One of the five pillars of Islam is that each believer is called, at least once in their lives, to make the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage that starts and ends in the holy city of Mecca located in ...

(RNS) — The changes are not only sensible but, after last year's massive loss of life at the Hajj, necessary. (RNS) — Hajj is too expensive. Hajj is too crowded. Hajj isn’t regulated well ...

SARA: The Hajj is a pilgrimage all Muslims are expected to do once in their life if they can. Every year more than three millionmuslims make the journey to Mecca in Saudi Arabia to praise God or ...

The Hajj is a pilgrimage made by millions of Muslims every year to the holy city of Mecca in western Saudi Arabia, a journey they are expected to make at least once in their lives. This year it ...

Pilgrims perform prayers at the Grand Mosque in the Saudi holy city of Mecca ahead of the Hajj pilgrimage, on June 19, 2023. AFP Cairo: Saudi Arabia, Islam’s birthplace, has said it is fully ...

Dhuhr: the noon prayer. Eid: celebration for Muslims. Ezaar: lower cloth of Ihram. Fajr: dawn prayer. Hajj: official Muslim pilgrimage to Makkah. Hamza: one of the Prophet's uncles and a martyr during ...