Ibn Battuta And Social Ignorance

Ignorance dictates many aspects of a person’s life. Today is seems as though it is a requirement to rid oneself of as much of it as possible in order to live a better, more prosperous life. Although one aspect of ignorance is generally overlooked in this day in age, global social ignorance. Many people fear the unknown, and occasionally knowledge about a subject can only be acquired by experience. This scares people today, now that terrorist attacks are borderline common decreasing amounts of individuals, let alone entire communities, are willing to accept strangers with open arms. Ibn Battuta was an Islamic lawyer who was born in Tangier during the 14th century. When he had reached the age of 21 years of age he believed it was time to make his pilgrimage to

Eventually Ibn Battuta became known as one of the greatest pre-modern travelers because during, as well as after, his pilgrimage he went above and beyond to experience as much of the world as he could. An abundance of information can be derived from his journals and his accounts of his experiences. One of the most pronounced being that immigrants were treated with more respect than today, and were honored at the places they were received.

Over the course of several centuries many people of the Islamic faith have made their pilgrimages to Mecca. With the invention of flight and technology, travel has become easier and more affordable. As individual travel became less and less dependent on the charitability of the locals in which they traveled through, the locals stated to not offer to lend a helping hand in the first place. During Ibn Battuta’s time, the communities along the way were still needed for safe and successful traveling, the hospitality can be found in abundance scattered throughout his journals. For example, one excerpt of the text reads “The inhabitants of Mecca are distinguished by many excellent and noble activities and qualities, by their beneficence to