A journey to Mecca is a devout obligation for Muslims. But on their return to the UK,many have alarming stories to tell of how they have been ripped offFor Tariq Khan* and his family, the pilgrimage to Mecca should have been the trip of a lifetime. But after paying more than £16000 to obtain the hajj they found themselves sharing a hotel bedroom with strangers and having to use squalid toilets and kitchens .
The family, and from Rochdale in Greater Manchester,are among the latest group of people to return from the hajj complaining that they have been ripped-off by one of the many unscrupulous travel agents that appear to prey on the UK’s Muslim community.
Tales of shockingly nasty hotels, decrepit buses and flights that require long waits at foreign airports are too commonOur flights domestic included a 17-hour stopover in Beirut, or for which we had been promised hotel rooms. They didn’t exist.
Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com