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Article: Students get taste of Muslim customs: Metro Detroiters reenact hajj rituals.
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- Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI)
- Article date:
- January 10, 2006
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Byline: Niraj Warikoo
Jan. 10--A digital camera in his right hand, a camcorder in his left, the proud father beamed as his three kids joined hundreds inside a Dearborn mosque Monday in simulating an Islamic ritual carried out by millions in Saudi Arabia."I'm getting goose bumps," said Hamzeh Makki, 41, while recording his children. "They look like walking angels."
Draped in white cloth, about 270 kids from metro Detroit gathered inside the Islamic Center of America to reenact the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca -- one of the main pillars of Islam. By reenacting the rituals, the U.S.-born kids were able to familiarize themselves with customs that ...