{"id":2095,"date":"2017-08-24T11:53:40","date_gmt":"2017-08-24T18:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/?p=2095"},"modified":"2017-08-24T11:53:40","modified_gmt":"2017-08-24T18:53:40","slug":"hajj-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/2017\/08\/hajj-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Hajj Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday August 22, 2017 the new crescent moon, now devoid of the crown it wore just a day before while it was in union with the sun, appeared quietly above the horizon. &nbsp;It is a special moon, marking the beginning of the Hajj or Pilgrimage to Mecca for the world Muslim community. &nbsp;As I write, millions of people from all nationalities, races, ages, social and economic status the world round are making their way towards Mecca on foot, on animal, by car, boat or plane. &nbsp;Seeking one goal. &nbsp;Heeding the call of the Creator and hoping for His Mercy and Forgiveness. &nbsp;A spectacle unlike any other in the world.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/images\/DhulHijjah1438WPL.jpg\" rel=\"thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/images\/DhulHijjah1438WP.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"382\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dhul Hijjah, 1438<\/p><\/div>\n<p>May all the Pilgrims have a blessed and accepted Pilgrimage. &nbsp;And if any of you are going and are reading this, please keep me and my family in your prayers!<\/p>\n<p>Peace to you all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday August 22, 2017 the new crescent moon, now devoid of the crown it wore just a day before while it was in union with the sun, appeared quietly above the horizon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[6,39],"tags":[41,216,420,217],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2095"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2095"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2096,"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2095\/revisions\/2096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}