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The Hajj not only provides a way to get closer to God, but also offers social, educational, economic and political benefits to pilgrims. Hajj cultural diplomacy has the potential to be effective in creating world and regional peace and security. History has shown that whenever cultural contexts are strengthened, the contexts of resentment and enmity between people diminish, and war and bloodshed succeed, and peace is restored. Unifying diplomacy that brings peace and security is accompanied by rationality and reason, and it is the Hajj ritual that provides the ground for unity and solidarity and avoids strife and division. Therefore, Hajj is a political and social worship that includes a set of divine laws and commands to achieve happiness in this world and the hereafter; And the rituals included in this divine religion are a unifying and peace-creating mixture that if we pay attention to the true philosophy of Hajj rituals and perform its deeds correctly, Muslims can achieve happiness in this world and the hereafter and a single Islamic nation but also above that society. Form an Islamic world. In this research, descriptive-analytical method has been used. The results of the research show that Hajj rituals are an exercise for establishing logical communication and dialogue between Islamic religions; and the correct use of this great Islamic position can bring the Islamic religions closer.

Alternative secularism is a version of secularism that does not seek to eliminate religion but rather embraces it as one among many alternatives. The diversity and plurality of religious, pseudo-religious, and non-religious options, both in theory and in individual and social life, give rise to a new form of secularism in today’s world and within the Islamic world. This version of secularism differs from the traditional concept, which aims to exclude religion from the social and political domains. Alternative secularism emerges through psychological and cultural processes, while classical secularism is rooted in philosophical and sometimes political processes. The question arises whether Charles Taylor’s analysis in A Secular Age can be applied to secularization developments within the Islamic world. In this article, I undertake a textual analysis of A Secular Age to explore the potential for alternative secularization in the cultural developments of the Islamic world. I highlight the distinctions between Islamic and Western approaches to secularization and enumerate the challenges facing secularization in the Islamic context. From this perspective, religion and religiosity in Islamic societies are not straightforward processes but rather complex, deeply rooted, and highly convoluted, making their secularization in individual and social dimensions exceedingly difficult and sometimes impossible.

Based on Quranic verses and Islamic traditions, as well as human experience throughout history, unity and convergence are two significant and effective factors to organize and to have the community achieve its purpose and objective. Along with them, progress, prosperity, dignity, authority and creativity will finally lead to sovereignty on the earth. On the contrary, lack of these two elements in the society will cause superiority complex, ethnic and sectarian prejudice, dispersion and blessing deprivation for them, and ultimately it will lead to humiliation and colonialism. Therefore, unity and solidarity in directing society towards progress and excellence have an important and crucial place. The greater the unity among the people, the faster the movement of people towards the ideal society. The alliance is justifiable in various areas and domains, because it can sometimes be built upon beliefs and occasionally it can be based on nationality and race and finally sometimes this role can be played by homeland and geography which directs people towards unity and sympathy. Therefore, the alliance has various foundations which can be justified by ideological, social, racial and geographic approach. One of those foundations is the belief in Mahdaviyat and its basic and common components, such as reappearance of Imam Mahdi, waiting for him and their certainty, the names and characteristics of Imam Mahdi, his relatives, global governance, spread of justice as well as other factors which have been accepted by all Islamic groups and it is an important issue to form an alliance between Muslims and Islamic communities. Therefore, the current study has dealt with the role of these factors for the convergence of believers in this genuine Islamic belief, through expressing and focusing on some unifying elements and it is going to answer this fundamental question "what is the role of Mahdaviyat in the convergence of Islamic world?"