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The Hajj and Eid al-Adha
The Boston Globe
December 12, 2008.

Yesterday marked the end of the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha, or “Feast of Sacrifice” - which also marks the end of the Hajj, the annual Pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. One of the pillars of Islamic faith, the Hajj must be carried out at least once in their lifetime by any Muslim who has the ability to do so. This year, nearly 3 million Muslims made the Hajj, without major incident, and are now returning to their homes across the world…(More)
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/the_hajj_and_eid_aladha.html

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Know the real meaning and undrtsanding of Hajj. For those who want to perform Hajj and others too. It covers the meaning and the understanding of the Journey of Hajj. (This is not your average Hajj Guide) . By Da’ee Ahmad Moait USA. www.noora1.com

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Inshallah, information and clarification on those upon who Hajj is mandatory.

Lecture given by Shaykh Husain Abdul Sattar on the making the Hajj.

Please visit the Sacred Learning website (http://www.sacredlearning.org/) for more audio lectures on Islamic topics, Quran, Tafsir, Hadith, Spirituality and on the life of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).

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This is a documentary about Islam, the fastest growing religion in the world. This program observes the rites, rituals, and religi This is a documentary about Islam, the fastest growing religion in the world. This program observes the rites, rituals, and religious fervor of Hajj, an annual Muslim Pilgrimage to Mecca (Makkah), the birthplace of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).

Viewers will follow an executive from suburban Malaysia, a religious radio commentator from rural South Africa and an Irish-born college professor from the United States on the spiritual journey of a lifetime.

In the middle of Mecca is a great mosque called the al-Masjid al-Haram, inside is the Kaabah, the 50-foot tall, black-draped shrine that is Islam’s most revered structure.

According to Islamic teachings God commanded the Prophet Abraham (peace be upon him) to raise the foundations of the Kaabah as a place for worship. Thousands of years later, after the Kaabah had become a center of pagan worship, the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) cleansed it of its many idols and rededicated it to the worship of the one God, who in Arabic is called Allah.

Today, pilgrims retrace the steps of Prophet Abraham (pbuh) and Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) as they perform the rites of the hajj with their fellow pilgrims.

See also other parts of these beatiful documentary :

Part 1 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIFqTLLhDQM

Part 2 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xS3CdgO6YE

Part 3 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4En3dTIpnmU

Part 4 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QjzxLMSJJQ

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This is a documentary about Islam, the fastest growing religion in the world. This program observes the rites, rituals, and religi This is a documentary about Islam, the fastest growing religion in the world. This program observes the rites, rituals, and religious fervor of Hajj, an annual Muslim Pilgrimage to Mecca (Makkah), the birthplace of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).

Viewers will follow an executive from suburban Malaysia, a religious radio commentator from rural South Africa and an Irish-born college professor from the United States on the spiritual journey of a lifetime.

In the middle of Mecca is a great mosque called the al-Masjid al-Haram, inside is the Kaabah, the 50-foot tall, black-draped shrine that is Islam’s most revered structure.

According to Islamic teachings God commanded the Prophet Abraham (peace be upon him) to raise the foundations of the Kaabah as a place for worship. Thousands of years later, after the Kaabah had become a center of pagan worship, the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) cleansed it of its many idols and rededicated it to the worship of the one God, who in Arabic is called Allah.

Today, pilgrims retrace the steps of Prophet Abraham (pbuh) and Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) as they perform the rites of the hajj with their fellow pilgrims.

See also other parts of these beatiful documentary :

Part 1 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIFqTLLhDQM

Part 2 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xS3CdgO6YE

Part 3 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4En3dTIpnmU

Part 4 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QjzxLMSJJQ

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This is a series of pictures taken on a Pilgrimage to Israel in March of 2006. The background music is “Pilgrims to the City of God” by Michael Card. This video has no captions, only pictures.

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This is a series of pictures taken on a Pilgrimage to Israel in March of 2006. The background music is “Pilgrims to the City of God” by Michael Card. This video has no captions, only pictures.

Duration : 0:7:42

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Know the real meaning and undrtsanding of Hajj. For those who want to perform Hajj and others too. It covers the meaning and

the understanding of the Journey of Hajj. (This is not your average Hajj Guide) . By Da’ee Ahmad Moait USA. www.noora1.com

Duration : 0:10:17

(more…)

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Part of the Sidney D. Gamble collection at Duke University Libraries:
http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/gamble

(Introductory text by The China Institute in NY):

Between 1924-1927, Sidney D. Gamble made three trips to Miao Feng Shan (Marvelous Peak Mountain), a popular Daoist Pilgrimage site.

Dedicated to the worship of the Goddess Bi Xia Yun Jun (Princess of the Clouds Before Dawn), the temple was located on a hill about 25 miles northwest of Beijing.

Most worshippers made the arduous three-day journey in the spring. Pilgrims went either in groups organized by guilds or temple societies, or on their own as individual penitents.

Although the primary purpose of the journey was religious, Gamble’s visual record illustrates that these pilgrimages also served a lively social function.

Upon his return to America, Gamble edited the footage shot on one of his trips into a short 16mm documentary. We have re-edited his film slightly, retaining his original titles, and adding music.

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In 1989, Pilgrimage to Miao Feng Shan was re-edited and a film score of traditional music arranged by Tan Dun was added. The film accompanied the first exhibit of Sidney Gamble’s photographs China between Revolutions: The Sidney D. Gamble Photographs 1917-1932.

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Whoa, this edited out to be 1.8 GIGABYTES. That’s…huge. If this is taking awhile to load, I apologize. Just pause this and then go and open a new tab or something interesting. Oh, and sorry if this is uploaded late, it’s taking a loooong time to upload, based on its huge file size.

I actually started uploading this at 10:45 Eastern time, and it’s saying it’ll take eight hours to upload, and this could take any amount of time to process.

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