Sophia Rose Arjana is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Western Kentucky University. Her first book, Muslims in the Western Imagination, was a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of 2015.

• List of IllustrationsForeword by Omid SafiIntroduction: Beyond Hajj 1 Reconsidering Islamic Pilgrimage: Theoretical and Sectarian Debates2 Nascent Pilgrimage Centers: Jerusalem, Mecca, and Medina3 Shi‘i Pilgrimage: The Prophet’s Household4 Sufi and Shared Pilgrimages: Contestations of Identity5 Modern Muslim Pilgrims: Tourism, Space, and Technology Afterword: Presuppositions and Possibilities in the Study of Islamic PilgrimageAcknowledgmentsGlossaryBibliographyNotesIndex

‘Arjana successfully negotiates among history, belief, practice, and the methodological agnosticism of religious studies to provide a fascinating guide to a vibrant and dynamic tradition. A clearlywritten work well worth reading.’

Sophia Rose Arjana is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Western Kentucky University. Her first book, Muslims in the Western Imagination, was a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of 2015.

• List of IllustrationsForeword by Omid SafiIntroduction: Beyond Hajj 1 Reconsidering Islamic Pilgrimage: Theoretical and Sectarian Debates2 Nascent Pilgrimage Centers: Jerusalem, Mecca, and Medina3 Shi‘i Pilgrimage: The Prophet’s Household4 Sufi and Shared Pilgrimages: Contestations of Identity5 Modern Muslim Pilgrims: Tourism, Space, and Technology Afterword: Presuppositions and Possibilities in the Study of Islamic PilgrimageAcknowledgmentsGlossaryBibliographyNotesIndex

‘Arjana successfully negotiates among history, belief, practice, and the methodological agnosticism of religious studies to provide a fascinating guide to a vibrant and dynamic tradition. A clearlywritten work well worth reading.’

Sophia Rose Arjana is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Western Kentucky University. Her first book, Muslims in the Western Imagination, was a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of 2015.

• List of IllustrationsForeword by Omid SafiIntroduction: Beyond Hajj 1 Reconsidering Islamic Pilgrimage: Theoretical and Sectarian Debates2 Nascent Pilgrimage Centers: Jerusalem, Mecca, and Medina3 Shi‘i Pilgrimage: The Prophet’s Household4 Sufi and Shared Pilgrimages: Contestations of Identity5 Modern Muslim Pilgrims: Tourism, Space, and Technology Afterword: Presuppositions and Possibilities in the Study of Islamic PilgrimageAcknowledgmentsGlossaryBibliographyNotesIndex

‘Arjana successfully negotiates among history, belief, practice, and the methodological agnosticism of religious studies to provide a fascinating guide to a vibrant and dynamic tradition. A clearlywritten work well worth reading.’