When I was growing up in India, my father’s Muslim friends would get me new clothes for Eid al-Fitr, a festival that celebrates the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, just as they would for their ...

The annual hajj pilgrimage, one of the five pillars of Islam, will start on Wednesday with well over one million Muslims from around the world expected to take part. All Muslims are expected to ...

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The Kaaba is a large black cubic structure at the centre of Mecca's Grand Mosque towards which Muslims turn to pray wherever they are in the world — FETHI BELAID The annual hajj pilgrimage, one of the ...

Twelve-year-old Kaisan demonstrates the Muslim prayer ritual which is performed five times a day in this clip from a series ...

Masses of pilgrims on Sunday embarked on a symbolic stoning of the devil in Saudi Arabia under the soaring summer heat. The ritual marks the final days of the Hajj, or Islamic pilgrimage, and the ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — 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 ...

I was having a conversation the other day with a young lady who comes from a somewhat affluent background. She was relaying to me that she had visited a country that was not so flourishing and how ...

The phrase means “Happy Ramadan” and is frequently used during Ramadan, a time when fasting, prayer and reflection are heavily prioritized. It is one of the most sacred times for Muslims and begins ...

MINA, Saudi Arabia — Some 2 million Muslim pilgrims officially began the annual Hajj pilgrimage Monday, making their way out of Mecca after circling Islam’s holiest site, the Kaaba, and converging on ...