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 ...

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Muslim pilgrims have started arriving in Mecca for a drastically scaled-down hajj as Saudi authorities balance the importance of one of Islam’s key pillars with the ...

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 ...

ARAFAT — Marking the climax of the annual pilgrimage of Hajj, over 1.6 million pilgrims started their main ritual of wuqoof (standing) at Arafat on Thursday afternoon after ascending the vast plains ...