According to sources Hyderabad MP told that a regulation by Haj authorities of Saudi Arabia was in force for many years which allows women above 45 years to perform Haj without a Mahram if they plans to travel with a group. He added women above 45 years from Indonesia and Malaysia had been doing Haj under this Saudi regulation.
Accordingly Mahram’ is a male relative of a woman with whom she is permanently forbidden to marry by Islam. Previously PM Modi said that his government had removed restrictions which allows Muslim women to perform Hajj only in the company of ‘Mahram’ and that injustice was done to women for decades.
Moreover the MP said if PM Modi had so much concern
for Muslim women, he should do justice to Zakia Jafri who is the widow of
former MP Ehsan Jafri who was murdered in the Gujarat riots in 2002. Further
Owaisi alleged that the real objective of the government was to do away with
forms of talaq and to snatch Sharia from the Muslims.
