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	Prayers since Abraham. Funeral Prayers, salat, contact prayers, prayers, God or Allah in Islam (Submission in ...
		To many in the West, the formidable sight of millions of Muslims converging upon the Ka'ba in Mecca to observe the hajj pilgrimage, or their bowing and prostrating in unison during the Salat prayer, evokes the imagery of a foreign religion.
		It is curious that the concept of hajj pilgrimage is no longer known in the Western Judeo-Christian traditions, although as pointed out by the definitions quoted at the beginning of this article, a pilgrimage with a similar name is still practiced by the Eastern Christians.
		Mecca is a place where these evergreen trees are found in abundance (the Meccan balsam is a well known name in pharmacopeia).
	www.submission.org /salat/salat-old.html (4067 words)

	Mecca (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mecca, a city in the Hijaz region of western Saudi Arabia, is revered by Muslims as a holy city, and a pilgrimage to Mecca is required of all believers who can afford the trip.
		Mecca was already an important trading city for the Arabian tribes by the time Muhammad was born there in about 570 CE.
		For Muslims, a pilgrimage to Mecca is required as one of the five pillars of the faith.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/me/Mecca.html (559 words)

	Mecca - MSN Encarta
		Mecca is the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad (the founder of Islam), the center of pilgrimage for Muslims, and the focal point of their daily prayers.
		Pilgrimage to the city is one of the Five Pillars of Islam and is required of all able adult Muslims at least once in their lifetimes.
		Mecca was led by local sharifs, rulers who claimed descent from Muhammad, from 966 until the 20th century.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761577367/Mecca.html (448 words)

	Mecca, Makka, Makkah
		Mecca (Arabic: Makkah), the birthplace of Muhammad, is the holiest city of the Islamic faith.
		Mecca is connected to Jidda and Riyadh by road, and the airport at Jidda serves Mecca.
		Mecca fell to Ibn Saud in 1924, and in 1932 Hejaz became a province of Saudi Arabia.
	mb-soft.com /believe/txh/mecca.htm (864 words)

	mecca - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Mecca, also Makkah (ancient Macoraba), city in western Saudi Arabia, located in the Al Ḩijāz (Hejaz) region, near Jiddah.
		The fifth pillar requires that Muslims who have the physical and financial ability should perform the pilgrimage, or hajj, to Mecca at least once in...
		Hajj, in Islam, the major pilgrimage to Mecca, a city located near the Red Sea coast in Saudi Arabia.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /mecca.html (137 words)

	Hajj - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Hajj (حج translit: Ḥajj), (Turkish:Hac), (Malay:Haji) is the Pilgrimage to Mecca in Islam.
		While in Mecca for the Hajj, male pilgrims are required to dress only in an Ihram, a garment consisting of two sheets of white unhemmed cloth, the top draped over the torso and the bottom secured by a white sash; plus a pair of sandals.
		Upon arrival in Mecca, the pilgrim (locally known as a 'Hajji'), performs a series of ritual acts symbolic of the lives of Abraham (Ibrahim) and Hagar (Hajarah), and of solidarity with Muslims worldwide.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hajj (1535 words)

	Mecca
		Mecca (Makkah in Arabic) is the center of the Islamic world and the birthplace of both the Prophet Muhammad and the religion he founded.
		The sacred land in which Mecca and Medina are located, known as the Hijaz, is the western region of the Arabian peninsula, a narrow tract of land about 875 miles long east of the Red Sea with the Tropic of Cancer running through its center.
		In 630 Muhammad took control of Mecca and destroyed the 360 pagan idols, with the notable exception of the statues of Mary and Jesus.
	www.sacredsites.com /middle_east/saudi_arabia/mecca.html (3743 words)

	Focus on Jerusalem~Hajj Pilgrimage to Mecca
		The actual pilgrimage begins just outside Mecca where there are various mawaqit ("stations" - singular, miqat) where the pilgrims must change into two strips of white cloth known as the ihram (the word means "prohibiting", indicating that the pilgrim is now on sacred service and is prohibited from various activities).
		He then enters Mecca and performs the tawaf, a sevenfold "circling" of the Ka'aba, always going anti-clockwise around it This ritual is known as tawaful-qudum (the tawaf of "arrival") and begins at the famous fl stone built into the east corner of the Ka'aba.
		When all the idols of the building were destroyed at the conquest of Mecca, this stone was preserved and every pilgrim to Mecca endeavors to kiss it in emulation of his prophet's practice.
	www.focusonjerusalem.com /hajjpilgrimage.html (1209 words)

	Pilgrimage To Mecca
		The Pilgrimage to Mecca, therefore, is one of the essential constituents of the Islamic faith with the important, provision that its performance is possible and accessible in any given circumstances.
		Kaaba in Mecca was, according to the Holy Quran, the first house established on earth for the worship of one Allah.
		The necessity and desirability of Pilgrimage to Mecca are, therefore, conclusive.
	www.shababdar.org /mecca.html (569 words)

