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Title Hajj : journey to the heart of Islam / edited by Venetia Porter, with M.A.S. Abdel Haleem .. [and others]..

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  297.352 H154H    Check Shelf
Description 288 pages ; 28 cm
Note "This publication accompanies the exhibition Hajj: journey to the heart of Islam at the British Museum from 26 January to 15 April 2012."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents List of contributors -- List of lenders -- Sponsor's foreword -- Director's foreword -- Preface and acknowledgements -- Chronology -- Introduction -- Pilgrimage: why do they do it? / Karen Armstrong -- The Importance of Hajj: Spirit and Rituals / M.A.S. Abdel Haleem -- Journey to Mecca: A History / Hugh Kennedy -- Journey to Mecca: A History (Part 2) / Robert Irwin -- Hajj after 1950 / Ziauddin Sardar -- The modern art of Hajj / Venetia Porter -- Textiles of Mecca and Medina / Venetia Porter -- Notes -- Bibliography -- List of Exhibits -- Illustration Acknowledgements -- Index.
Subject Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Saudi Arabia -- Mecca -- Catalogs.
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Saudi Arabia -- Mecca -- Exhibitions.
Added Author Porter, Venetia.
Abdel Haleem, M. A.
ISBN 9780674062184 cloth
0674062183 cloth
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