Each year, Muslims from all over the world go on a pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, known as hajj. A scholar explains its spiritual significance.
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A deadly crowd crush has killed over 300 people at this year’s Hajj. Is the pilgrimage industry just too big?
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Senior Research Fellow, Muslim Philanthropy Initiative at IUPUI and Journalist-fellow, Religion and Civic Culture Center, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Professor of the Anthropology of Islam, University of Leeds
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Associate Professor in Islamic Studies, Director of The Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation and Executive Member of Public and Contextual Theology, Charles Sturt University
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Professor of Social Psychology, University of Sussex
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Professor of Japanese and Religious Studies, Lancaster University
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PhD candidate in psychology, University of Sussex
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Associate Professor of Marketing, University of Michigan
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Assistant Professor of HIstory, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Assistant Professor of Hospitality and Tourism, University of South Florida
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Professor of Hospitality and Tourism, University of South Florida
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Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, University of Alabama
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Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental Sustainability, State University of New York at Oneonta
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Honorary Professor of Practice, Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL
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Associate Professor of Islamic Studies & Faculty Affiliate, Center for Middle East Studies, University of Denver
