The Hajj, a blessed season

Since we are in a very blessed period (Hajj Season), I'd like every non-muslim member of AB2K to have a look on the Hajj (pilgrimage in Islam), where nearly 3 million Muslims (biggest gathering in the world) go to one small place in the desert of Arabia, having similar (white) clothes, where there is no difference between poor and rich, old and young, black and white, tall and short, man and woman... where there is no difference between nationalities, no difference between races.

Hajj is a season where universal brotherhood is practically (not theorically) implemented...

Although the pilgrimage to Makka is difficult (the very high temperatures, the desert, the huge crowd...), it is the dream of every Muslim to perform the Hajj to the most sacred and important place on earth, Makka.

Hajj is a season where universal brotherhood is practically (not theorically) implemented.

Today was the most important one of the Hajj season: The Day of Arafah (or Arafat).
Indeed, the culmination of the Hajj does not take place at Makka but at the plain of Arafat, fourteen miles east of Makka, where from noon to sunset the pilgrims stand on the Mount of Arafat seeking God's forgiveness and blessings for themselves as well as for all Muslims throughout the world. It was here, from a hill called the Mount of Mercy, that the Prophet Muhammad (Peace and blessings be upon him), during his farewell pilgrimage, preached his last sermon.

Standing on the plain of Arafat, Muslims experience the underlying unity and equality of a worldwide Muslim community that transcends national, racial, economic and sexual differences.

The Hajj is a reminder of the Grand Assembly on the Day of Judgement when people will stand equal before God, waiting for their Final Destiny, and where no superiority of race or stock can be claimed. It is also a reminder of the fact that only Makka in the whole world was honored by God to be the centre of monotheism since the time of Prophet Abraham (Peace be upon him), and that it will continue to be the centre of Islam, the religion of pure monotheism, for all time to come.

Since we are in a very blessed period (Hajj Season), I'd like every non-muslim member of AB2K to have a look on the Hajj (pilgrimage in Islam), where nearly 3 million Muslims (biggest gathering in the world) go to one small place in the desert of Arabia, having similar (white) clothes, where there is no difference between poor and rich, old and young, black and white, tall and short, man and woman... where there is no difference between nationalities, no difference between races.

Hajj is a season where universal brotherhood is practically (not theorically) implemented...

Although the pilgrimage to Makka is difficult (the very high temperatures, the desert, the huge crowd...), it is the dream of every Muslim to perform the Hajj to the most sacred and important place on earth, Makka.