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Language: en
Pages: 349
Pages: 349
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-06-15 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster
It is not only the holy cities of Mecca and Karbala to which Muslim pilgrims travel, but a wide variety of sacred sites around the world. Journeys are undertake
Language: en
Pages: 293
Pages: 293
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-04-23 - Publisher: UNC Press Books
Pilgrimage is one of the most significant ritual duties for Muslims, entailing the visitation and veneration of sites associated with the Prophet Muhammad or sa
Language: en
Pages: 365
Pages: 365
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Scholars from a range of fields tell the story of the Hajj and explain its significance as one of the key events in the Muslim religious calendar. This volume p
Language: en
Pages: 451
Pages: 451
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-02-09 - Publisher: Princeton University Press
Among the duties God imposes upon every Muslim capable of doing so is a pilgrimage to the holy places in and around Mecca in Arabia. Not only is it a religious
Language: en
Pages: 372
Pages: 372
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher:
Islam has become an increasingly attractive option for many African-Americans. This book offers an ethnographic study of this phenomenon & asks what attraction