[영작]How British Empire Saw the Hajj

How British Empire Saw the Hajj Despite that ‘civilization of the uncivilized world’ was one of the common justifications for European imperialists, they were more interested on economically exploiting colonial regions rather than converting locals to Christianity. This is seen within British Raj, as the Queen’s proclamation of 1858 promised to support religious toleration. The boundaries of British India reached far beyond those of present-day India, far west into the Persian Gulf, Arabia, the Red Sea, and the coasts of East Africa. The British Empire ruled over the largest number of Muslims in the world during this period and Muslims were the biggest religious group of the empire. (Slight, 2015, 2) European empires often used religious leaders and local elites for local allies, so it was quite reasonable for colonial officials to see religion as a key lens to understand sub-continental societies. Figure 1 Britain’s Muslim Empire, c. 1920 Hajj, the fifth pillar of Islam, is obliga…
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