Millions of Muslims have gathered in Mecca, marking the beginning of the five-day Hajj pilgrimage —the world's largest annual religious gathering. It is year 1446 in the Islamic calendar. Pilgrims are ...

Muslim worshippers prayed on Mount Arafat in the high point of the hajj pilgrimage Thursday as authorities urged them to ...

In Mombasa, the price of goats in various markets has risen from between Sh8,000 and 10,000 last year, to between Sh15,000 ...

Tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims are spending the day in prayer in Arafat to fulfil a key ritual of the Hajj in Saudi ...

Saudi Arabia has barred more than 269,000 people without permits for the annual Hajj pilgrimage from entering Mecca this week ...

The holy Hajj has begun on June 5, 9th Zilhaj, local time in Saudi Arabia. After the Fajr prayer, the guests of Allah set off from Mina for the plain of Arafat. At this time, their mouths rang out - ...

A Saudi government spokesperson says more than 1.5 million foreign pilgrims are in the country for this year's Hajj.

Hajj is the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca that is required once in a lifetime of every Muslim who can afford it and is ...

Muslim pilgrims prayed atop Mount Arafat on Thursday during the high point of the annual hajj pilgrimage, as Saudi officials ...

Over 1.5 million foreign pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia for Hajj, a vital Islamic practice. Despite intense heat, ...

Saudi Arabia has stopped almost 360,000 participants without permits from entering Mecca, after many of these illegal died ...

The kingdom has installed hundreds of coolers and cracked down on unregistered Muslim pilgrims, after 1,300 people died last ...