Call to boycott the Hajj pilgrimage

Muslim worshippers perform the evening (Isha) prayers at the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca on August 25, 2017. Source: AFP

More than two million Muslims from around the world are expected to descend on the Saudi city of Mecca next month for the annual Hajj pilgrimage. But a growing number of Muslims, including Australians, are turning their backs on what is one of the central ‘pillars of Islam’ and are calling for a boycott of the event.

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