A comprehensive account of all aspects of the Hajj and Umrah, the journey of a lifetime., Umrah in relation to Hajj
Stonehenge is more likely to have been a location for performing rituals at specific moments of the year than a way to keep track of time — although the structure is capable of being a calendar, also revealing times of the equinoxes and solstices — (which are not precisely the same thi...
Ali had gone on the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca in 1972, which inspired him in a similar manner to Malcolm X, meeting people of different colors from all over the world giving him a different outlook and greater spiritual awareness. In 1977, he said that, after he retired, he would dedicate...
This is a brief outline of the History of Henna ... an art and tradition practiced for 9000 years, in over 60 countries.
every Muslim is further obliged to travel to Mecca and perform the Islamic ritual ofthe Hajj, at least once in their lifetime, because it is the "fifth pillar" of Islam. Islamic "tradition" holds that Mecca's Kaaba was the first temple on earth and that it was built by Adam (or Adem...
The other Eid is Eid al-Adha. It is a different holiday, where Muslims remember that God commanded Ibrahim to sacrifice his son. Eid al-Adha is celebrated at the end of the Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca. What is Ramadan? The Quran is the Muslims' holy book. They believe that an ...
Stream the latest episodes of The History of Rome directly onto your iOS device. Beyond direct access to the audio feed, the app also includes... Stream the latest episodes of The History of Rome directly onto your iOS device. Beyond direct access to the audio feed, the app also includes...
Religious and civil rights leader Malcolm X is assassinated by rival Black Muslims while addressing his Organization of Afro‑American Unity at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City.
Another Pillar of Islam is the Hajj, the holy pilgrimage made at least once during a lifetime to Mecca. Many pilgrims travel through Jordan on the way to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. Medicine and Health Care Excellent medical care is available, especially in Amman. For the typical family, ...
We are reminded of this political power of abstraction, for example, in the experience of the African-American leader Malcolm X, for whom conversion to Islam functioned as a break in the particularism of black nationalism. As he wrote in a letter from Jeddah in 1964 (during the hajj ...