	Hajj
		Preeminent pilgrimage in Islam, to Mecca, compulsory for Muslims in good health and with sufficient funds to make the journey.
		Most hajjis arrive in Mecca a few days before the hajj proper begins, while some clasp the opportunity to arrive already 3 months ahead, during Ramadan, the month of sawm, considered to be a meritorious deed.
		Although it is proper to remain at Mina until the 13, a large number of the hajjis return to Mecca on the 12.
	i-cias.com /e.o/hajj.htm (1028 words)

	Ataman Hotel - The Pilgrimage to Mecca
		The pilgrimage to Mecca is an act of worship which all Muslims in good health and with the financial means should fulfil.
		Mecca and the Kaaba are the most sacred places of Islam, associated with Abraham and the monotheistic faith which the people of Arabia abandoned for idolatry.
		The Prophet said: Whoever make the pilgrimage for Allah, and who in its course refrain from evil and from disobedience to God will return purified of their sins as the day they was born of their mother's womb (et-Tac, 2/106).
	www.atamanhotel.com /mecca.html (498 words)

	Mecca travel guide - Wikitravel (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A pilgrimage to Mecca, known as the Hajj, is one of the Five Pillars of Sunni Islam and one of the ten Branches of Religion in Shi'a Islam, and thus obligatory for all Muslims with the physical and financial ability to make it.
		Recently, those who have previously been to Mecca have had additional restrictions placed on their entry, in an effort to discourage overcrowding while still accommodating those who have not yet made the pilgrimage.
		Mecca is full of hotels, from the Hilton to unknown hotels with practically no facilities.
	wikitravel.org /en/Mecca (769 words)

	Saudi Aramco World : Pilgrimage To Mecca (Site not responding. Last check: )
		One of the five "pillars" of Islam is the pilgrimage to Mecca—the Hadj.
		Improved also is the appearance of the Mosque of Mecca the Masjid al-Haram, which had been essentially unchanged since the sixteenth century.
		The Pilgrimage was instituted by the Prophet Mohammed in the Hijrah Year 7 (629 A.D.).
	www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/196309/pilgrimage.to.mecca.htm (327 words)

	The pilgrimage to Mecca
		Muslims circling the Ka’ba in Mecca during the haj.
		Many Muslims, however devout, simply could not afford the haj, either in terms of cost or time away from their homes (which in the case of Indonesian or Moroccan Muslims could entail round-trip journeys of 10,000 miles).
		In Mecca, the pilgrims follow a set of rituals that have hundreds of years of tradition behind them.
	www.theculturedtraveler.com /Archives/OCT2002/Mecca.htm (559 words)

	Mecca.html (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mecca is an oasis, a green patch surrounded by magnificent desolation.
		Mecca boomed, briefly, in the 1930s as truck drivers, cat skinners and miners arrived to build the Metropolitan Aqueduct's canal and tunnel to the Colorado River.
		In her six-year-old rotary-engine compact she plies the dusty fltop streets of Mecca, visiting the post office—there is no home mail delivery—the market or the Mecca Community Church, where she is very influential.
	home.comcast.net /~marvin.wolf/Mecca.html (2939 words)

	Darwan Tour and Travel Co. Ltd. - Iranian Tour and Travel
		Mecca which is located in western Saudi Arabia is Islam's holiest city.
		After a successful pilgrimage is done, a male pilgrim is called "Haj", and a female pilgrim is called "Hajiyeh".
		While taking Mecca with little resistance, he destroyed the idols, reclaimed the Ka'aba and restored the Haj rites to their original purity and devotion to one God alone.
	www.darwantour.com /Pilgrimage.htm (747 words)

	CNN.com - Mecca pilgrimage heads for Mina - Feb. 9, 2003
		Before leaving Mecca, hundreds of thousands of pilgrims completed the first ritual of the hajj by circling the Kaaba, the large cubic stone structure that Muslims face during their five daily prayers.
		The pilgrimage to Mecca, birthplace of the Prophet Mohammed and home to Islam's holiest shrine, is required once in a lifetime for all Muslims who are able-bodied and can afford the trip.
		The hajj peaks on Monday with prayers at Mount Arafat, a gentle hill 20 kilometers (12 miles) southwest of Mecca.
	cnn.com /2003/WORLD/meast/02/09/hajj.mecca/index.html (519 words)

	The annual pilgrimage to Mecca - About Islam
		The pilgrimage to Mecca predates Judaism, Christianity and Islam — the city itself was founded by the father of the prophets Abraham (pbuh).
		The rituals of the pilgrimage are based on the story of Abraham (pbuh) his wife (Hager) and his first born son.
		Part of the pilgrimage rituals also celebrates Hager’s run between two hills looking for water for her son when they were left in the desert, the well of Zamzam is where a spring appeared between Ishmael’s feet.
	www.aboutislam.com /showthread.php?p=443 (515 words)

