[Reader-list] Omar Abdullah barred from performing Umrah due to marrying a non-muslim (Sikh) woman

[Pawan Durani]

Arent there many Saudi prince who have married non muslims ?

On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 8:14 PM, Aditya Raj Kaul <kauladityaraj at gmail.com>wrote:

>  Omar Abdullah barred from performing Umrah due to marrying a non-muslim
> (Sikh) woman
>
>  Shabir Ibn Yusuf      Thursday, 12 February 2009
>
> SRINAGAR: The Saudi Arabia government has denied permission to Chief
> Minister Omar Abdullah for performing the Umrah. His  martial status has
> been cited the cause of denial.
>
> Kashmir grand Mufti says Omar can not perform the Umrah and termed the
> decision of Saudi government as landmark decision.
>
> Omar along with his father and former chief minister Dr Farooq Abdullah was
> scheduled to leave for Umrah this month. "He has not been allowed by the
> Saudi government," said senior government official.
>
> According sources in the government the documents for his Umrah were sent
> to
> Saudi embassy and they informed the Omar they "You are barred" and his non-
> Muslim wife has been cited the reason. "The column in which Omar has
> written
> the status has been encircled," the source said. It needs a mention here
> that Omar's wife Payal belongs to Sikh dynasty.
>
> In Arabic, the word 'Umrah is derived from I'timaar which means a visit.
> However, 'Umrah in Islamic terminology, means paying a visit to Ka' bah,
> performing Tawaaf (circumambulation) around it, walking between Safaa and
> Marwah seven times. A performer of 'Umrah puts off his Ihraam by having his
> hair shaved or cut. 'Umrah can be performed along with Hajj and in other
> days as well.
>
> Sources said after the denial Omar visited Ajmer Sharief to pay homage, "He
> visited the Ajmer Sharief and paid homage there," the sources added.
>
> The officials and ministers in government are not ready to comment at all.
> "This is personal, I would not comment," said a senior officer adding,
> "Please do not quote me." "We are Jammu and Omar Sahib has left somewhere,"
> he added further.
>
> One of his ministers in his cabinet termed it strange question and said,
> "Please do not ask me this question, ask CM sahib."
>
> Mufti Bashir-u-Din, the grand Mufti of Kashmir said that Omar can not
> perform the Umrah. "He is a Muslim and his wife is not Muslim," he said
> adding, "According to Islamic principals he can not and the decision of
> Saudi government is a landmark decision."
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