ISLAMABAD (AP) — Hajj is the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca that is required once in a lifetime of every Muslim who can afford it and is physically able to do it. It is a spiritual highlight for ...

One million Muslims are about to embark on the most important religious event in the Islamic calender, as hundreds of thousands of global worshippers arrive in Saudi Arabia for Hajj. Hajj is one of ...

Once a year, Muslim pilgrims flowing into Saudi Arabia unite in a series of religious rituals and acts of worship as they perform the Hajj, one of the pillars of Islam. As they fulfill a religious ...

During the last week of June, many Long Island Muslims, as well as believers worldwide, will embark on the Hajj, an annual pilgrimage to the holiest city in Islam: Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Every Muslim ...

More than a million Muslim pilgrims poured into Mecca ahead of the annual hajj, amid searing desert heat and a massive ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia — For Zainab Abdu, the holiest sites in Islam were the backdrop for her weekends growing up. Raised in Mecca, in Saudi Arabia, Abdu remembers roller skating with friends near the ...

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Minister of Justice, Sheikh Abdul Hakim Sharai, has stated that Saudi Arabia is the centre of the Muslim ...

Dr Syed Ata-ur-Rehman said that participation in the one-day training programme will be mandatory, and pilgrims must attend ...

Saudi Arabia has asked Muslims to delay plans to attend the annual Hajj pilgrimage until there is more clarity about the coronavirus pandemic. Coronavirus in the Middle East: ‘a perfect storm is ...

Every year, as millions of Muslims travel to Mecca for the annual hajj pilgrimage, they perform a ritual known as "the stoning of the devil." Throughout the first day of Eid al-Adha, pilgrims who have ...