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 ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Muslim pilgrims have been streaming into Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca ahead of the start of the Hajj later this week, as the annual pilgrimage returns to its monumental ...

This article contains graphic images and video. A stampede in Saudi Arabia left 863 injured and 717 dead, according to the Saudi Civil Defense Directorate. The incident happened during Hajj, Muslims' ...

FILE - Muslim pilgrims use umbrellas to shield themselves from the sun as they gather outside Nimrah Mosque to offer the noon prayers in Arafat, on the second day of the annual hajj pilgrimage, near ...

MINA, Saudi Arabia — 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 Islamic ...

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MECCA, Saudi Arabia — Muslim pilgrims have been streaming into Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca ahead of the start of the Hajj later this week, as the annual pilgrimage returns to its monumental ...