What is the Hajj and how does anyone survive it? -- What does the Hajj mean? -- Pilgrimage and power -- The growth of the Hajj : global and regional trends -- Pakistan : "Why would our Hajjis vote against us?" -- Malaysia : the broken piggy bank -- Turkey : the belated quest for religious tolerance -- Indonesia : greening the Pancasila state -- Nigeria : "one nation, under god" -- The West is not alone : the Hajj in world politics and law
Summary
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
