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Muslims from around the world are in the Saudi city of Mecca for the Hajj, one of the Five Pillars of Islam. In the coming ...
ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia — Tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims clambered up rocks and nestled between boulders on Thursday as ...
Pilgrims were performing the last major ritual of the hajj -- the "stoning of the devil" -- on Friday, as Muslims around the ...
Millions of Muslims have gathered in Mecca, marking the beginning of the five-day Hajj pilgrimage—the world's largest annual ...
Tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims clambered up rocks and nestled between boulders on Thursday as they embarked on a day of ...
Hajj is the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca that is required once in a lifetime of every Muslim who can afford it and is ...
A Saudi government spokesperson says more than 1.5 million foreign pilgrims are in the country for this year’s Hajj ...
Saudi Arabia has barred more than 269,000 people without permits for the annual Hajj pilgrimage from entering Mecca this week ...
Saudi Arabia's Hajj overhaul includes policy updates and high-tech safety measures following last year's heat deaths.
Large numbers of Muslims converge once a year on Saudi Arabia to unite in a series of religious rituals and acts of worship ...
In Egypt’s ancient city of Luxor, families and neighbors bid a joyous and colorful farewell to Muslim pilgrims heading to ...
The kingdom has installed hundreds of coolers and cracked down on unregistered Muslim pilgrims, after 1,300 people died last ...