فرنسا: باريس تستضيف معرضا إسلاميا عن الحج وشعائره

- خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

افتتح "معهد العالم العربي" بالعاصمة الفرنسية "باريس" - بالتعاون مع "مكتبة الملك عبدالعزيز" العامة - معرضًا فنيًّا بعنوان "الحج: رحلة إلى قلب الإسلام"، ويمتد المعرض إلى 10 أغسطس المقبل؛ حيث يضم عددًا كبيرًا من الصور والعروض الفنية والمخطوطات والمنسوجات وغيرها من المتعلقات التي ترصد تطوُّر ذَهاب المسلمين في رحلة الحج على مر العصور المختلفة.

ويتضمن المعرض أيضًا العديد من اللوحات الفنية التي تتعلق بالحج وشعائره وأماكنه، وتعود للقرنين الثامن عشر والتاسع عشر؛ المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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French Exhibition Showcases Spirit of Hajj

Taking a closer look at the Muslims’ spiritual journey of hajj, Paris has opened a special exhibition to explore how the life-time journey has changed over hundreds of years, showcasing works of art, photography, rare manuscripts and textiles.

“We go from the very contemporary to pieces that go back 1,500 years; the emotions are the same,” the exhibition curator Omar Saghi, told Agence France Presse (AFP) on Tuesday, April 29.

Haj was “present in the heart of all Muslims,” he added.

Titled “Haj: journey to the heart of Islam,” the exhibition opened at Paris’s Arab World Institute, in partnership with the King Abdulaziz Public Library in Riyadh.

The exhibition, which runs until August 10, features changes that have come to hajj and Makkah, almost 1500 years after Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) received revelations from Allah.

At the beginning, pilgrims came on camels or on foot in their thousands. Now, millions of Muslims make the journey to Makkah each year, traveling by boat, coach and budget airline with an ever-increasing numbers.

As new modes of transport and technological advances were discovered over the past century, the number of pilgrims in 2012 reached over three million pilgrims, 1.6 of who came by air.

The meaning of hajj, however, remained the same as the museum stressed the human aspect with identity cards, water bottles, guide books and souvenirs.

The exhibition features centuries-old miniatures and sections of elaborate pilgrimage certificates, reflecting how hajj has always been a source of inspiration for artists.

More recent works include “Pilgrims Going to Makkah” by 19th Century French artist Leon Belly, depicting a column of people on camel and foot, as well as contemporary art installations.

An 18th Century pen and ink “map” of the Ottoman Empire with Makkah at its center shows a sparsely populated city surrounding the Masjid Al-Haram (the Sacred Mosque) that illustrates the changes in scale that have taken place.