The hajj, a fundamental part of Islam, calls for the faithful to travel to Mecca, in the Saudi Arabian desert, with a single purpose in mind.
“When you go, you are washed of your sins like the day you were born from your mother,” said Dr. Samer Tahoun, who runs a dental practice in Indian Orchard.
For 11 days this year, Tahoun and his wife, Ehdaa, breathed the hot air of Saudi Arabia and walked the paths taken by the Prophet Mohammed. Tahoun spoke Saturday about his hajj experience at a reception at the Islamic Society of Western…
