Bus Accident of Indian Pilgrims in Syria

A bus with 38 pilgrims going to Halab from Damascus met with an accident. The driver was killed on the spot and 2 zaireen seriously injured one of them was the maulana of the tour. Rest of the zaireen escaped with minor bruises and are now in Karbala. This accident happened on 29th January 2009.

The tour was operated under the name of Ghazi Tours & Travels. The office is Dongri, Mumbai-9.

More Restrictions on Zaireen

More restrictions are tightened for the Zaireen of Baqee irrespective of their sect. The Barelvis are under watch this year. The Shias cannot recite ziyarat from the books, they are asked to shut their ziarat booklets. The zaireen hide themselves in crowd and recite ziarat. Sometimes the alloted One hour to visit Baqee is shortened by 30 minutes and the entrance is closed. Now the Mutawwas (religious police) mingle among the zaireen and try to prove the crowed that what they are doing is Shirk. They qoute sentences randomly from the ziarat . They do not listen to the answers and provoke the zaireen to become emotional and lose their temper.