Posted on 12/07/2008 3:56:08 AM PST by SkyPilot
Nearly 3 million pilgrims chanting prayers converged Saturday in a valley just outside the holy city of Mecca at the beginning of the 5-day hajj pilgrimage, a lifelong dream for many Muslims.
The pilgrims from about 100 countries left Mecca after completing the first ritual of the hajj by circling the sacred Kaaba stone structure seven times inside the Grand Mosque, which Muslims all over the world face during their five daily prayers.
Dressed in white robes, pilgrims piled into and on top of buses on their way to a ritual of prayer and reflection in Mina, 3 miles east of Mecca.
The journey caused massive traffic jams on roads to Mina, where pilgrims will spend the night in white, fireproof tents. Some pilgrims chose to walk the route.
The hajj, packed with symbolism and ritual, is one of the five pillars of Islam. Every able-bodied Muslim who can financially afford to must perform it at least once in his or her lifetime.
For Ahmed Malek, a pilgrim from the Maldives, the hajj teaches that all people are equal before God.
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Really! So muslim women must go too or muslim women are not able-bodied? Pity.
This is always a classic. Stampede coming,.....wait for it,... wait for it,.....ok go, whoa, 4,000 crushed to death. Pilgramage considered highly successful!
When Obama going?
Don't you just love that saying?
Basically, it is fatalistic crappola that lets them sit around and be lazy - while trying to talk each other to death while smoking and drinking tea that is waaaay to sweet.
That’s great.
Not on my plane.
It sounds crazy doesn’t it?
I mean would you wouldn’t have believed it had you not seen it for yourself probably.
Folks are living in the 10th or 12th century.
The way you wrote it is correct for formal Arabic. Used when speaking in formal Arabic or praying or using it in a serious, religious sentence. Like insha2 allah amen.
It’s pronounced inshallah in dialect Arabic, for daily use. Like shufkun bukra inshallah. (See you tomorrow.)
Have a happy Hajj! Please remember to swarm safely while you worship your rocks.
Just wondering what these people eat? Camel jerkey?
If we see each other tomorrow or sooner or later, hopefully it will be with an uncounted number of virgins.
The more the merrier.
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