SARAJEVO - A Bosnian Muslim man walked on pilgrimage to Mecca last year told the news agency AFP that he arrived in the Holy City after crossing seven countries including Syria.
"I arrived in Makkah on Saturday. I'm not tired, this is the happiest day of my life, "said Senad Hadzic through a telephone interview.
47-year-old man said he walked a distance of 5,700 kilometers (km) for 314 days through Bosnia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Syria and Jordan to go to Mecca while carrying 20 kilograms of backpack.
Hadzic featuring the journey in his Facebook account, including pictures when he acquired pass card in and out of Syria by the home ministry to foreigners.
"I across Syria in April. I walked around 500km within 11 days. I crossed the city of Aleppo and Damascus, as well as a number of control posts regime and rebel forces but I have never been arrested.
"In a military watchtower President Bashar Al-Assad, several soldiers forced me to empty my backpack. When I showed the Qur'an and told them I walking to Mecca, they let me go, "said Senad.
"I'm walking because of Allah, for Islam, for Bosnia-Herzegovina, for my parents and my sisters," said the man.
In his Facebook page, he told that Allah has shown the way to Mecca in a dream, including heading to the holy city through Syria and not Iraq.
During his journey, Senad facing cold temperatures between -35 ° degrees Celsius in Bulgaria until the heat reaches 44 ° degrees Celsius in Jordan.
He said that he had to wait in Istanbul for a few weeks to get permission to cross the Bosphorus Bridge on foot, as well as two months at the border of Jordan and Saudi Arabia to obtain a visa to perform the hajj.-AFP
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