MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Muslim pilgrims have been streaming into Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca ahead of the start of the Hajj later this week, as the annual pilgrimage returns to its monumental ...

Since the hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca, is a Muslim-only affair, there's a long history of curious outsiders going to considerable lengths to witness it. Sir Richard Burton, the celebrated Victorian ...

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 ...

The three-day Islamic holiday of Eid Al Adha begins today, and with it, the end of the Hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca. One of the Five Pillars of the Islamic faith, the Hajj is both duty and blessing to ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia — Muslim pilgrims have been streaming into Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca ahead of the start of the Hajj later this week, as the annual pilgrimage returns to its monumental ...

A stampede in Saudi Arabia left 863 injured and 717 dead, according to the Saudi Civil Defense Directorate. The incident happened during Hajj, Muslims' annual pilgrimage to Mecca that can bring as ...

This week in the magazine, Basharat Peer writes about modern Mecca and the hajj. On Thursday, Peer answered readers’ questions in a live chat. Read a transcript of the discussion in the console below.

MECCA, Saudi Arabia — For Zainab Abdu, the holiest sites in Islam were the backdrop for her weekends growing up. Raised in Mecca, in Saudi Arabia, Abdu remembers roller skating with friends near the ...

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This article contains graphic images and video. A stampede in Saudi Arabia left 863 injured and 717 dead, according to the Saudi Civil Defense Directorate. The incident happened during Hajj, Muslims' ...