One of the five pillars of Islam is that each believer is called, at least once in their lives, to make the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage that starts and ends in the holy city of Mecca located in ...

The Ka’ba, in the centre of Makkah (Mecca), is the most sacred site in Islam For their journey to count as Hajj, a Muslim must make the pilgrimage during the month of Dhu’l-Hijja, which is the ...

More than 1.8 million visitors had arrived by midday local time on Tuesday, authorities said. More than 2.5 million Muslims will on Friday begin the annual hajj pilgrimage in the Islamic holy city ...

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 ...

SARA: The Hajj is a pilgrimage all Muslims are expected to do once in their life if they can. Every year more than three millionmuslims make the journey to Mecca in Saudi Arabia to praise God or ...

More than 1,000 people have died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage amid extreme heat in Saudi Arabia. The death toll has nearly doubled from yesterday, with new figures putting the number of ...

The death toll of Egyptian pilgrims performing Hajj in Saudi Arabia's city of Mecca has risen to 78, the Egyptian Health Ministry has said. Most of the dead pilgrims suffered heart attacks and ...

at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca, on the first day of the holiday marking the end of the hajj pilgrimage, on Saturday. [AFP] Pilgrims performed Sunday the last major ritual ...

Some prospective pilgrims welcome the decision, as they view this ban as a way to enhance discipline and order during the pilgrimage to Mecca. "Taking care of them (children) during Hajj would ...