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Vocapedia > Religions, Faith > Muslims > The Hajj / حج and Eid al-Adha / عيد الأضحى
Tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims move around the Kaaba, the black cube seen at center, inside the Grand Mosque, during the annual Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008.
Boston Globe > Big Picture The Hajj and Eid al-Adha December 12, 2008 http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/the_hajj_and_eid_aladha.html
A view of the Grand Mosque from a Grand Royal Suite at the Fairmont Makkah Clock Royal Tower.
The suite can cost $10,000 a night.
Photograph: Luca Locatelli/Institute, for The New York Times
Mecca Goes Mega A building boom in the city’s sacred center has created a dazzling, high-tech 21st-century pilgrimage. NYT JUNE 8, 2016 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/12/magazine/mecca-goes-mega.html
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Muslims pray around the Ka’bah at the Masjid al-Haram during the Hajj pilgrimage
Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
Robots, floods and cat fashion: Friday’s best photos G Fri 2 Aug 2019 13.17 BST
https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2019/aug/02/
Why is Mecca having an $80bn makeover? The Economist 30 August 2017
Why is Mecca having an $80bn makeover? Video The Economist 30 August 2017 YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UhljjFEa-I
The haj | Mecca calling The Economist Sep. 18, 2015
The haj | Mecca calling Video The Economist Sep. 18, 2015
This year more than 2m Muslims from 183 countries are expected to make the annual pilgrimage to Islam's holiest sites.
Staging such an event is no mean feat.
YouTube > The Economist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg6gZREPP5s
Indonesian Muslims attend morning Eid prayers at Jakarta's Istiqlal Mosque on Nov. 14, 2004.
Reuters / Supri
the five pillars of Islam http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/practices/fivepillars.shtml
Shahadah: sincerely reciting the Muslim profession of faith UK http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/practices/shahadah.shtml
Salat: performing ritual prayers in the proper way five times each day UK http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/practices/salat.shtml
Zakat: paying an alms (or charity) tax to benefit the poor and the needy UK http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/practices/zakat.shtml
Sawm: fasting during the month of Ramadan UK http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/practices/sawm.shtml
The hajj > one of the five pillars of Islam
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/religion/islam/index.shtml#pillar
Hajj: pilgrimage to Mecca UK
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/practices/fivepillars.shtml https://www.theguardian.com/world/hajj
https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2020/jul/30/
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/27/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2018/aug/19/
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/oct/08/
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/09/
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2011/jul/19/
Hajj exhibition at British Museum
Islamic pilgrimage display is the first of its kind and includes pilgrims' diaries and priceless ancient manuscripts UK
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/jan/25/
the hajj pilgrimage UK / USA
annual ceremony, in which millions of Muslims retrace the journey of the prophet
https://www.npr.org/2018/08/18/
http://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/sep/14/
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2016/sep/14/
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/11/
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/11/
http://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2015/sep/22/
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/30/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2009/nov/26/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/26/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/jan/13/saudiarabia http://www.theguardian.com/gall/0,8542,1685813,00.html https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/jan/12/saudiarabia.religion http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-01-07-hajj_x.htm
The Boston Globe > The Big Picture Hajj 2010 USA November 15, 2010 http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/11/hajj_2010.html
Hadj FR
http://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2017/09/04/
tent city > Mina UK
http://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2015/sep/24/
Hajj pilgrims UK / USA
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/video/2016/sep/09/
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/11/
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/11/
worshipper USA
https://www.npr.org/2018/08/18/
stampede UK / USA
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/08/
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/12/10/world/middleeast/
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/09/26/
http://www.npr.org/2015/09/26/
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/25/
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/24/
http://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2015/sep/24/
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/09/24/
Eid al-Adha
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/
Eid al-Adha celebrations around the world – in pictures
UK
15 October 2013 celebrate Eid al-Adha by slaughtering sheep, goats, camels and cows to commemorate the prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command
http://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2013/oct/15/
The Boston Globe > Big Picture In preparation for Eid al-Adha USA October 26, 2012
Eid al-Adha also called Feast of the Sacrifice, is an important 3-day religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide to honor the willingness of the prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his young first-born son Ismail (Ishmael) as an act of submission to God and his son's acceptance of the sacrifice, before God intervened to provide Abraham with a ram to sacrifice instead.
The 3 days and 2 nights of Eid al-Adha are celebrated annually on the 10th, 11th and 12th day of Dhu al-Hijjah, the twelfth and last month of the lunar Islamic calendar.
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2012/10/
The Boston Globe > Big Picture The Hajj and Eid al-Adha USA November 7, 2011
The Hajj pilgrimage draws millions of Muslims from around the world every year to Mecca, the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad, Islam's holiest place.
Saudi Arabia expects to host perhaps three million people in a ritual journey that every able-bodied Muslim who can afford it must make at least once in their lifetime.
It is the largest annual gathering of humanity anywhere.
Timed to the Muslim lunar calendar, the Hajj is followed by the celebrations of the three-day festival of Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice, which symbolizes Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son.
Collected here are photographs of the Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, as well as images of preparations for the Hajj and Eid al-Adha in many other parts of the Muslim world.
