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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

What is the difference between Umrah and Hajj? How long does it take, and whether performing Umrah is as mandatory as Hajj?

CAIRO (AP) — More than 1,300 people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced extreme high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom, Saudi ...

Bahrain will open online registration for the 1447 AH (2026) Hajj season on September 3 via official Hajj platform closing on September 16. Applicants must register through the eKey system, hold a ...

This year’s Hajj is a landmark: the first full pilgrimage after a daunting three-year period when the COVID-19 pandemic sharply reduced the scale of one of Islam’s holiest and most beloved rites.

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 ...

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 ...

Hajj, the largest pilgrimage in the world, will be broadcast live on YouTube for the first time. About 2.5 million Muslims are expected to travel to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, for the annual Islamic ritual ...