Isivakashi sangaphandle sigxume ophahleni lweGrand Mosque eMecca sashonela khona lapho, kubika iSaudi Press Agency (SPA) icaphuna amaphoyisa endawo. Izinsolo zesigameko zishicilelwe yiphephandaba laseTurkey iDaily Sabah.
Umsolwa ugxume washona esuka eGrand Mosque ngoLwesihlanu ebusuku, ngokusho kwe-SPA. Isidumbu sakhe sithunyelwe ngokushesha esibhedlela sendawo kanti uphenyo ngalesi sigameko kanti nenhloso yalo mlisa lusaqhubeka. Akukho mbiko mayelana nabanye abantu abalimele.
Izithombe okusolakala ukuthi zikhombisa isidumbu siwela esixukwini sezihambi eziqhelelene ne-Kaaba, okuyisakhiwo esimise okwecube enkabeni yesonto lamaSulumane elibaluleke kakhulu, sishicilelwe yiDaily Sabah. Isixuku sibonakala sihlehla kule ndawo njengoba le ndoda iwa.
Yize kungakamenyezelwa ukuthi ungubani kodwa kunemibiko eshayisanayo ngalolu daba. I-Daily Times ithi wayeneminyaka engu-35 ubudala, kanti iDaily Sabah ibika icaphuna abezindaba bendawo ukuthi wayeyisakhamuzi saseFrance esineminyaka engu-26 ubudala esaguqukela ku-Islam.
Lesi sigameko senzeke ngenyanga yokuzila ukudla iRamadan, lapho izinkulungwane zamaSulumane zithutheleka eGrand Mosque. Ukuzibulala kubhekwa njengesono esikhulu e-Islam.
Ngonyaka odlule, indoda yaseSaudi yabanjwa ngamaphoyisa izama ukuzithungela ngomlilo eduze kwaseKaaba.
I-Great Mosque yaseMecca, ebizwa nangokuthi i-Al-Haram Mosque, "i-Mosque Engavunyelwe" noma "i-Sacred Mosque" noma i-Grand Mosque yaseMakkah, iyi-mosque enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni, futhi izungeze i-Islamic Qiblah, i-Direction of Prayer, okungukuthi. iKaaba edolobheni laseHejazi eMecca, eSaudi Arabia. AmaSulumane abhekana ne-Kaaba ngenkathi enza i-Ṣalāh. Enye Yezinsika Ezinhlanu ZamaSulumane idinga ukuthi wonke umSulumane enze i-Ḥjj, omunye wemibuthano emikhulu yaminyaka yonke yabantu emhlabeni, okungenani kanye ekuphileni kwabo uma ekwazi ukwenza kanjalo, okuhlanganisa ne-Ṭawāf yaseKaaba.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- One of the Five Pillars of Islam requires every Muslim to perform the Ḥajj, one of the largest annual gatherings of people in the world, at least once in their lifetime if able to do so, including Ṭawāf of the Kaaba.
- Or Grand Mosque of Makkah, is the largest mosque in the world, and surrounds the Islamic Qiblah, Direction of Prayer, that is the Kaaba in the Hejazi city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
- Footage allegedly showing the body falling into a crowd of pilgrims meters away from the Kaaba, a cube-shaped structure in the center of Islam’s most important mosque was published by Daily Sabah.
