DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Muslim pilgrims, donning masks and moving in small groups after days in isolation, began arriving at Islam's holiest site in Mecca on Wednesday for the start of a ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Muslim pilgrims, donning face masks and moving in small groups after days in isolation, began arriving at Islam’s holiest site in Mecca on Wednesday for the start of a ...

Ruqayyah Moynihan contributed to this report. Approximately two million visitors make a religious pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, each year. Source: Middle East Eye Mecca is one of the holiest ...

Seán McLoughlin has received funding to support his research on the organisation of Hajj from the Arts and Humanities Research Council/British Museum (2011-12), the British Academy (2013-14), the ...

Read full article: Kamala Harris wins Virginia’s 13 electoral votes DUBAI – A Saudi official said Tuesday that the hajj pilgrimage, which usually draws up to 2.5 million Muslims from all over the ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Small groups of pilgrims performed one of the final rites of the Islamic hajj on Friday as Muslims worldwide marked the start of the Eid al-Adha holiday amid a global ...

(RNS) — This year’s disappointments may mean that Muslims will connect in a unique way this year to Abraham’s story as we celebrate Eid al-Adha. (RNS) — This week in any other year, somewhere between ...

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The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has commenced the refund of the 2020 Hajj fares to intending pilgrims who wish to get their deposits back. The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of ...

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