Hajj Muslim Pilgrimage

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Hajj Muslim Pilgrimage
Hajj

• Three million people participate

• Spirituality, difficulty and reality

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Rites and Rituals

• Circumambulation
• Role-play
• Sacrifice
• And much more

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Show of Equality

• Almost everyone wears white

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Historical Background

• Spring of Zamzam
• Pacing between two hills seven times
• Sacrificing animals

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Throwing pebbles at pillars that symbolize the
devil
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Conclusion
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Works Cited

• "Hajj." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2006.
  Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 11 Oct. 2006
• Hajj. Dr. Ali Shariati. Published by Jubilee
  Press.
• Zamzam Studies and Research Centre, Saudi
  Geological Survey
• Image on slide 2 news.bbc.co.uk
• The Hadj An American's Pilgrimage to Mecca.
  Michael Wolfe. Grove Press. 1993
• Image on slide 6 www.bazuki.com/haj/index.htm