'The cost of Hajj is too much for a young African like me' According to young Muslims in Africa, the prohibitive cost of performin...

 

'The cost of Hajj is too much for a young African like me'

According to young Muslims in Africa, the prohibitive cost of performing the Hajj has kept them from travelling to the Holy Land to complete the trip.

Muslims must perform the Hajj rite by travelling to Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia at least once in their lifetime, if they have the chance.

"This makes me feel very sad. I am also disappointed that the topic of the rising cost of performing the Hajj is not widely discussed. place we want to go to, according to religion," said a 24-year-old humanitarian worker in Kenya. Let's examine how Saudi Arabia and travel agencies are profiting greatly from this trip.

He claimed that after a Hajj travel agency asked him for it, he sought to raise more than $3,000, which is equal to two million naira. But afterwards, for a disappointing and perplexing reason, the cost unexpectedly increased to $6,000, or around four million naira.

For the first time since 2019, the Hajj was not conducted as part of the steps to stop the corona outbreak, which resulted in an amazing turnout of over two million pilgrims from 160 different nations.

However, the hefty cost of religion has made many Muslims' aspirations appear to be fantasies.

This is particularly true in Africa, where more people live in poverty than on any other continent in the world at a rate of 30%, making it the continent with the highest percentage of residents who are unable to perform the Hajj.