This year’s pilgrimage, attended by more than 1.8 million people, was under tight logistical planning and safety precautions ...

The Hajj, one of the Five Pillars of Islam, is required at least once in a lifetime for all Muslims who are physically and ...

Here’s all you need to know about the date, history, significance and key rituals of Hajj, from wearing the Ihram to ...

Three Spanish Muslims who rode on horseback to the Hajj in Saudi Arabia say they followed a path not traveled for more than ...

The Imam of Makkah's Grand Mosque, Sheikh Saleh bin Abdullah bin Humaid, on Thursday prayed for the people of Palestine ...

The holiday’s arrival cast a spotlight on deepening humanitarian crises, leadership transitions and shifting regional dynamics.

After entering Mecca in ihram, many pilgrims perform an initial tawaf by circling the Kaaba, a black stone structure at the heart of the Great Mosque in Mecca (Masjid al-Haram), seven times in a ...

Watch live as Muslim pilgrims from around the world perform “tawaf,” circling the Kaaba in Mecca, Islam’s holiest site, on ...

Preparation of the Ghilaf-e-Kaaba is currently underway at the Kiswa factory. The covering, made from high-quality silk, gold and silver, is completed over a period of ten months. A total of 159 ...

Watch live as Muslim pilgrims from around the world perform “tawaf,” circling the Kaaba in Mecca, Islam’s holiest site, on ...

Watch live as Muslim pilgrims from around the world perform “tawaf,” circling the Kaaba in Mecca, Islam’s holiest site, on ...