This week we will be watching a documentary on the hajj pilgrimage, the main religious pilgrimage shared among different Muslim communities. The documentary will follow three people and their reasons for going on the hajj. Prior to the start of class (15:30), please offer a short paragraph-length response to the following question:

The hajj is only one example of thousands of similar pilgrimages throughout the world in which people go on a journey to carry out a religious rite. Why do you think people go on religious pilgrimages?