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 ...

Munawar Faruqui recently performed Umrah for the first time with wife Mehzabeen Coatwala at Mecca during the holy month of ...

On the eve of the 1987 hajj pilgrimage, around 400 people were killed in the clashes between mostly Iranian Shia pilgrims, ...

Live from the Grand Mosque in Mecca where Muslims gather for prayers as Saudi Arabia began observing the holy month of Ramadan on Saturday along with many other countries in the world. The Grand ...

Visiting Mecca for Hajj, Arab-Israeli Deiaa Haj Yahia met pilgrims ... "I can't understand how you can live with them," he says. My encounter with the Algerian sets the tone for the rest of ...

The Hajj is a pilgrimage made by millions of Muslims every year to the holy city of Mecca in western Saudi Arabia, a journey they are expected to make at least once in their lives. This year it ...

SARA: The Hajj is a pilgrimage all ... thinkvery carefully about how they live their lives in the bestway possible. SARA: Finally the pilgrims return to Mecca and perform one last important ...

The cyclist has no specific arrival date in the Saudi holy city of Mecca, but he is confident that he will there before the Hajj season gets underway. The 6,000-kilometre journey will pass through ...

(RNS) — The changes are not only sensible but, after last year's massive loss of life at the Hajj, necessary. (RNS) — Hajj is too expensive. Hajj is too crowded. Hajj isn’t regulated well ...

Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Chaudhry Salik Hussain has arrived in Makkah to review Hajj arrangements made by the Pakistan Hajj Mission. The Minister will perform Umrah and ...

"This system is designed to encourage and accommodate first-time visitors to Mecca and Medina, while restricting repeat visits. Pilgrims who have the means and desire to perform the Hajj several ...