Watch a live view from the Grand Mosque in Mecca that houses the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site. Muslim pilgrims are arriving in Saudi Arabia ahead of the start of the Hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage ...

Applicants who had submitted their applications for Hajj 2026 by August 7, can check the Qurrah results using their cover ...

CAIRO (AP) — More than 1,300 people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced extreme high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom, Saudi ...

A live look at the Hajj—the pilgrimage to Mecca—for Muslims who can't make it in person (and non-Muslims who aren't allowed into the city).

Mecca is Islam’s holiest city and a focal point for followers of the faith, but it's also home to about 2 million people who live everyday life there.

Somalian pilgrims prepare for a selfie in front of the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, during the annual hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Monday, June 26, 2023, before ...

WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF THE HAJJ PILGRIMAGE IN ISLAM? The pilgrimage draws Muslims from around the world to Mecca, in Saudi Arabia, where they walk in the footsteps of the Prophet Muhammad and ...

WHAT IS HAJJ? Hajj is the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia that is required once in a lifetime of every Muslim who can afford it and is physically able to make it.

Muslim pilgrims arriving in Saudi Arabia Wednesday are taking part in a historically unique, scaled-down hajj experience reshaped by the coronavirus pandemic.

The Hajj (rhymes with lodge) is a pilgrimage (religious trip) made by millions of Muslims each year to Mecca, Saudi Arabia.Mecca is the holiest city to Muslims.All Muslims don’t make the trip ...