“My mother was told to move away for the first time... when she begged the police to be allowed to pay her respects to the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad she was violently pushed to the ground. They took her book of supplications and cursed her. When my brother intervened he was hit with a truncheon in the stomach… I was in shock! My mother spent the rest of her Hajj in tears. I have never been angrier in my life. The Hajj should be a time of reflection and peace. We have seen the face of hatred and