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Sudanese president in Saudi Arabia to perform pilgrimage

November 14, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir has arrived in Mecca on Sunday to perform Haj during the annual season for the world’s largest religious gathering.

FILE - Saudi Prince Khaled al-Faisal (R), also the Governor of Mecca, and Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir pray close to the Black Stone at the Kaaba inside the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca January 2, 2010. (REUTERS)
FILE – Saudi Prince Khaled al-Faisal (R), also the Governor of Mecca, and Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir pray close to the Black Stone at the Kaaba inside the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca January 2, 2010. (REUTERS)
Bashir left for Saudi Arabia on Saturday accompanied by several federal, state and legislative officials.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Bashir in 2009 for war crimes in Darfur and added genocide to the indictment this year. Bashir rejects the charges saying they are part of a Western conspiracy to topple his regime.

However, he faces no arrest risk in Saudi Arabia which is not a member of the ICC and therefore not obliged to act on the warrant. He has traveled to the Arab country a number of times after the indictment.

The ICC has no police force and is reliant on member states to enforce its orders. Al-Bashir refuses to recognize the court’s authority and has vowed to never turn himself in.

(ST)

7 Comments

  • Ahmed Chol
    Ahmed Chol

    Sudanese president in Saudi Arabia to perform pilgrimage
    Bashir is close to Mecca but he is still far from God(Allah).

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  • DASODIKO
    DASODIKO

    Sudanese president in Saudi Arabia to perform pilgrimage
    Mecca will never save you from ICC. The people you have killed are also created by the same GOD you are going to meditate for forgiveness. If GOD forgive you for the life of millions you have killed without direct forgiveness from those killed; Then Bashir you God must be different God from the God who created the victims.

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  • lotiang lomojo
    lotiang lomojo

    Sudanese president in Saudi Arabia to perform pilgrimage
    Dear All Comrade,

    I wounder Imagine that the president worship the mecca the black stone as they call as their god and yet claiming to be people leader that is why our country has been for quite long time in suffering due to this evil thing being practice.

    Reply
  • telfajbago
    telfajbago

    Sudanese president in Saudi Arabia to perform pilgrimage
    Which god the fugitive president Al-Bashir is worshiping? For sure; his god of genocide but not Allah the creator of heaven and earth. But who told him that his sins are forgivable.

    Reply
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