Pelerinaj și putere în religia islamică
Pilgrimage and power in Islam

Summary/Abstract: Being one of the religious practices that gather many people in the same place, the pilgrimage has been used since ancient times as a political instrument. By constructing imposing buildings in the pilgrimage sites or by their own participation, the political leaders tried on the one hand to show their power, and on the other to gain the sympathy of the crowds. Although the Islamic pilgrimage, hajj, is the youngest of the great pilgrimages, it has always been the most politicized. Taken by Muhammad from the pre-Islamic tribes, the pilgrimage to Mecca was used by the prophet as a means of unifying the Arab tribes and strengthening Islam. Nowadays, hajj is the time when the Islamic community manifests itself in the highest way, but also a subject of dispute between the different Islamic countries that want to use its influence.

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