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• in 2005 a group of pilgrims (Abdulaziz Radzhabov included, see below) walked from Russia to Mecca for Hajj.
  
• December 2011 to January 2012, the then 24 year-old Jalal Bin Thaneya of UAE walked some 2,000 kilometers from Dubai to Mecca to raise funds for a special needs centre. He completed his walk in 47 days.
  
• December 2011 to October 2012, the then 47 year-old Senad Hadzic of Bosnia walked some 5,900 kilometers from his village in Bosnia to Mecca for Hajj.
  
• May 2012 to October 2012 a group of 7 or 8 men ranging in age from 21-65 set off from Tajikistan to Mecca for Hajj. 2 or 3 returned home at some point along the way for various reasons, 3 made it to Iran but then decided to fly the rest of the distance, and only 2 made it all the way to Mecca - one of which is Abdulasiz Radzhabov. The men traveled some 4,600 kilometers. On arrival, Mr. Radzhabov and his travel friend were initially arrested and detained by Saudi authorities and later released.
  
• June 2013 to October 2013, 37 year-old Kharlzada Kasrat Rai of Pakistan walked some 6,387 kilometers from Karachi to Mecca for Hajj.
  

Tons of Jordanians & Turks come to Hajj by bus so I don't think that this rule is implemented. It is failry normal for people to travel to Istanbul and catch the bus. The bus used to go through Syria, Jordan and then Saudia, not sure what happens now.

This isnt correct.

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Yaar, what common sense? A poor farmer from a village from Sri-Lanka saves money all his life and comes to visit the House of Allah (SWT) with devotion. The system should be run in a manner which caters for people from multiple backgrounds and life experiences.Why is this old Srilankan man and his wife met by an arrogant Bedouin college-drop out at Jeddah Airport who doesn’t even know how to open a passport (English side)? Doesn’t know how to use a computer or to queue people? These people come from villages and their passport and papers are checked by a hundred ignorant morons and they are sent from pillar to post?

Disneyland (Paris) gets visitors from around the world and the staff speak nothing but French so how do they manage people from worldwide?

Mankind has been doing Hajj for 2000 years (before Islam) and it isn’t Rocket science to manage an event every year with the same set of challenges (barring incompetent people are removed). How did the Ummah manage Hajj before the most benevolent Saudi Arabia were blessed with Petrol?

Lennox Claudius Lewis tweeted a few days ago:

"Lions don't lose sleep over the opinions of sheep." - Imam al-Shāfi'i