One Thousand Roads to Mecca: Ten Centuries of Travelers Writing about the Muslim Pilgrimage by Michael Wolfe

One Thousand Roads to Mecca: Ten Centuries of Travelers Writing about the Muslim Pilgrimage

Michael Wolfe

656 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction history travel challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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The pilgrimage to Mecca, or the Hajj, is a journey all Muslims are enjoined to make once in their lifetimes. Its purpose is to detach human beings from their homes and, by bringing them to Islam's birthplace, to emphasize the equality of all peopl...

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