The Boundaries of Belonging: Hajj and the Transnational Experience from the Turkish Perspective

COMPOSE Working Paper No. 004

Author: Ahmed Koroglu
October 2024

This work aims to take the sociological and anthropological narratives of Turkish pilgrims as a point of departure in discussing the experience of Hajj through its capacity to address the senses and evoke emotions. So, this project will argue these senses and emotions to be related to the spiritual experience of the pilgrimage to Mecca and to be motivated by the interactions of Muslim pilgrims belonging to diverse backgrounds and nationalities. The Hajj itself brings together Muslims as representing the global nation beyond the differences that might exist within Muslim communities and national boundaries.

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