Comments on: On the haj: circling the Kaaba in Mecca http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2007/12/18/on-the-haj-circling-the-kaaba-in-mecca/ Religion, faith and ethics Wed, 22 May 2013 22:52:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: MXS http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2007/12/18/on-the-haj-circling-the-kaaba-in-mecca/comment-page-1/#comment-774 MXS Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:37:16 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2007/12/18/on-the-haj-circling-the-kaaba-in-mecca/#comment-774 I was born a muslim and when I accompanied my mother for the first time to Mecca at age 40, it was then when I realized there is only one god and it does not matter what religion you believe in, we are all the same and have the same worth in god's eyes. It was after visiting Mecca that I became much less religious as I see most of this as nothing more than a show. I respect the beliefs of others, but I don't share it. I was born a muslim and when I accompanied my mother for the first time to Mecca at age 40, it was then when I realized there is only one god and it does not matter what religion you believe in, we are all the same and have the same worth in god’s eyes.
It was after visiting Mecca that I became much less religious as I see most of this as nothing more than a show. I respect the beliefs of others, but I don’t share it.

]]> By: I patel http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2007/12/18/on-the-haj-circling-the-kaaba-in-mecca/comment-page-1/#comment-772 I patel Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:12:57 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2007/12/18/on-the-haj-circling-the-kaaba-in-mecca/#comment-772 Peace be with you. Allah Akbar; thanks for the article. www.theislamicdirectory.com Peace be with you.

Allah Akbar; thanks for the article.
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