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\u00a0\"\"As world Muslims embark on hajj, a fewer number of Bangladeshi Muslims will have the chance to fulfill the soul-searching journey this year due to increasing restrictions imposed by both Bangladesh and the Saudi governments.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cEagerness of Hajj is high among Bangladeshi people, but due to high cost, they are not fulfilling their desire,\u201d Maulana Aminul Islam, an Islamic thinker, told OnIslam.net.<\/span>
\u201cIf Bangladesh Government has taken the initiative to open land and waterways, then hajj pilgrims will increase every year.\u201d<\/span>
Charging their spiritual batteries, thousands of Bangladesh pilgrims have been preparing for the life-time journey next month.<\/span>
According to official numbers, Bangladesh Hajj quota is 130 thousand in 2013.<\/span>
Yet, this quota will not be fulfilled this year due to some restrictions, government obstacles and political unrest, leaving 40 thousand of Bangladesh quotas vacant this year.<\/span>
The Saudi Arabian government approved 120,000 Bangladeshi pilgrims; but later the Saudi authorities requested Bangladesh to reduce the number of devotees by 20%, Secretary of the Religious Affairs Kazi Habibul Awal said.<\/span>
Accordingly, only 89,179 Bangladeshis will perform Hajj this year, a small of porition of who, only 1,589, will travel and perform the holy pilgrimage under government management.<\/span>
Millions of Muslims from around the world pour into Makkah every year to perform hajj, one of the five pillars of Islam.<\/span>
Hajj consists of several ceremonies, which are meant to symbolize the essential concepts of the Islamic faith, and to commemorate the trials of Prophet Abraham and his family.<\/span>
Every able-bodied adult Muslim who can financially afford the trip must perform hajj at least once in a lifetime.<\/span>
Last June, Saudi Arabia announced its plan to restrict the number of pilgrims for this year\u2019s hajj over ongoing expansions at the holy sites in Makkah.<\/span>
Saudi authorities said they will reduce the numbers of pilgrims coming from within the kingdom by half.<\/span>
The numbers of overseas pilgrims will be reduced by 20 percent.<\/span><\/p>\n

Awaited Dream<\/strong><\/span>
Preparing pilgrims for hajj, the Islamic Foundation Bangladesh, a government organization, and many others Hajj agencies have organized hajj training courses.<\/span>
The training courses, each attended by 50 to 1000 would-be pilgrims, were led by Bangladeshi and Saudi scholars.<\/span>
\u201cMost of the Hajj pilgrims of Bangladesh are performing hajj for the first time, so they have no clear Idea about how to perform hajj,\u201d Maulana Mohammad Hossain Akand, a Hajj trainer, told this OnIslam.net.<\/span>
\u201cWe have taught them about Ahkam and Arkan of hajj in the training program.\u201d<\/span>
During the training, pilgrims were offered briefed hajj training sessions about the importance, significance and moral value of Hajj.<\/span>
\u201cAim of Hajj pilgrim\u2019s training is to help would-be pilgrims to excel hajj according to Islamic rules and regulations,” Mahbubur Rahman, a Lecturer of Tafsirul Quarn (Arabic) in Higher Madrasha, told OnIslam.net.<\/span>
Mohammad Ruhul Amin Talukder, a 56-year-old Muslim who works in the fishing business, was one of the lucky people who will have the chance to perform hajj this year.<\/span>
\u201cI shall go to perform Hajj to achieve satisfaction of Almighty Allah,\u201d he told OnIslam.net.<\/span>
Going to Hajj this year for the first time, Talukder described a strong desire to see the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah.<\/span>
\u201cI wish to see many other memorial places in Saudi Arabia, including the rooms of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him),\u201d he added.<\/span>
Maruf Ahsan, a serviceman who goes to Hajj this year first time, was overjoyed after knowing that he will have the chance to perform hajj this year.<\/span>
\u201cHajj is fifth pillar of Islam. As a Muslim, I go to hajj to fulfill my long cherished desired,\u201d 42-year-old Ahsan said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source: OnIslam<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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