Saudi authorities have barred and deported prominent Kaduna-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, from participating in the 2025 Hajj pilgrimage. This is despite granting him a visa earlier.
Sheikh Gumi confirmed the development on Monday, May 26 through a post he made on his official Facebook page. He explained in that post that although he received a visa for this year’s Hajj, he was denied entry into Medina, where he was scheduled to commence his religious rites.
“For some obvious reasons, my views about the world politics, the Saudi authorities are uncomfortable about my presence in Hajj after giving me the Hajj Visa,” he wrote.
The cleric, who was part of the Nigerian delegation sponsored by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), landed in Medina last Saturday at around 10:30 p.m. aboard an Umza Air flight, according to the BBC.
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