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'Abraham' from Oxford Islamic Studies Online
Abraham, one of the many Old Testament figures that appear in the Qurʿān as a prophet of the Biblical tradition, assumes an outstanding role in Islam because of his association with (proto-)Islam, an uncorrupted form of Biblical monotheism that…
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'Hajj' from Oxford Islamic Studies Online
Unique among the world's great pilgrimages, the hajj is in many ways also the most important. Even compared to the ancient and highly developed international pilgrimage systems of Christianity and Hinduism, the hajj is remarkable in its doctrinal…
Tags: Abraham, circumambulation, Five Pillars, Hajar, Hajj, Islam, Ismail, Kaaba, Mecca (Makkah), Muhammad, pilgrimage, religion, ritual, tawaf, travel, worship, Zamzam