At the heart of Hajj stands the Kaaba, draped in 670kg of silk and embroidered with 200kg of gold and silver thread.

Altaf Qadri is an award-winning Kashmiri photojournalist based in Dubai, with more than 16 years of experience, including ...

Muslim worshippers gathered in Mecca for prayers on Friday in the final days before the start of the Hajj, one of the biggest ...

Around 1.6 million Muslims have gathered in Mecca ahead of the start of Hajj, one of the world’s largest annual religious ...

One of the largest religious gatherings of the year has started.

Muslim pilgrims have concluded the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia on Saturday by circling around the holy site of the black cube-shaped Kaaba, Islam’s holiest shrine, ...

Nearly 2 million Muslims are preparing to embark on the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, which begins on May 25, following the sighting of the crescent moon in Saudi Arabia. The Hajj is the largest ...

Hundreds of thousands of Muslims have once again travelled to Mecca in Saudi Arabia for the Hajj pilgrimage, despite the ...

MECCA Thousands of Muslim pilgrims performed the tawaf at Mecca 39;s Grand Mosque on Sunday, May 24, circling the Kaaba in an act of devotion that has defined the opening of the Hajj pilgrimage for ...

Pilgrims start arriving early in Saudi Arabia, however the main rituals begin on Monday, 25 May, according to the strict ...