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Ritual’s Meaning for Human Identity

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Syafiq Hasyim
· 4 minutes read
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Pilgrims wait for prayers at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia\'s holy city of Mecca on 8 August 2019, prior to the start of the annual Haj pilgrimage in the holy city. Muslims from across the world gather in Mecca in Saudi Arabia for the annual six-day pilgrimage, one of the five pillars of Islam, an act all Muslims must perform at least once in their lifetime if they have the means to travel to Saudi Arabia.

On 10 Zulhijah, Muslims all over the world carry out the Idul Adha prayer, slaughter animals (those who are capable to do so) and carry out compulsory haj rituals (also those capable) in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.The animal sacrifice and the haj are included in the traditions of all Abrahamic religions (millataibrahimahanifa). David L Weddle in his book Sacrifice in Judaism, Christianity and Islam (2017, p9) wrote that “sacrifice is pervasive in religions of Abraham”.

It is similar with the haj. All Abrahamic religions recognize the tradition (see Simon Coleman and Johan Eisner, Pilgrimage, Past and Present in the World of Religions, 1995). This historical relation and continuity between the rituals of sacrifice and haj and the traditions of other religions reflect the inclusivity and universality of these two rituals.

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