Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hajj passport

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was no consensus to delete. W.marsh 18:04, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hajj passport[edit]

Reason The article does not cite any evidence that a "Hajj passport" exists. It is possibly total fiction.

The one reference I can verify (the claim that a Hajj passport is issued by the United Kingdom) is untrue, the British Passport Office does not issue different types of passport. To issue a document only persons of a specified religion would be considered discrimination.

A google search for Hajj passport finds only this article and mirrors. TiffaF 16:45, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT 17:25, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I added a reference to a Pakistani news article discussing them, ~~so at least they appear to be real.~~ A Pakistani source used the term, but a Saudi source just referred to Hajj visas to be used with ordinary passports. Thus a "Hajj passport" might become a "Venezuela Passport" if the owner obtained the correct visa the next week. This does not rule out the possibility some countries issue such single use passports, but I could not readily find evidence of it. Edison 17:56, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: The first source (State Bank of Pakistan) merely mentioned it in passing in a way that may not have implied that they are passports of a special type. The list of issuing nations needs to be sourced; a comment above provides a reason (if confirmed) that the UK needs to be removed from this list. If sources are added which clearly provide evidence of some nations issuing these single-purpose passports, then keep and cleanup; lacking firm sources, delete per WP:V. Barno 19:21, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Try searching for "Haj passport" instead of "Hajj passport". According to this press release from the Malaysian Department of Foreign Affairs, the "Tabung Haji issues the green-coloured Haj passport". There are also several more newspaper and government references, so I'm pretty sure this isn't "total fiction". --Canley 21:01, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Merge what can be verified (it seems to be Malaysian practice at the very least) into the article on the Hajj itself - probably a new section on the technical issues or something. From a non-Muslim perspective, it would answer the commonly-asked question of "how do they make sure that only Muslims get into Mecca?" The Saudi practice of only issuing Hajj visas from specific times of the year should also turn up in such a section. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 22:48, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.