Hundreds have died in chaotic scenes at the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, as temperatures in the ... heat by setting up air conditioned tents and painting the streets between sites white to reflect ...

It must have been a surprise to them, their journalist daughter deciding to take the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca. “Take your mom,” my dad suggested. “I want to do it alone, I want this to be ...

Millions of Muslims from all over the world have converged on Mecca in Saudi Arabia to partake in Islam's annual hajj pilgrimage, one of the largest religious gatherings in the world. Earlier this ...

As reported by NPR, about 1,300 people died during the pilgrimage to Mecca, according to Saudi officials. At the time, temperatures in the area topped 115 degrees last week. Fahd al-Jalajel ...

Over 2 million Muslims will take part in this week's Hajj pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, as one of the world's largest religious gatherings returns to full capacity ...

The annual Muslim pilgrimage to the sacred city of Mecca that wrapped up last week became a death march for over 1,300 Hajj participants who died in temperatures that climbed above 124 degrees.

Hajj is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, and more than 2 million Muslims make the pilgrimage to Mecca each year, including from Connecticut. Khalid and Yasmin Kapadwala made the trek, leaving ...