HAJJ (The Pilgrimage
to Makkah):
The annual pilgrimage (Hajj) to Makkah is an obligation once in a lifetime for those who
are physically and financially able to perform it. About two million
people go to Makkah each year from every corner of
the globe. Although Makkah is always filled
with visitors, the annualHajj is
performed in the twelfth month of the Islamic calendar. Male pilgrims
wear special simple clothes which strip away distinctions of class and culture
so that all stand equal before God.
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Pilgrims praying at
the Haram mosque in Makkah.
In this mosque is the Kaaba (the black building in
the picture) which Muslims turn toward when praying. The Kaaba is the place of worship which God commanded the
Prophets Abraham and his son, Ishmael, to build. |
