Anthony Green & Mohd Raman Daud 
KAPAL HAJI: SINGAPORE AND THE HAJJ JOURNEY BY SEA [EPUB ebook] 
Singapore and the Hajj Journey by Sea

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The hajj calls Muslims to journey to Mecca from wherever they are across the world. Of the far-flung communities one of the largest is that of the Muslims of Southeast Asia, and within that region in times past, one of the principal centres for hajj transit and transport was Singapore. If modern air travel bridges continents within hours, before the 1970s, pilgrim travel from Southeast Asia was by sea, and distance and difficulties were far more strongly felt. Hajj pilgrims then might take a lifetime to save for the journey, so a great many were old and frail, yet no real records remain and very few personal accounts exist of the experience, the tests, or fears along the way, of the time spent under sail or by ‘steam.’ This book sets out to describe the development of hajj shipping and the historical place of Singapore in this network. And, through anecdotes and comparisons, images and maps, to paint a picture of what this hajj journey by sea entailed and, in that sense, to offer a kind of ‘human face’ to the journey.Related Link(s)

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 264 ● ISBN 9789811212550 ● File size 17.7 MB ● Publisher World Scientific Publishing Company ● City Singapore ● Country SG ● Published 2019 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 7189805 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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