Every year, on the 9th day of Dhul Hijjah — the 12th month in the Islamic lunar calendar — Muslims around the world observe ...

Muslim pilgrims start arriving at Mount Arafat near Mecca [This post contains video, click to play] Source: YouTube Reuters - ...

MINA: Near a sprawling tent city outside Mecca, Saudi hospital staff are preparing for a flood of heat-related cases as ...

Millions of Muslims from all over the world have converged on Mecca in Saudi Arabia to partake in Islam's annual Hajj ...

This year, the Arafat sermon will be translated and transmitted live in real time into 35 languages, allowing millions around ...

Working day and night in front of maps, screens and seemingly endless data, Saudi officials have harnessed artificial ...

Saudi Arabia's Minister for the Hajj has told pilgrims to stay in their tents between 10am and 4pm on Thursday, warning of heat exhaustion when thousands scale a sacred hill on the outskirts of Makkah ...

Begining Wednesday, June 4 until Sunday, June 8, the devouts, braving scorching Arab summer, will immerse themselves in ...

Pilgrims began streaming into the valley of Mina early Tuesday to mark the beginning of the Hajj pilgrimage, spending the Day of Tarwiyah on Wednesday in line with the traditions of the Prophet ...

Pilgrims began arriving in Mina on Wednesday morning to spend the Day of Tarwiyah, Dhu Al-Hijjah 8, and stay overnight before the hajj's high-point Thursday, prayers on Mount Arafat. According to the ...

More than a million pilgrims joined Islam's most important rite under a beating sun on Wednesday, as the hajj kicked off with ...

Nigerian pilgrims prepare for Hajj under 47°C Saudi heat with umbrellas, flasks; Saudi deploys cooling units, shaded paths to ...