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Here’s all you need to know about the date, history, significance and key rituals of Hajj, from wearing the Ihram to celebrations of Bakrid.
Pilgrims were performing the last major ritual of the hajj -- the "stoning of the devil" -- on Friday, as Muslims around the globe celebrated the beginning of the Eid al-Adha holiday.
After entering Mecca in ihram, many pilgrims perform an initial tawaf by circling the Kaaba, a black stone structure at the heart of the Great Mosque in Mecca (Masjid al-Haram), seven times in a ...
Pilgrims were performing the last major ritual of the hajj – the "stoning of the devil" – on Friday, as Muslims around the globe celebrated the beginning of the Eid al-Adha holiday.
Millions of Muslim pilgrims began the stoning of the devil in Saudi Arabia, following spiritual milestones at Arafat and ...
Mina (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) – Huge crowds of pilgrims "stoned the devil" in the last major ritual of the hajj pilgrimage on Friday, as Muslims around the globe celebrated the beginning of the Eid ...
Hajj 2025:The first day of Hajj begins The annual pilgrimage to Mecca, the holiest city of Islam in Saudi Arabia, which houses the Kaaba ... of all three stone pillars on each day.
The annual pilgrimage to Mecca, the holiest city of Islam in Saudi Arabia, which houses the Kaaba, Islam's holiest ... of all three stone pillars on each day. Pilgrims who remain for an extra ...
A visit to the holy shrine of Kaaba in Mecca has a remarkable history ... brought the Black Stone (which was originally white but has become black by absorbing the sins of the thousands of ...
For some, the stoning of the devil ritual at the Hajj in Saudi Arabia marks a solemn moment, a complete submission to God.