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rug

(82,333 posts) Mon Oct 14, 2013, 12:12 PM Oct 2013

Inside the hajj: The world's largest annual pilgrimage

October 14th, 2013
01:58 AM ET
By Sarah Brown, CNN

(CNN) – Millions of Muslims began the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, which represents one of the largest annual human gatherings on the planet.

The Hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam, a journey every Muslim is expected to take in his or her lifetime if the person is physically and financially able.

This year, the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca is hosting more than 2 million Muslims, about 1 million fewer than last year, according to the Associated Press.

Our iReport team has asked pilgrims who have performed the Hajj about how the experience changed them - and for their advice to those undertaking the pilgrimage for the first time.

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2013/10/14/ireporters-5-life-lessons-from-the-hajj/

3:18 video at link.

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Inside the hajj: The world's largest annual pilgrimage (Original Post) rug Oct 2013 OP

Whether it's Mecca or St. Peter's Square, mr blur Oct 2013 #1

Or condescension, arrogance and misinformation. rug Oct 2013 #2

What an ugly thing to say. cbayer Oct 2013 #3

What an ugly thing to say. hrmjustin Oct 2013 #4

Malcolm X's Letter from Mecca struggle4progress Oct 2013 #5

+1 rug Oct 2013 #6

mr blur

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1. Whether it's Mecca or St. Peter's Square,

Reply to rug (Original post)

Mon Oct 14, 2013, 12:59 PM

Oct 2013

there is just no shortage of delusion, stupidity and ignorance.

rug

(82,333 posts)

2. Or condescension, arrogance and misinformation.

Reply to mr blur (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 14, 2013, 01:00 PM

Oct 2013

cbayer

(146,218 posts)

3. What an ugly thing to say.

Reply to mr blur (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 14, 2013, 01:05 PM

Oct 2013

Do you think all believers are deluded, stupid and ignorant?

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

4. What an ugly thing to say.

Reply to mr blur (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 14, 2013, 04:17 PM

Oct 2013

struggle4progress

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5. Malcolm X's Letter from Mecca

Reply to mr blur (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 14, 2013, 09:08 PM

Oct 2013

... There were tens of thousands of pilgrims, from all over the world. They were of all colors, from blue-eyed blondes to black-skinned Africans. But we were all participating in the same ritual, displaying a spirit of unity and brotherhood that my experiences in America had led me to believe never could exist between the white and non-white ... Throughout my travels in the Muslim world, I have met, talked to, and even eaten with people who in America would have been considered white ... I have never before seen sincere and true brotherhood practiced by all colors together ... During the past eleven days here in the Muslim world, I have eaten from the same plate, drunk from the same glass, and slept on the same rug ... with fellow Muslims, whose eyes were the bluest of blue, whose hair was the blondest of blond, and whose skin was the whitest of white. And in the words and in the deeds of the white Muslims, I felt the same sincerity that I felt among the black African Muslims ... I could see from this, that perhaps if white Americans could accept the Oneness of God, then perhaps, too, they could accept in reality the Oneness of Man - and cease to measure, and hinder, and harm others in terms of their 'differences' in color ... Never have I been so highly honored. Never have I been made to feel more humble and unworthy. Who would believe the blessings that have been heaped upon an American Negro? A few nights ago, a man who would be called in America a white man, a United Nations diplomat, an ambassador, a companion of kings, gave me his hotel suite, his bed ...

http://islam.uga.edu/malcomx.html

rug

(82,333 posts)

6. +1

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Mon Oct 14, 2013, 09:24 PM

Oct 2013

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