Guests of God : pilgrimage and politics in the Islamic world

Guests of God : pilgrimage and politics in the Islamic world / Robert R. Bianchi.

While the hajj is first and foremost a religious festival, it is also very much a political event. Every large Muslim state has developed a comprehensive hajj policy and a powerful bureaucracy to enforce it. This work argues, no secular or religious authority - national or international - can really...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bianchi, Robert, 1945- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages > Saudi Arabia > Mecca.
Islam and politics.
Islam.
RELIGION > Islam > Rituals & Practice.
Islam
Islam and politics
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages
Politics and government
Hadj.
Politieke aspecten.
Islamic countries > Politics and government.
Islamic countries
Saudi Arabia > Mecca
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Table of Contents:
  • What is the Hajj and how does anyone survive it?
  • What does the Hajj mean?
  • Pilgrimage and power
  • The growth of the Hajj : global and regional trends
  • Pakistan : "Why would our Hajjis vote against us?"
  • Malaysia : the broken piggy bank
  • Turkey : the belated quest for religious tolerance
  • Indonesia : greening the Pancasila state
  • Nigeria : "one nation, under god"
  • The West is not alone : the Hajj in world politics and law.

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