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One thousand roads to Mecca : ten centuries of travelers writing about the Muslim pilgrimage
Wolfe, Michael
"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 people before God. Since its inception in the seventh century, the Hajj has been the central theme in a large body of Islamic travel literature. Beginning with the European Renaissance, it has also been the subject for a handful of adventurous writers from the Christian West who, through conversion or connivance, managed to slip inside the walls of a city forbidden to non-Muslims. One Thousand Roads to Mecca collects significant works by observant writers from the East and West over the last ten centuries. These two very different literary traditions form distinct sides of a spirited conversation in which Mecca is the common destination and Islam the common subject of inquiry."
ক্যাটাগোরিগুলো:
সাল:
2015
সংস্করণ:
Updated and expanded edition.
প্রকাশক:
Grove Press
ভাষা:
english
পৃষ্ঠা:
655
ISBN 10:
0802135994
ISBN 13:
9780802135995
বইয়ের সিরিজ:
Updated and expanded edition.
ফাইল:
PDF, 5.95 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2015