Functions of Hajj Cultural Diplomacy in Strengthening the Cultural Identity of Muslims

All the existence and being of Muslims depends on their Islamic identity. If Muslims do not care about their identity and distance themselves from the original knowledge of their religion, over time, they become people without identities and a plaything for policies of superpowers. Therefore, the enemies of Islam have always been trying their best to weaken and destroy the identity elements of Muslims.
Hajj is one of the great and influential Islamic worships during which a large community of Muslims gather together in a single time and place. Those coming together in these few days away from worldly affairs, their homes and materialistic possessions, will obtain a good opportunity to think about the reality of their existence and life, and this can be effective in creating a single Islamic identity. In this article, we are looking at whether Hajj along with its special rituals can play a role in strengthening Muslims’ religious-cultural identity? What is basically the function of Hajj in strengthening the value elements and cultural and Islamic identity of Muslims? In fact, the main objective of this paper is to explain the functions of Hajj's cultural diplomacy in strengthening the cultural identity of Muslims, which cultural identity itself is one of the elements of cultural diplomacy. The rites of Hajj are full of orders that are brought in accordance with the happiness in this world and the hereafter of Muslims. By correctly knowing these acts and rituals and doing them correctly, and getting to know the secrets and teachings of the rituals of the Hajj and tasting the unifying fruit of these rituals, Muslims will be attracted towards their religious and cultural identity and will appreciate that, which makes them to promote and circulate their own culture.