no i'm not trolling , hajj pilgrims are often poor people who might be even scared to travel to anywhere else , that's how i see it you might want to call it trolling .
i don't hate arabs , i know there is diversity amongst arabs . i've met arabs abroad and i know some of them like egyptians generally hate us , and some like the saudis , kuwaitis , etc. don't mind us .
mullahs never got too poor in iran because of the donations people would give them . my own grand father pretended to be a mullah just to get by .
I don't know anything about that.
My interactions with Iranians in KSA/GCC/Iraq/Arab world (almost no Iranians in the Arab world outside of Iraq, GCC and to a much smaller degree Lebanon) has been limited to locals (citizens) of Iranian origins (could be Iranian Arab, Lur, Farsi, Kurd and Baloch) and meeting some Iranian expats in UAE.
In Europe I have met conservative Iranians and the opposite (hating Islam). However I often spot Iranians in Arab shops since there are many more Arabs in Europe/West than Iranians so when the Iranians want to buy typical Middle Eastern ingredient they visit Arab shops.
Other than that Saudi Arabians/Iranians and Arabs as a whole don't have much interaction with each other despite being neighbors. Much ignorance is found.
In fact I doubt that most Iranians know much about Iranian Arabs.......
Yes, that is the Shia Twelver belief (Khums) of giving 1/5 of your wealth to Shia clerics and Shia institutions which is why the Shia clergy in Iran was the second power since the Safavids (after they converted Iran to Shia Islam with Arab Shai clerical help, they imported 10.000's of Shia Arab clerics and Safavids gave them high-ranking positions in their royal courts and settled them and gave them free land).
First batch of Iranian Hajj pilgrims arrives in Medina
File photo of an Iranian pilgrim taking part in Hajj in Medina in Saudi Arabia. (Reuters)
Staff writer, Al Arabiya English
Thursday, 19 July 2018
The first batch of the Iranian pilgrims for this year’s Hajj (pilgrimage) arrived in Medina in the Saudi Kingdom on Thursday, according to Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
Upon arrival at Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz international airport, they were transported by buses to their temporary camp where an integrated system of high-quality services provided by the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, Medina branch, and the National Foundation for Pilgrims Guides was awaiting them.
Hatem bin Jaafar Bali, Chairman of the National Foundation for Pilgrims Guides, said that the Foundation provided all services for the convenience of pilgrims, in the framework of the keenness of the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to serve pilgrims.
Last Update: Friday, 20 July 2018 KSA 01:16 - GMT 22:16
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/New...Iranian-Pilgrims-Arrives-in-Saudi-Medina.html
Iranian pilgrims say they are satisfied
Reuters, Mecca
Saturday, 2 September 2017
Iranian pilgrims returned to haj this year for the first time since a deadly crush in 2015, in what could be an important confidence-building measure for dialogue between Iran and Saudi Arabia.
President Hassan Rouhani suggested a trouble-free haj this year could help build confidence in other areas of dispute between Tehran and Riyadh.
So far, Iranian pilgrims say they are satisfied.
This year, Iran issued its nearly 90,000
pilgrims blue electronic bracelets to help organizers trace and identify them.
Iranians clad in traditional white clothes and a distinctive red mark arrived in orange buses at their encampment in Mount Arafat and moved smoothly in all locations.
Pilgrims who spoke with Reuters, many with previous experience at the haj, say their facilities and treatment by the Saudi authorities are good and include air-conditioned tents.
Last Update: Saturday, 2 September 2017 KSA 17:17 - GMT 14:17
https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/world/2017/09/02/Iranian-pilgrims-say-they-are-satisfied.html
Iranian pilgrim, 80, survives heart attack in Saudi Arabia
The man praised Saudi Arabia’s efforts to serve the pilgrims. (Supplied)
By Staff writer, Al Arabiya Monday, 21 August 2017
A medical team at King Abdullah’s Medical City in Mecca saved the life of an 80-year-old Iranian pilgrim who suffered a heart attack soon after arriving in Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj.
The medical team quoted preliminary medical tests as revealing that the elderly man suffered from a major heart attack while at the Holly Mosque. As soon as the intial medical reports were revealed, he was immediately shifted to the operations room for a cardiac catheterization. The man had suffered the attack within hours of his arrival in the country.
The man underwent an operation in which his left anterior artery blockage was removed. An artery stent was placed during the operation. He was then transferred to the ICU for recovery. The medical team explained that the patient has already recovered and was discharged from the hospital on Sunday.
The Iranian man expressed his gratitude to the medical team for saving his life and for the treatment he received during his stay at the hospital. He also praised Saudi Arabia’s efforts to serve the pilgrims.
Last Update: Monday, 21 August 2017 KSA 20:53 - GMT 17:53
https://english.alarabiya.net/en/va...-saved-after-suffering-from-heart-attack.html
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