Al-Ajarma’s book ‘Mecca in Morocco: Articulations of Muslim Pilgrimage in Moroccan Everyday Life’, approaches the Muslim pilgrimage (Hajj) as both a sacred religious rite and a human and logistical feat that plays a vital role for Muslims in crafting their religious selves. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Morocco (and Saudi Arabia), Al-Ajarma will discuss the themes of this book including the myriad ways in which the experience of being a Muslim pilgrim shapes one’s everyday life and social relations. Al-Ajarma shows that although the Hajj is performed in a place far away from Morocco, taking Moroccans out of their daily life worlds, the practices, experiences and the meanings that they attach to the pilgrimage are shaped by, and in turn go on to shape, their life and world upon return.
Faculty of Catholic Theology,
Max-Weber-Kolleg,
Seminar für Religionswissenschaft
Mecca in Morocco: Studying the socio-cultural embeddedness of pilgrimage in Muslim everyday life
Date
6. May 2024, 4.15 pm - 5.45 pm
Location
C19 – research building "Weltbeziehungen" (Campus)
Series
Monday Lectures in Religious, Social and Cultural Studies
Organizer
Seminar for Religious Studies
Speaker(s)
Dr Kholoud Al-Ajarma
Event type
Lecture
Event Language(s)
English
Audience
Public
Teilnahme
The event will take place hybrid. Participation is possible on site in the new research building, online via the following link.
(Webex: Meeting-Password: mFVUUUUU846)
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