7 Celebs Who Have Been to Mecca

5. Husain Abdullah

The NFL was stunned when Husain and his brother Hamza Abdullah, said they were taking a career hiatus to take a spiritual journey to Mecca. Hussain has played for the Kansas City Chiefs and the Minnesota Vikings, while his brother played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Denver Broncos, Cleveland Browns and Arizona Cardinals. They chose to sit out the 2012–2013 season and miss out on lucrative paychecks to make the Hajj journey. The brothers wanted to promote that Islam is a religion of peace and has nothing to do with the extremist terrorists that we see on the news. When asked about the journey, he said, “You know, we’re playing football, America’s number one game. We went on a road trip. What’s more American than a road trip?”