Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Muslim pilgrims touch the golden door of the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, as they pray ahead of the annual Hajj ...

Hajj, or pilgrimage, is one of the basic foundations of Muslim beliefs and is one of the five pillars of Islam. Hajj takes place in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. With the final month of the Islamic calendar, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2016 file photo, the Abraj Al-Bait Towers with the four-faced clocks stands over the holy Kaaba, as ...

Around 1.6 million Muslims from around the world are beginning the five-day hajj pilgrimage on Sunday. They will circle Islam's most sacred site, the cube-shaped Kaaba in the Saudi Arabian city of ...

For the 1.8 billion Muslims around the world, the Hajj is considered a spiritual pinnacle. Each year, up to three million pilgrims descend on Mecca -- the epicenter of the Muslim world -- to seek ...

The South Sudan Islamic Council on Thursday announced the start of registration and preparations for the upcoming Hajj season. Hajj season in Islam refers to the specific sacred period each year when ...

MAKKAH, Saudi Arabia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Minister of Hajj and Umrah, Dr. Mohammed Saleh bin Taher Bentin, inaugurated the 44 th Hajj Grand Symposium at Makkah .titled "Islam Coexistence and Tolerance", ...

Saudi Arabia has urged Muslims to delay their plans for the hajj, amid speculation that the obligatory pilgrimage may be canceled this year due to the coronavirus. Earlier this year, Saudi authorities ...