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Choose a Page:What is Islam?What is a jihad?Who were the Seljuks?What sort of armour did Islamic so...How big was the Islamic empire at ...Where is Mecca?Who were the Mamluks?Where do Muslims pray?*What is the Hajj?*What is the Koran?What is the language of the Koran?What do Islamic designs look like?What were emirs and viziers? What is the Hajj? All Muslim men must try to make the 'Hajj', or pilgrimage to Mecca, at least once in their lifetime. When they reach Mecca's Grand Mosque, they pass seven times around the Ka'aba, a chamber with a holy black stone in one corner. It culminates in the Feast of Sacrifices, in which every Muslim family that can afford to slaughters a sheep.   Previous: Back Book: 1001 Section: History Chapter: The Rise of Islam