Muslim pilgrims circle the Kab’ahin Mecca | photo: iStock
During October many Muslims will embark on a pilgrimage, Brother Hicham looks at the reasons why
One fifth of humankind shares a single aspiration to complete, at least once in a lifetime, the spiritual journey called the Hajj.
Countless millions of Muslims, men and women from the four corners of the earth, have made the pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam. In carrying out this journey they fulfil the fifth pillar of Islam.
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