The Hajj and Europe in the Age of Empire (Leiden Studies in Islam and Society; Volume 5) by Edited by Umar Ryad - 2017

BRILL, 2017. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Historians and scholars of Islam explore the political perceptions of the Hajj, the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina, its global religious appeal to Muslims, and the European struggle for influence and supremacy in the Muslim world during the age of pre-colonial and colonial empires. Among the topics are Portuguese Estado da India's encounters with the Hajj in the 16th century, Thomas Cook and the business of the colonial Hajj, French policy and the Hajj in late-19th-century Algeria: Governor Cambon's reform attempts and Jules Gervais-Courtellemont's pilgrimage to Mecca, on his donkey to the Mountain of 'Arafat: Dr. Van der Hoog and his Hajj journey to Mecca, and the Franco North African pilgrims after World War II: the Hajj through the eyes of a Spanish colonial officer in 1949. Most of the nine papers are from a May 2013 conference in Leiden. (2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR)