A belief is an assumed truth.
Hence everything is a belief – including this statement.
A belief is the mental attitude that some proposition is true. For every given proposition, every person either has or lacks the mental attitude that it is true.We create beliefs to anchor our understanding of the world around us and so, once we have formed a belief, we will tend to persevere with that belief.
Beliefs are important because behavior is important and your behavior depends on your beliefs.
Is the culture of a country / race / region entangled with the beliefs prevailing in that region ?
Its controversial, but haj is believed to be inspired from some Hindu traditions wajib ul qatl ka fatwe se pehle bhaaging
I don't want to add to the contoversy, but the dress code for men looks a lot like how hindu pilgrims wear on their devotional journeys. Maybe pre-islamic Arabians would dress similarly for pilgrimages. Why is a different from usual dress code enforced?
I don't want to add to the contoversy, but the dress code for men looks a lot like how hindu pilgrims wear on their devotional journeys. Maybe pre-islamic Arabians would dress similarly for pilgrimages. Why is a different from usual dress code enforced?
I think that dress code suits mobility, which is required in performing the rituals.
BTW: what do you think of the perception which says 'rituals is thy name religion!'
Like Tawaaf was common in Hindu deity placed in Hinglaaj (an area on the border of Sindh and Balochistan). What about the touching and kissing Hajr e Aswad (black stone)?
I have my theory on this. Many won't like that, but I think many religious practices were cultural customs at some point of time.
This is exactly right. For example, the "4 wives" issue is controversial in a monogamous world, but 6th century Arabs used to have up to 8 or 9 wives, so 4 was actually them practicing restraint. Stating this isn't haram or anything, just a fact.
This is exactly right. For example, the "4 wives" issue is controversial in a monogamous world, but 6th century Arabs used to have up to 8 or 9 wives, so 4 was actually them practicing restraint. Stating this isn't haram or anything, just a fact.
Keeping more than one wife was common in many cultures including in India
and you sum up in one sentence 