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/11/
festival of Eid / Eid al-Adha celebrations UK 2010
Muslims around the world begin three days of celebration following the end of the hajj to mark Islam's 'festival of sacrifice', which commemorates Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son before Allah intervened to provide him with a sheep instead
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2010/nov/17/
The Boston Globe > The Big Picture The Hajj and Eid al-Adha 2009
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/11/
The Boston Globe > The Big Picture The Hajj and Eid al-Adha 2008
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/
Hajj > Mount Arafat, whence the Prophet Mohamed gave his final sermon in AD 632
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/11/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/26/
perform the rites of the hajj
perform the Umrah, the lesser pilgrimage, during the last week of the month of Ramadan
https://www.theguardian.com/world/picture/2010/sep/05/
perform the wuquf, or "the standing", one of the rites of the haj
abal al-Rahma, the mountain of forgiveness, in Arafat outside Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Muslim pilgrims on the hajj visit the Mount of Mercy, outside the holy city of Mecca. 717 people were killed and 850 injured in a crush during the annual pilgrimage.
Photograph: Ahmad Masood/Reuters
The 20 photographs of the week G Saturday 26 September 2015 10.19 BST Last modified on Tuesday 14 June 2016 13.05 BST https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/sep/26/the-20-photographs-of-the-week
Gebel Rahmah / Mount Mercy UK / USA
the Jabal al-Rahma pillar on Mount Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat near Mecca, Saudi Arabia
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jul/04/
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/sep/26/
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/sep/26/
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/11/
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/11/
Hiraa cave (USA) / Hera cave (UK) at the top of Mount al-Noor
the Hiraa cave at the top of Noor Mountain on the outskirts of Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
According to tradition, Islam's Prophet Mohammed received his first message to preach Islam while he was praying in the cave. http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/11/the_hajj_and_eid_al-adha.html
the Hera cave at the top of Mount al-Noor, where Muslims believe the prophet Muhammad received the first words of the Qur’an through Gabriel http://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2015/sep/22/the-hajj-pilgrimage-begins-in-pictures#img-9
http://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2015/sep/22/
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/11/
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/11/
Prophet Mohammed / Prophet Muhammad 570-632 http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A311077 http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/history/muhammad_1.shtml
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/11/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jan/30/
ritual
Mina > stoning ritual
impersonation of Satan throw rocks / pebbles / jamarat, shout insults or hurl shoes at pillars representing the devil
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/sep/26/
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/11/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2010/nov/17/
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/11/
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-01-10-
The pillars mark the site where the devil is said to have appeared to the biblical patriarch Abraham.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/feb/02/
"bismillah" (in the name of God)
"Allahu Akbar" (God is most great)
Maghrib - late afternoon prayer
http://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2015/sep/22/
Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) / Eid-ul-Adha ('Celebration of Sacrifice'), also known as the Greater Eid http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/religion/islam/eid_haj.shtml
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/11/
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-01-10-
slaughter goats and cows
slaughter animals USA http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/11/the_hajj_and_eid_al-adha.html
sacrificial goat USA
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/11/
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
https://www.youtube.com/
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/video/2016/sep/09/
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/12/
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/05/30/
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/30/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/26/hajj-mecca-
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/29/saudiarabia.
in Mecca - Islam's holiest city
the holy city of Mecca
the Ka'aba / K'aba / Kaaba / Ka’bah UK / USA the huge black cube in the center of the Grand Mosque / Islam’s holiest site, located in the centre of the Masjid al-Haram (Grand Mosque) in the holy city of Mecca.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2018/aug/19/
https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2019/aug/02/
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/11/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2018/aug/19/
Tawaf
the circling of the holy stone known as the Kaaba UK
http://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2015/sep/22/
the Baitullah, or House of God
Abraham
Ishmail
ihram
the Haram / the Grand Mosque - Islam's holiest site
the mojahedin
Medina, Saudi Arabia UK / USA
the site of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad's tomb and his house
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/07/05/
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/07/05/
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/12/
"There follow five days of rituals in and around Mecca, the most famous of which being the Tawaf, the anticlockwise procession seven times around the Ka'aba.
As they walk they say "here I am, O God, at thy command".
The K'aba, or cube, stands clad in black and gold at the centre of the Grand Mosque, and it is towards it that Muslims face when they pray five times a day.
They believe that the Ka'aba, which is constructed of stone blocks, was originally built by Abraham and his son Ishmail.
The hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam that form the framework of Islamic life.
All Muslims who are fit and financially able are expected to perform it at least once in their lifetimes.
The pilgrimage begins on the eighth day of Dhul-Hijjah (month for hajj), the 12th month of the Islamic year,
and lasts for as long as
six days." UK
New Look for Mecca: Gargantuan and Gaudy
December 29, 2010 The New York Times By NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF
JIDDA, Saudi Arabia — It is an architectural absurdity. Just south of the
Grand Mosque in Mecca, the Muslim world’s holiest site, a kitsch rendition of
London’s Big Ben is nearing completion. Called the Royal Mecca Clock Tower, it
will be one of the tallest buildings in the world, the centerpiece of a complex
that is housing a gargantuan shopping mall, an 800-room hotel and a prayer hall
for several thousand people. Its muscular form, an unabashed knockoff of the
original, blown up to a grotesque scale, will be decorated with Arabic
inscriptions and topped by a crescent-shape spire in what feels like a cynical
nod to Islam’s architectural past. To make room for it, the Saudi government
bulldozed an 18th-century Ottoman fortress and the hill it stood on.
New Look for Mecca:
Gargantuan and Gaudy,
3 Million Muslims Begin Annual Hajj
December 28, 2006 Filed at 11:09 a.m. ET The New York Times By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Nearly 3
million Muslims from around the world, chanting and raising their hands to
heaven, marched through a desert valley outside Mecca on Thursday on the first
day of the annual hajj pilgrimage.
3 Million Muslims Begin Annual Hajj,
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