(Note that drinking alcohol is forbidden in the Islam religion so only certain licensed establishments can serve booze, ...

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The scene in Jeddah is both surreal and sacred. Under the shade of the Western Hajj Terminal's canopies at King Abdulaziz ...

Our Hidden Life at Camp Tamarack by Laurel Gilchrist is a finalist in the 2025 First Page student writing challenge.

More than a million worshippers were set to join Islam's most important rite under a beating sun as the hajj pilgrimage ...

Near a sprawling tent city outside Mecca, Saudi hospital staff are preparing for a flood of heat-related cases as Muslim pilgrims begin hajj this week in sweltering summer temperatures.

Saudi Arabia, which is home to Islam's holiest sanctuaries in Mecca and Medina, earns billions of dollars each year from the hajj and pilgrimages known as umrah, undertaken at other times of the year.

In pre-Islamic Arabia time of “jahiliyyah”, some pagan idols were placed around the Kaaba but in 630 CE, Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) led the believers from Medina to Mecca and cleansed the Kaaba ...

Over 40,000 security personnel deployed across Mecca, Medina, Mina, Arafat, and Muzdalifah As part of its extensive preparations for Hajj 2025, Saudi Arabia has conducted a large-scale security ...

Mecca: Saudi Arabia has stopped more than 269,000 people without permits for the annual Hajj pilgrimage from entering Mecca, officials said Sunday, as authorities crack down on illegal journeys into ...