Waleed Aly has shaved his head and “learnt a lesson about masculinity” from Islam, saying a pilgrimage to Mecca highlighted ...

A couple from Maryland died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia amid extreme heat. The deaths of Isatu Tejan Wurie, 65, and Alieu Dausy Wurie, 71 were confirmed by their ...

Hundreds have died in chaotic scenes at the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, as temperatures in the Saudi Arabian desert soared above 50C. More than 550 people have now been confirmed dead after this year’s ...

Rare sacred Islamic artefacts have gone on display at a Scunthorpe museum. Some of the items date back centuries and many ...

(AP) — Once a year, Muslim pilgrims flowing into Saudi Arabia unite in a series of religious rituals and acts of worship as they perform the Hajj, one of the pillars of Islam. As they fulfill a ...

For those who have not made the pilgrimage to Mecca, something may surprise. The men cry. Quietly and intimately, but obviously. Some are hard men from hard lands, but they’re not ashamed to do this.

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 ...

The man, a Yemeni national, on Monday published a video clip of himself on social media at the Grand Mosque in Mecca. The Grand Mosque in Mecca is Islam's holiest site and while it is acceptable to ...

Every year, Muslims from every corner of the globe converge on Mecca for the Hajj, a pilgrimage required of all who are able. The rituals recall the struggles of Abraham, Hagar, and Ishmael, binding ...

(RNS) — For two years as the COVID-19 pandemic raged on, Sumaira Malik and her husband, Nauman Chaudary, left their deposit with Dar El Salam Travel for their planned hajj, or pilgrimage, to Mecca, ...

Astronaut Don Pettit, renowned for his artistic space photography during his fourth ISS mission, captured the scene from the ...