Some 2 million Muslim pilgrims officially began the annual Hajj pilgrimage on Monday, making their way out of Mecca after circling Islam's holiest site, the Kaaba, and converging on a vast tent ...

Muslim worshippers and pilgrims gather around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca on June 24, 2023, as they arrive for the annual Hajj pilgrimage ...

At night, the vast marble court around the Kaaba was packed with the faithful, ... upon arriving in Mecca. The large crowds circling the Kaaba will last into the Hajj’s first day.

Enormous crowds of worshippers thronged Mecca, Islam's holiest city, on Friday for the biggest hajj pilgrimage in years, with more than two million expected to brave the scorching Saudi Arabian ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Hundreds of Thousands of Muslim pilgrims participating in the annual Hajj pilgrimage encircled the revered Kaaba in Mecca on Tuesday.

An estimated 1.8 million Muslims are preparing to embark on the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca which begins on June 4. ... east of the Kaaba, where they will spend the night in prayer and reflection.

An aerial view shows Mecca's Grand Mosque with the Kaaba, Islam's holiest site in the centre on June 17, 2024, during the annual hajj pilgrimage. ... Muzdalifah: Night under the stars.

Muslim pilgrims perform the Tawaf, circling of the Kaaba, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage on the first day of Eid al-Adha in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on August 21, 2018 [File: Dar Yasin/AP ...

Hajj means “pilgrimage made to the Kaaba” and it’s a journey taken by Muslims to cleanse their souls of all worldly sins. Hajj lasts five or six days in the last month of the Islamic calendar.

The Kaaba is a cubical stone structure located in the center of the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, the holiest site of Islam. In 8 AH (629-630 AD), Prophet Mohammad covered the Kaaba with a Yemeni cloth.

One of the duties of the Moslem on a had (pilgrimage) is to walk seven times around the Kaaba, the great black cube in Mecca that is the center of Islam and the symbol of God’s oneness.

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Muslim pilgrims circumambulate the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca ...