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This essay discusses how the hajj is both a religious and political event in the Islamic world. It argues that no secular or religious authority can really control the pilgrimage.
While the hajj is first and foremost a religious festival, it is also very much a political event. Every large Muslim state has developed a comprehensive hajj policy and a powerful bureaucracy to enforce it. This work argues, no secular or religious authority - national or international - can really control the hajj.
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