MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Masses of pilgrims on Sunday embarked on a symbolic stoning of the devil in Saudi Arabia under the soaring summer heat. The ritual marks the final days of the Hajj, or ...

Abdelzaher Abdo Salem, 81, decided to make the pilgrimage to Mecca from Egypt after fulfilling a mission to get his youngest son Mahmoud married two years ago. “This was his last wish,” his son ...

The three-day Islamic holiday of Eid Al Adha begins today, and with it, the end of the Hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca. One of the Five Pillars of the Islamic faith, the Hajj is both duty and blessing to ...

Watch a live view from the Grand Mosque in Mecca that houses the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site. Muslim pilgrims are arriving in Saudi Arabia ahead of the start of the Hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage ...

Six people have died from heatstroke during the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, amid warnings from Saudi officials that temperatures during the annual gathering could reach 48 degrees Celsius (118 degrees ...

Performing Hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam. Islam requires every Muslim who is physically and financially able to make the journey to the holy city of Mecca at least once in his or her life.

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. The Hajj (rhymes with lodge) is a pilgrimage (religious trip) made by ...

On Monday, Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Hajj announced that the annual pilgrimage will, despite the worst fears of billions of Muslims around the world, still go ahead this year. It will however only be ...