tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7469149000783076295.post7949493158396434355..comments2023-11-02T05:20:42.581-07:00Comments on The Religious Marketplace: The Church of StarbucksMike McBridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15144726324778456539noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7469149000783076295.post-45955723834742319642008-12-09T00:22:00.000-08:002008-12-09T00:22:00.000-08:00http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2006/hajj/Hajj, Magic ...http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2006/hajj/<BR/><BR/>Hajj, Magic or Religion? <BR/><BR/>I have witnessed Hajj so many times during my life, but I actually never thought of the issue the way I did when I was reading this report today. I've always read the article with a total belief in Hajj and the reason behind it. Despite that, today I tried to put my beliefs aside and tried to think in the perspective of this class. Why Makah and not any other place? Is the place itself supernatural? Is this magic or religion?<BR/><BR/>The answer might be clear after knowing that those pilgrims do not go to Makah seeking a supernatural force; the place itself is not supernatural. The reason why they go, I believe, is exchanging with a supernatural being; Allah. By coming to hajj, those Muslims believe that they are having an extended and exclusive relationship with Allah. This is why this action is religion and not magic.Mahmoudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14824421517728146285noreply@blogger.com