumah jamaah amarga perawatan jamaah Syiah lan aliansi karo Amerika Serikat.
Ketegangan antarane Arab Saudi sing didominasi Sunni lan Iran Syi'ah mundhak sawise sing terakhir ngritik operasi udara-lan-lemah Riyadh nglawan pemberontak al Houthi ing Yaman, lan Arab Saudi nudhuh Iran kanggo nyengkuyung para pemberontak.
Senadyan retorika accusatory antarane negara loro, pejabat Saudi nyoba kanggo ngilangi rasa wedi wingi yen Iran utawa jamaah bakal nyoba ngganggu ibadah haji. Menteri Dalam Negeri Saudi lan wakil perdana menteri, Pangeran Naif bin Abdulaziz, ngandhani konferensi pers wingi yen pejabat Iran ngirim sinyal sing bener.
“Kita krungu statements kontradiktif dening sedulur kita ing Iran, nanging statements paling anyar padha apik,” Pangeran Naif ngandika ing Mekkah nalika riko menyang kutha suci kanggo ngukur ancang-ancang Haji kerajaan.
"Muga-muga dheweke [para jamaah Iran] nindakake ritual iki kaya sing didhawuhake dening Gusti Allah," ujare Pangeran Naif ing pratelan sing ditindakake dening media Saudi.
Pangeran Naif ujar manawa kerajaan kasebut ora mbutuhake jaminan saka Iran supaya ora nyabotase musim haji taun iki. "Kabeh wong ngerti yen kita bakal ngadhepi upaya kanggo ngrusak keamanan Haji, nanging muga-muga ora ana sing kedadeyan."
APA sing kudu dijupuk saka ARTIKEL INI:
- However, this year's Haj, which starts tomorrow, has been plagued by fears over the spread of the H1N1 virus in addition to escalating political tensions with Iran, in particular its clergy and the president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who claimed last month that the Saudi government should not host the pilgrims because of its treatment of Shiite pilgrims and alliance with the United States.
- Saudi Arabia, which has already seen a sharp decline in the number of religious tourists over the first nine months of this year, is facing a difficult Haj season as it announced the deaths of four pilgrims from swine flu.
- “We heard contradictory statements by our brothers in Iran, but the latest statements were good,” Prince Naif said in Mecca during a visit to the holy city to gauge the kingdom's Haj preparations.
