Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Muslim pilgrims perform the Eid al-Adha morning prayer on Sunday, around the Kaaba shrine in Mecca - AFP Hundreds have died in ...

Muslims in Mecca are marking the Day of Arafah which is the most sacred day in the Islamic calendar with millions having gathered on Mount Arafat for prayers ...

Eleven-year-old Sara is finding out more about the holy pilgrimage called Hajj that takes millions of Muslims to Mecca every ...

Water mist is sprayed on Muslim pilgrims as they walk towards the rocky hill known as the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage, near the holy city of Mecca, ...

MINA, Saudi Arabia — Muslim pilgrims used the early morning hours Monday to perform the second day of the symbolic stoning of the devil, hoping to escape the noontime summer heat that caused ...

CAIRO — 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 authorities ...

The final month of the Islamic calendar, Dhul Hijjah, has begun. Some Muslims will prepare to make their way to Saudi Arabia to perform an obligatory spiritual journey called Hajj, or pilgrimage. The ...

MECCA (AP) — Muslim pilgrims have concluded the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia on Saturday by circling around the holy site of the black cube-shaped Kaaba, Islam’s holiest shrine, at the Grand ...

The Grand Mosque in Mecca is Islam’s holiest site and while it is acceptable to perform a pilgrimage on behalf on deceased Muslims, the same does not apply to non ...

MECCA, Saudi ArabiaMECCA, Saudi Arabia — Over 1.8 million Muslims are taking part in this week’s Hajj pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, as one of the world’s largest religious ...