Tunisian President Kais Saied determined in the present day Friday to terminate Non secular Affairs Minister Ibrahim Chaibi, the Tunisian information company reported.
“The President of the Republic, Kais Saied, determined in the present day, Friday, June 21, 2024, to terminate Mr. Ibrahim Chaibi, Minister of Non secular Affairs, from his duties,” the Tunisian presidential palace stated in a short assertion.
“The variety of Tunisian pilgrims who died within the Holy Land has elevated to 49 female and male pilgrims,” ​​Al Chaibi advised the Tunisian information company this morning, after the arrival of the primary aircraft to return pilgrims to Tunisia’s Carthage airport.
Al-Shaibi acknowledged the opportunity of negligence in notifying pilgrims, saying: “Such negligence might exist and we are going to assess it on the ministry stage and whoever neglects will probably be punished.”
Agence France-Presse reported yesterday that greater than 1,000 pilgrims have died this 12 months, whereas diplomatic sources stated a lot of the victims didn’t have pilgrimage permits.
A senior Saudi Arabian official has defended the dominion’s administration of the hajj ceremony after a number of international locations introduced that greater than 1,100 folks had died whereas performing the hajj in Mecca this 12 months.
“The state has not failed, however folks made dangerous judgment and so they did not notice the dangers they might face,” the official advised AFP in his first official feedback on the pilgrims’ deaths.
Temperatures hit 45 levels Celsius in Saudi Arabia and 52 levels Celsius in Mecca this week.
In the identical context, Saudi Arabian Prince Abdul Rahman bin Mussad responded to “offensive” video clips circulating on social media websites concerning the Saudi Hajj season.
The Saudi prince confirmed that most of the movies have been fabricated and contained baseless slander.
