Tag: Hajj
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Do Muslims Worship The Black Stone of the Kaaba ?
I believe that it is time that a response to this rather annoying polemic about the nature of the Black Stone (al-Hajar al-Aswad) and its significance in Islam by those who have an axe to grind about Islam (or otherwise known tenderly as the "Islamophobics") is finally needed. We will look at the common allegations…
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An Opinion on The Hajj
C. Snouck Hurgronje (1857−1936) was a famous Dutch orientalist as well as the main architect of the Dutch colonial policy towards Islam in Indonesia, which, under his directions, was much more interfering in the internal affairs of the Muslims than the British policy in the Indian sub-continent. In those days when colonialism and slavery used to…