title: The Hajj: The Muslim Pilgrimage to Mecca and the Holy Places
author:  F. E. Peters 
description: <b>"One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1994"</b><br /><br />"Peters's <i>The Hajj</i> provides a clear and accurate picture of the organization of [Muslim] rituals. His book is ... sufficiently comprehensive to replace older accounts of the Hajj. By reading the sources it cites, one can follow the key rituals in some detail."<b>---Robert Irwin, <i>The London Review of Books</i></b><br /><br />"A strong impression of the powerful impact of the pilgrimage on all who witnessed it."<b>---Francis Robinson, <i>The Times Literary Supplement</i></b>
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  Makkah as wel1as its religious weight.
  Highlighted the sites that are highly important whenever
  Makkah is mentione.d like the Black Stone, Zarctzam
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  Designated a great part of the book speaking about the
  Holy Ka'bah and the Holy Mosque updating the
  extensions and the improvements, that have taken place
  from the time ofMuhammad BE to the Saudi era.
  At the end of the book there is a complete appendix about
  Hajj anditsrites.
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