Faizel Patel, 2016-08-22
A Chinese man has cycled more than 8,150 kilometers for two months from for Xinjiang to Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj.
According to Arab News, the man known only as Mohammad cycled by himself to the Saudi city of Taif, where he was welcomed by the local cyclist club.
Following a brief stay in the city, the Chinese rider, Mohammad, was accompanied by members of the Taif cycling club to Makkah, Saudi news site Sabq reported.
Nayef Al Rawas, the head of the Taif club said: “We were the first cycling club in Saudi Arabia to welcome the Chinese rider and we look forward to other clubs reaching out to him and introducing him to their cities.”
According to the Saudi Administration for Religious Affairs about 14,500 Chinese citizens will perform hajj this year.
In 2007, a 63-year-old Muslim man from Chechnya cycled about 12,000 kilometers to perform Hajj, according to Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty – because of a promise he made to his dying mother, who had asked him to perform Hajj, even if that meant he had to cycle.
– Agencies
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