	Mecca - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mecca IPA: [ˈmɛkə] or Makkah IPA: [ˈmækə] (in full: Makkah al-Mukarramah IPA: [(Arabic) mækːæ(t) ælmʊkarˑamæ]; Arabic: مكة المكرمة‎, Turkish: Mekke) is the capital city of Saudi Arabia's Makkah province, in the historic Hejaz region.
		In recent years, about two to three million have gathered for the major pilgrimage, during the Muslim month of Zil al-Hijjah, and many more perform the minor pilgrimage or Umrah, which may be performed at any time of year except the days of Hajj.
		Verse 3:96 in Qur'an calls Mecca as Bakkah, meaning inhabited place, as according to Muslim traditions, it was originally inhabited by Abraham and his son Ishmael.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mecca (1611 words)

	GTS - Pilgrimage to Mecca - The Hadji (Site not responding. Last check: )
		GTS - Pilgrimage to Mecca - The Hadji
		The pilgrimage to Mecca (the hajj) is an obligation only for those who are physically and financially able to do so.
		The pilgrims later stand together on the wide plains of 'Arafat (a large expanse of desert outside Mecca) and join in prayer for God's forgiveness, in what is often thought as a preview of the Day of Judgment.
	website.lineone.net /~gambiagts/Pilgrimage.htm (250 words)

	Hajj: The Pilgrimage to Mecca - ReligionFacts
		While a visit to Mecca is beneficial any time of the year, it must take place during the month of Dhu al-Hijja (the last month of the Islamic year) to fulfill the requirements of the hajj.
		For those participating in the hajj, the day is spent in Mina, where the pilgrim sacrifices an animal to commemorate Abraham's sacrifice and throws seven small stones at each of three pillars on three consecutive days (the pillars represent sins and devils).
		On July 2, 1990, a stampede inside a pedestrian tunnel leading to Mecca led to the deaths of 1402 pilgrims.
	www.religionfacts.com /islam/practices/hajj-pilgrimage.htm (840 words)

	-- Beliefnet.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In common use, it refers to the pilgrimage to Mecca and its vicinity that all Muslims are required to do at least once in their lives, if they can.
		The obligatory pilgrimage (Hajj) has to be performed from the eighth day to the 13th day of the 12th month of the Islamic lunar calendar, Zul-hijjaj.
		It acquaints pilgrims with Mecca and thus with the historical and spiritual environment of the prophets Abraham, Ishmael, and Muhammad.
	www.beliefnet.com /story/68/story_6850_1.html (676 words)

	IslamiCity.com - Ramadan Information Center (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In the chapter entitled "The Pilgrimage," the Qur'an speaks of the divine command to perform the hajj and prophesies the permanence of this institution:
		Symbol of the oneness and centrality of God, the Ka'bah stands in the courtyard of Mecca's Sacred Mosque where at the season of the hajj the faithful gather for rituals that precede and end their pilgrimage.
		Usually pilgrims either precede or follow the hajj, "the greater pilgrimage," with the 'umrah, "the lesser pilgrimage," which is sanctioned by the Qur'an and was performed by the Prophet.
	www.islamicity.com /mosque/jlthajj/LifeTimeJourney.shtml (3000 words)

	Hajj: Pilgrimage to Mecca - ReligionFacts.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		At least once in his or her lifetime, each Muslim is expected to undertake a pilgrimage to Mecca, the sacred city of Islam.
		As with the sawm, exceptions are made for those who are physically or financially unable to fulfill this obligation, and one is actually commanded not to make the hajj if to do so would cause hardship for his or her family.
		For many Muslims, one of the most meaningful aspects of the pilgrimmage is the unifying effect of bringing together believers from all over the world to meet and worship together.
	www.religionfacts.com /islam/practices/pilgrimage.htm (583 words)

	Hajj
		The pilgrimage to Mecca is the fifth pillar of Islam.
		The pilgrimage is made between the eight and thirteenth days of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah.
		The completion of the rites contribute to this purification: after carrying out the pilgrimage, the pilgrim is given the honorific title of hajji (or hajjah for women), and this commits them to living pious lives.
	groups.drew.edu /islamic/pilgrimage.htm (1083 words)

	Muslims Mark Hajj Season with Pilgrimage to Mecca (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Every Muslim who is financially able to do so is obliged under the Koran, the holy Muslim scripture, to make the pilgrimage to Mecca during Hajj at least once in his or her lifetime.
		The arduous annual Hajj pilgrimage takes place this year against the background of the continuing war in Iraq and the increasing militancy on the part of the Islamic extremist groups against broader interests of the West and of particularly, the United States.
		It was in Mecca around the year 570 that Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, was born.
	www.voanews.com /english/2006-01-02-voa5.cfm (872 words)

	Al-Rahman Islamic Center
		In 1964, after a pilgrimage to Mecca, he announced his conversion to orthodox Islam and his belief in the possibility of brotherhood between fls and whites.
		5) Pilgrimage (Hajj) - A pilgrimage to Mecca, or Hajj, is once in a lifetime obligation for those who are physically or financially able.
		The pilgrimage includes a series of rituals which commemorate the life and trials of the Abraham (peace be upon him) and his family.
	www.masjidalrahman.org /education2.htm (932 words)

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