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The Hajj is a very important part of the Islamic faith. Every year around 2 million Muslims converge on Mecca in Saudi Arabia. Dressed in white sheets the Pilgrims perform acts of worship and reaffirm their faith.

In the city of the prophet

Bint-eh-Adam travelled to Mecca in 2005, she shares her emotional Hajj journey to the city of the Prophet.

"I had fell in love with the warmness of the sunshine at Mecca. The steps we had taken around the Kabah whilst doing the tawaf (circumbulation) in the hope of attaining salvation. Our feet had gaited in the hope of finding answers to the problems which beseech our worlds. The prayers we had made for the world and all that is within it. The wetness of our faces as we had lifted our hands for the welfare of humanity"

A scouts' Hajj experience

Muslim Scouts from all over the UK took part in the first ever official trip to Mecca in January 2006.

"I consider it the greatest spiritual adventure of my life. Each year three to four million people make the pilgrimage to Mecca; it will be an amazing experience to be part of this breath-taking expedition."

Hajj - A spiritual journey

In 2007 Haroon embarked on the Islamic pilgramage to Mecca, he shares his experiences of Hajj.

"Uighur elders from China's Xinjiang province read Islamic texts in Chinese next to pilgrims from Chicago wearing denim jeans, t-shirts and baseball caps. The sombre black chadors of female pilgrims from Iran stood in striking contrast to the rainbow hues worn by sisters from West Africa."