The Day of Arafat is of great significance to Muslims around the world, regarded as the most sacred day of the year according ...

Watch live as Muslim pilgrims performing the Hajj arrive at Mount Arafat, a rocky hill southeast of Mecca that holds immense ...

Millions of Muslims from all over the world have converged on Mecca in Saudi Arabia to partake in Islam's annual Hajj ...

Mecca, SANA-Minister of Endowments (Awqaf) , Dr. Muhammad Abu al-Khair Shukri received Wednesday, Saudi Minister of Hajj and ...

By Paul DadaA Muslim pilgrim from Plateau State Hajiya Jamila Muhammad, has died in Mecca.This was disclosed by Mr Daiyabu Dauda, the Executive Secretary of the State’s Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, ...

Mecca and Medina are two common names many people come across when Muslims are preparing for Hajj, an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the holiest city for Muslims. Dhu al-Hijjah is ...

Mecca, SANA- Director General of Hajj and Umrah, Muhammad Nour Araj said Thursday that that about 14,000 Syrian pilgrims have ...

A pilgrim from Plateau State on pilgrimage in Mecca, Hajiya Jamila Muhammad, died on Monday. Hajiya Jamila was said to have died as a result of diabetic complications. This was disclosed in a ...

Hajj is performed between the 8th and 12th (or 13th) days of Dhu al-Hijjah, the 12th and final month of the Islamic calendar.

Today coincides with the martyrdom anniversary of the 5th Imam of Shia, Muhammad al-Baqir. An overview of his life is ...

(p12) Mecca itself has become caught up in the argument about Islamic purity. The house where Muhammad was said to have been born was, until 1926, a significant shrine. But to Saudi Arabia's ...