Over two million Muslim men, women, and youngsters will be performing the annual Islamic ritual of Hajj in the city of Makkah (Saudi Arabia) this Thursday, without knowing the significance of this annual event. The main purpose of this event, like five-times daily and weekly Friday prayers in a mosque (compulsary for the abled men – while women are excused) is to establish a bond of brotherhood (Ummah). The Muslim brotherhood (Ummah) is a FARD (compulsary act) declared by Holy Qur’an. In the past (prior to the colonization of Makkah and Medinah by the western colonial powers through the al-Saud dynasty), this event played the springboard for many Islamic resistance movements.
On August 5, 2005, Ramadhan Foundation, held the first International Muslim Unity Conference in Mancester (UK) which was attended by Muslim scholars, politicians and academics across the globe to show the world the desire of over 1.7 billion-strong Muslim community’s desire for unity and peace in the world.
Ramadhan Foundation has planned to hold the 2nd Internation Muslim Unity Convention in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), from December 15-16, 2009. The list of speakers include Dato Mohammed Najib, Dr. Mahathir, Dr. Mohammed Saeed Ramadan al-Bouti (Syria), Justice Muhammad Taqi Usmani (Pakistan), Shiekh Ahmad Nisar Baig (UK), Al-Habib Ali al-Jifri (UAE), Sheikh Salman al-Qudah (Saudi Arabia), Imam Sayed Hassan al-Qazwini (Iraq), Professor John L. Esposito (USA), and others.
Hajj provides an annual opportunity for Muslims with different backgrounds, from different places, speaking different languages and of different colors of their skins and living in different cultures and political domination.
“And hold fast, all of you together, to the Rope of Allah (Holy Qur’an), and be not divided among yourselves, and remember Allah’s Favor on you, for you were enemies one to another but He joined your hearts together, so that; by His Grace, you became brethren, and you were on the brink of a pit of Fire, and He saved you from it. Thus Allah makes His Ayat (Verses) clear to you, that you may be guided,” – Holy Qur’an 3:103.
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